Davis was the first to accomplish such a feat, thanks to her double Best Actress Oscar bids for The Help (2011) and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020). While she lost both of those contests, she did win the Best Supporting Actress prize for Fences (2016); she also had a prior bid ...
The Help Widows CHICAGO– Building a career role by role, Viola Davis has emerged at the top of her profession as an actress, with four Oscar nominations in her journey – and one win for “Fences” (2016) – including this 2021’s nod for her shape shifting performance as a real-life...
‘Fences’: Viola Davis Will Campaign for the Supporting Actress Oscar It's Official. While Paramount, Scott Rudin, and Davis' reps weighed in, Davis has agreed to campaign for "Fences" as Best Supporting Actress. By Anne Thompson October 23, 2016 3:35 pm Awards Why ‘The Girl on the ...
And then, when she steps forward and she’s betrayed, then you hear her voice.” Even for an actress as lauded as Davis, that’s a rarity. “You don’t get that often,” she said. “Sometimes, women are in the background and they stay in the background. When she really taps ...
He won’t win, (he acknowledged that in the Q&A last week), but it will help plug the film to a wider audience. I do think Meryl Streep is a great actress, and gave great life to her performance in Florence Foster Jenkins, but no way did she need yet another nomination this year...
Yes, there are a lot of films nominated for Golden Globes. And sometimes, even the most seasoned actors and red-carpet hosts flub the titles when speaking with the nominees. While presenting the award for best supporting actress in a film,The Founderstar Michael Keaton incorrectly refer...
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Davis’s performance as a reserved maid at the dawn of the Americancivil rightsera in the filmThe Help(2011) earned her Oscar and Golden Globe nods for best actress. She then appeared as a kindly stranger who tries to assist a young boy who has lost his father in the9/11 attacksinExtre...