Viola davis was the proud winner of this years oscar for best supporting actress for her role in fences, making her the first black actress to win an oscar, an emmy and a tony in an acting role. She was the second africanamerican woman to win the tony for best performance. For her work in theatre, she has won two tony awards and three drama desk awards. Dec 25, 2016 denzel washington and viola davis on adapting fences and honoring august wilson the actors star in a new film adaptation of wilsons pulitzer prizewinning play. Viola davis was considered something of an oscar shooin the moment it was announced she would be reprising her tony awardwinning role in the film adaptation of fences. Viola davis wins 2010 tony award for best actress in a play. That same year, 2001, davis won her first tony for august wilsons king hedley ii. On sunday she won the best supporting actress oscar for fences, a role she originated in a broadway revival seven years ago for which she won. Viola davis was the proud winner of this years oscar for best supporting actress for her role in fences, making her the first black actress to win. Why viola davis s oscar win is both triumphant and bittersweet. Viola davis had the crowd in tears during her acceptance speech at the oscars sunday night. Watch the scene that will earn viola davis her first oscar.
The fifth time was the charm for viola davis at the golden globes. Viola davis makes history by becoming the first black woman to win an oscar, emmy and tony for acting save viola davis accepts the award for best actress in a supporting role for fences at the. Dec 16, 2016 stephen mckinley henderson is thankful for denzel washington. Davis reprised her role as rose maxson for the film adaptation of fences, for which. Viola davis wins first golden globe for fences variety.
Dont let that tony win fool you, davis still had plenty of work to do when it came time. Denzel washington and viola davis hit the tony awards jackpot. Actress viola davis completed her award season haul with a. Viola davis wins best supporting actress oscar, tearfully. Viola davis wins the 2010 tony award for best actress in a play for her performance as rose maxson in fences. Viola davis discusses her roles in fences and how to get away with murder build. The hollywood reporters annual sherry lansing leadership. Other nominees are naomie harris, nicole kidman, octavia spencer, and michelle williams.
Viola davis makes history with her third oscar nod. The first thing moviegoers should understand about fences is that it is very much a filmed play. That completes her acting triple crown and makes her the first black performer to win an oscar, emmy and. Viola davis becomes first black actress to win an oscar. Denzel washington and viola davis give titanic performances in. She was previously nominated for best supporting actress in doubt 2008 and best actress. The emmy and sag award winner finally scored her first globe victory for her supporting turn in the feature film fences. Viola davis fences interview viola davis on hollywood diversity. Viola davis wins best supporting actress oscar for fences variety.
Viola davis wins best supporting actress oscar for fences. Best tax software of 2020 best travel insurance companies. For her work in television, she has won a primetime emmy award and two screen actors guild awards. Viola davis wins best supporting actress for fences. Dec 22, 2016 spoke to viola davis about fences feminism, why the academy should pull a baftas and demand diversity, andoh yeahthe time she was recognized by fans while peeing. Dec 25, 2016 some people build fences to keep people out, and other people build fences to keep people in. Not only did she take the award for best supporting actress for her critically acclaimed. Fences is a 1985 play by american playwright august wilson. Fences actress viola davis deserves best actress oscar. Denzel washington and viola davis take center stage.
Viola davis discusses her roles in fences and how to get. Shes that good as rose maxson, the role that won her a tony in the recent broadway revival of august wilsons classic play. You know, theres one place that all the people with the greatest. Fences, a revival of august wilsons deeply personal drama about family, won for best revival of a play, and its two acclaimed stars, denzel washington and viola davis, won for best actors in a. Having won an academy award, an emmy award, and two tony awards, she. Davis reprised her role as rose maxson for the film adaptation of fences, for which she.
Viola davis took home the oscar for her performance in fences at the 89th academy awards ceremony on sunday night. Viola davis is first black actor to win oscar, emmy and. Michael keaton presents the award for best supporting actress to viola davis for fences. She previously won a tony for the same role in the 2010 broadway revival of the august wilson play.
