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Viola Davis
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Date of Birth
11 August 1965, Saint Matthews, South Carolina, USA

Height
5' 5" (1.65 m)

Spouse
Julius Tennon (23 June 2003 - present) 2 children

Trivia

Won the 2001 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the August Wilson play "King Hedley II" which featured Brian Stokes Mitchell, Leslie Uggams, and theatre veteran Charles Brown.

Graduated from Juilliard

Won Broadway's 2001 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for August Wilson's "King Hedley II." She had previously been nominated in the same category in 1996 for another Wilson play, "Seven Guitars."

Won the 2005 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for "Intimate Apparel" in 2004.

She is the daughter of Mary and Dan Davis. Dan was a horse-groomer for the Narrangasett and Lincoln Downs racetracks in Rhode Island.

Attended Rhode Island College and majored in theater.

Grew up in Central Falls, Rhode Island.

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