Viola Davis has an estimated net worth of $3 million
Viola Davis is an American actress with an estimated net worth of $3 million. She is 5’5″ and weighs 140 pounds. The second youngest of six children, Viola Davis was born on August 11, 1965 in St. Matthews, South Carolina. Growing up in Central Falls, Rhode Island, Viola fell in love with the arts as a teen performing in a number of high-school stage productions and earning a scholarship into the Young People’s School for the Performing Arts. Majoring in theatre at Rhode Island College, she later studied drama attending the Juilliard School for four years.
Viola began building her film and television resume with roles in shows NYPD Blue, New York Undercover and Judging Amy, and films Out of Sight (1998) and Traffic (2000). In 2008, Viola appeared in the film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning play, Doubt and garnered her first Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of “Mrs. Miller.” 2011 would bring Viola her first major starring film role as “Aibileen Clark” in the film adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s acclaimed novel, The Help. Viola earned major critical praise for her performance winning two Screen Actors Guild Awards and her second Academy Award nomination.
Viola married fellow actor Julius Tennon in 2003 and the couple has one child together, daughter Genesis, who was adopted in 2011. The actress also acts a stepmother to her husband’s two children from his first marriage. Honored in 2012 for her charitable work, Viola is heavily involved with a number of causes including Upward Bound, the Segue Institute for learning and Friendly House, which helps women recover from addiction. Securing her name as one of Hollywood’s most notable actresses, Viola continues to earn important film roles including work in 2011’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, alongside Sandra Bullock, and in fantasy film Beautiful Creatures (2013).
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