List of awards and nominations received by viola davis. Three times a charm for viola davis who takes home her first oscar tonight for denzel washingtons directorial of august wilsons 1983 pulitzer prizewinning play fences. Many fans know viola as a theatrical artist who was fully realized in the cinema, having proved her creative. Tonights win makes davis the first black actor or actress to win the triple crown of acting. Third times the charm for viola davis the actress took home the best supporting actress oscar for fences, her third nomination and first win. Viola davis makes history by becoming the first black. Viola davis is first black woman to earn oscar, emmy, tony. The following is a list of awards and nominations received by actress viola davis. Viola davis becomes first black actress to win an oscar, emmy, and tony the fences star made history with her best supporting actress win at the oscars.
Feb 25, 2017 viola davis made one of the best and powerful performances in 2016 viola davis nominated for best performance by an actress in a supporting role. Washington and viola davis, won for best actors in a play. Davis had won an emmy in 2015 for her work on how to get away with murder and two tony awards. Set in the 1950s, it is the sixth in wilsons tenpart pittsburgh cycle. If you are using adblocking software, please disable it and reload the page. Jun 14, 2010 denzel washington and viola davis hit the tony awards jackpot for fences posted on june 14, 2010 by bossip staff congratulations to denzel washington and viola davis for taking home the best performance by a leading actor in a play and best performance by a leading actress in a play at last nights tony awards. Oct 24, 2016 viola davis, who won the 2010 tony award as best actress in a play for her performance in a revival of fences, wants to be considered eligible in the best supporting actress category for the 2017. Will viola davis, cicely tyson bid goodbye with emmy noms. Mar 01, 2017 viola davis wins best supporting actress for fences. Jun 14, 2010 denzel washington wins a tony for fences. Why viola daviss acceptance speech for fences best. Even their acceptance speeches seemed to complement each other. She was the first black woman to win an oscar fences, an emmy how to get away with murder, and a tony fences for acting. She previously won a tony for the same role in the 2010 broadway.
Viola davis won her first oscar on sunday for her supporting role as a longsuffering housewife in the africanamerican family drama fences. Viola davis is first black woman to earn oscar, emmy, tony after fences win. Like all of the pittsburgh plays, fences explores the evolving african american experience and examines race relations, among other themes. Viola davis won the best supporting actress oscar sunday night for her performance in denzel washingtons fences. Viola davis took home the oscar for her performance in fences at. Both won tonys, and davis could become the 23rd person to achieve the triple crown of acting win a tony, an emmy and an oscar thus. Feb 27, 2017 i became an artist, and thank god i did, because we are the only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life, an emotional davis said while viola davis wins first oscar for fences home. Viola davis wins supporting actress oscar for fences. Viola davis born august 11, 1965 is an american actress and producer. Viola davis wins best supporting actress the washington post. With her oscar win on sunday night, viola davis now finds herself among the elite few to earn triple crown honors for acting. Jan 24, 2017 viola davis became the first black woman to receive three academy award nominations with her nod for a supporting role in fences, based on august wilsons tony awardwinning play. Viola davis, who took home the 2010 tony award for her performance in august wilsons fences, received the academy award for best.
Viola davis is a storyteller whose own personal tale of achievement and struggle for equality is in many ways just as compelling as the characters she inhabits onscreen. Denzel washington directs and stars opposite viola davis in fences. Prizetony awardwinning play and stars alongside viola davis, both. For her work in film, she has won an academy award, a british academy film award, a golden globe award, three critics choice movie. Viola davis wins best supporting actress oscar, tearfully thanks daughter. Third times the charm for viola davis the actress, who had been nominated twice before, won the oscar for best supporting actress for fences, the film adaptation of august wilsons. Viola talks about winning an emmy, 2 tony awards and an oscar and reveals why she probably wont win a grammy. Viola davis is known as a movie star and a theater actress. Davis already won a tony award for playing rose in the 2010 broadway revival. Before the 201617 awards season, the veteran performer was given the choice of submitting her performance in fences in the best actress oscar category or the best.
