Viola Davis is known for her role as Professor Annalise Keating on the ABC TV show "How to Get Away with Murder (2014-)".

She played Nurse Lynnette Peeler on the CBS TV medical show "City of Angels (2000)", Hannah Crane on the CBS TV science fiction show "Century City (2004)", Agent Jan Marlow on the ABC TV show "Traveler (2007)", Dr. Charlene Barton on the A&E Network TV science fiction show "The Andromeda Strain (2008)" and Donna Emmett (2003-2008) on the NBC TV show "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999-)".

Some other TV shows she appeared on are "NYPD Blue", "New York Undercover", "Providence", "The Guardian", "Third Watch", "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", "The Division", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "Hack", "The Practice", "Without a Trace", "Brothers & Sisters" and "United States of Tara".

She played Molly Crane in the "Jesse Stone" movies, Director Isabel George in "Knight and Day (2010)", Delia Shiraz in "Eat Pray Love (2010)", Aibileen Clark in "The Help (2011)", Professor Lillian Friedman in the "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby" movies, Amanda Waller in "Suicide Squad (2016)" and Rose Maxson in "Fences (2016)".

Some other movies she appeared in are "The Pentagon Wars (1998)", "Out of Sight (1998)", "Grace & Glorie (1998)", "Miss Apprehension and Squirt (1998)", "Traffic (2000)", "Amy & Isabelle (2001)", "The Shrink Is In (2001)", "Kate & Leopold (2001)", "Far from Heaven (2002)", "Antwone Fisher (2002)", "Solaris (2002)", "Get Rich or Die Tryin'", "The Architect (2006)", "Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story (2006)", "Disturbia (2007)", "Nights in Rodanthe (2008)", "Doubt (2008)", "Madea Goes to Jail (2009)", "State of Play (2009)", "Law Abiding Citizen (2009)", "Trust (2010)", "It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)", "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)", "Won't Back Down (2012)", "Beautiful Creatres (2013)", "Prisoners (2013)", "Ender's Game (2013)", "Get on Up (2014)", "Blackhat (2015)", "Lila & Eve (2015)" and "Custody (2016)".

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