African-American Actresses Everyone Loves

Viola Davis reached EGOT status—winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award—after receiving a Grammy in 2023 for narrating her memoir, ‘Finding Me.’ She first gained widespread acclaim for her role in the 2011 film ‘The Help,’ which earned her an Oscar nomination. Davis later won an Academy Award for her performance in the 2016 film ‘Fences,’ adapted from the play by August Wilson. She also starred as the complex Annalise Keating in the hit series ‘How to Get Away with Murder’ for six seasons. More recently, she’s continued to succeed with films like ‘The Woman King,’ where she played a powerful general.