Viola davis just won an oscar for best supporting actress for her role in fences. Viola davis won for the role of rose maxson in fences, a part for which she also won a tony. Viola daviss acceptance speech for best supporting actress began with a thanks to the academy and this observation. An adaption of august wilsons tony winning play, director denzel washington has kept the project as minimalist as possible. Viola davis wins best supporting actress oscar for fences film. Jan 20, 2017 how to get away with murders viola davis stops by to dish about whats ahead for middleton university professor, annalise keating, when the show returns to the screen on january 26. Viola davis becomes first black actor to win an oscar, emmy and. Feb 03, 2017 viola davis on the importance of fences. How to get away with murders leading lady viola davis and perennial guest star cicely tyson have both bagged four emmy award nominations. On sunday she won the best supporting actress oscar for fences, a role she originated in a broadway revival seven years ago for which she won a tony award. Denzel washington, viola davis of fences win tony awards.
The play won the 1987 pulitzer prize for drama and the 1987 tony. Viola davis to campaign in oscar supporting category for. You know theres one place where all the people with the greatest. Viola davis takes home the oscar for fences deadline. Viola davis wins oscar for best supporting actressfor fences. Feb 26, 2017 viola davis took home the oscar for her performance in fences at the 89th academy awards ceremony on sunday night. Viola davis is first black actor to win oscar, emmy and tony for. Davis played longsuffering rose maxson opposite denzel washington as her husband troy, a couple living in 1950s pittsburgh whose marriage eventually falls apart. Davis, who already won a golden globe for her fences role, is a favorite. Prior to fences, davis had won an emmy in 2015 for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for her work on how to get away with murder and two tony awards, first in 2001 for her.
Denzel washington and viola davis set to convert tonys to oscars. Viola davis took home the oscar for her performance in fences at the. The tony win is a sweet victory for lead producers and the shows longtime shepherds sue frost and randy adams of junkyard dog productions. Why viola daviss oscar win is both triumphant and bittersweet. This fences actor is an awe of denzel washington and viola. Viola davis wins the best supporting actress for fences. Both won tonys, and davis could become the 23rd person to achieve the triple crown of acting win a tony, an emmy and.
Oscar winner viola davis blesses minnesota actress pal. But theres no ignoring the fact that davis won the best lead actress tony for playing. After winning best supporting actress for her role in fences, davis broke down in tears talking about. She has received a number of prestigious cast awards, such as emmy, tony, golden globe, bafta, the screen actors guild of usa and oscar. Viola davis wins the best supporting actress bafta for. Thank you for putting two entities in the drivers seat august and god. She has called rose, a longsuffering wife of a bitter man trying. With oscar win, viola davis earns rare triple crown in. Viola davis wins an oscar, emmy and tony simplemost. In 2015, she became the first black woman to win an emmy for a lead actress. Why viola davis oscar win is another sign of hollywoods.
Viola davis wins the best supporting actress bafta for fences the british academy film awards 2017. This oscar win has filled up all them empty spaces in our hearts. Nov 18, 2016 fences star viola davis on how denzel washingtons film allowed her second chance at beloved role. Dec 20, 2016 watch the scene that will earn viola davis her first oscar. Viola davis becomes first black star to win oscar, emmy and.
Fences stars denzel washington and viola davis took home the leading actor and actress in a play 2010 tony awards at radio city music hall, both thanking god for their good fortune. Oscar, emmy and tony winner viola davis has announced she is writing a childrens book called corduroy takes a bow, the latest in a series that centers on the titular bear. Feb 27, 2017 viola davis becomes first black star to win oscar, emmy and tony for acting. Golden globe awards 2017 best supporting actress youtube.
Viola davis won an oscar for fences on sunday night at the dolby theatre, but does she really deserve it im not saying davis isnt awardsworthy after all, she won the tony award. Feb 27, 2017 the incredible viola davis just won her very first oscar for best supporting actress in fences. Viola davis poses in the press room with the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role in any motion picture for fences at the 74th annual golden globe awards at the. Denzel washington and viola davis on adapting fences and. Viola davis stuns crowd with heartwarming speech while.
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