Viola Davis

Viola Davis

Known for Acting · 52 titles on FreeFlix

Viola Davis is credited on FreeFlix as an actor, with TMDB listing their main department as Acting. Their catalogue-connected work here covers 44 films and 8 TV titles.

The titles drawing the most attention are Suicide Squad (2016), Prisoners (2013), The Simpsons (1989) and Ocean's Eleven (2001).

Across that filmography the recurring genres are drama, crime, action — these are genres calculated from their credits, not an official label.

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Biography

Viola Davis (/vaɪˈoʊlə/ vy-OH-lə; born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and film producer. Her accolades include both the Triple Crown of Acting and EGOT. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2017. The New York Times ranked her ninth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century (2020). Davis received the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2025. A graduate of Juilliard, Davis began her career in Central Falls, Rhode Island, appearing in small stage productions. She made her Broadway debut in the August Wilson play Seven Guitars (1996) for which she earned her first Tony nomination. She would later win two Tony Awards, both for Wilson plays. Her first win was for Best Featured Actress in a Play playing the titular character Tonya, a woman grappling with trauma and loss in King Hedley II (2001), followed by her second win for Best Actress i…

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Known For

Ocean's Eleven (2001) poster

Ocean's Eleven

2001 • as Parole Board Interrogator (voice) (uncredited)

Viola Davis Movies

Ocean's Eleven (2001) poster

Ocean's Eleven

2001 • as Parole Board Interrogator (voice) (uncredited)
Air (2023) poster

Air

2023 • as Deloris Jordan

TV Credits

Peacemaker (2022) poster

Peacemaker

2022 • TV • as Amanda Waller (uncredited)

Genres associated with their filmography

Calculated from the 52 catalogue titles above — these are the genres their work most often falls under, not an official classification.

Drama (17)Crime (10)Action (9)Thriller (8)Comedy (7)

Frequent Collaborations

People credited alongside Viola Davis on more than one of the titles above.

  • Margot Robbie — 2 shared titles: Suicide Squad, The Suicide Squad
  • Joel Kinnaman — 2 shared titles: Suicide Squad, The Suicide Squad
  • Jai Courtney — 2 shared titles: Suicide Squad, The Suicide Squad

Related recommendations

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Further credits

Smaller or less widely rated credits, listed for completeness.