FrameThrower · Actors · Viola Davis
Viola Davis
16 films · 990 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1998–2024
Born 11 August 1965 · St. Matthews, South Carolina, USA
Viola Davis 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.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 16 films · 990 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1998–2024
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress2017
- Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award2025
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role2017
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series2015
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play2010
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play2001
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture2023
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture2021
- Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year2021
- Time 1002017
- Crystal Award2012
- Theatre World Award1996
How their films are shot
Measured across 990 frames from the 16 films we hold. This is the look of the work Viola takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 16 films we hold, 44% of their frames are night, 44% low key — the look of the work Viola takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024 · The Chameleon (voice)
The Woman King
2022 · Nanisca
Widows
2018 · Veronica Rawlings
Fences
2016 · Rose Maxson
Lila & Eve
2015 · Lila Walcott
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014 · Professor Lillian Friedman
Prisoners
2013 · Nancy Birch
The Pentagon Wars
1998 · Sgt. Fanning
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2023 · Dr. Volumnia Gaul
The Suicide Squad
2021 · Amanda Waller
Suicide Squad
2016 · Amanda Waller
Blackhat
2015 · Carol Barrett
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014 · Professor Lillian Friedman
It’s Kind Of A Funny Story
2010 · Dr. Eden Minerva
Doubt
2008 · Mrs. Miller
Far From Heaven
2002 · Sybil
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 990 frames from Viola Davis's 16 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.