维奥拉·戴维斯出生在1965年的南加州,后搬到罗德岛长大,她的父亲是当地一位赛马美容师。薇奥拉家庭并不富裕,表演和写作成为她逃离贫瘠物质生活的一种方式。她在青少年时期即显露出众天赋,得到一笔奖学金进入罗德岛学院主修戏剧,后又考取了著名的茱莉亚学院。在她看来,名校的四年有利又有弊,首先为她提供了成为一位...
Viola Davis: I feel at home in Shondaland. I feel a lot of things at Shondaland, but one of the things I feel that I havent felt before is at home. I feel accepted for who I am and acknowledged for who I am. I feel like my ideas are embraced. And before I never quite felt li...
Viola Davis Narrates Kamala Harris' 'Mother' Campaign Video The clip introduces viewers to the Democratic presidential candidate's mother, who migrated to the U.S. at age 19 Your Legacy By Kalia Richardson Top stories newsletter A Cultural Force That Transcends Generations Enter your Emai...
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Her sister's memories are still taking their toll now at the age of 39. "You pray that she finds peace and love and happiness, she gets off drugs," Davis said. "And then of course you open your eyes, and you're like, 'She's still on the streets.'" ...
At the Oscars, Davis also thanked her family, starting with her parents. “The people who taught me good or bad, how to fail, how to love, how to hold an award, how to lose: my parents,” she said. “I’m ...
Davis, one of the industry’s most celebrated actors, is being lauded for her performance in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and is considered a lead contender in this year’s Oscar race; Abrams produced the award-winning documentary “All In: The Fight for Democracy,” which was j...
DAVIS: They were great! I love them! They are so confident. They are so unapologetic for who they are, which I was not at that age. I was an amoeba. I really was. I was so shy. I was too shy to even wear lipstick. That goes to show you where I was, in my life. And I...
However, craftsmanship is not always certain, given the many copies and forgeries produced over the centuries by skilled copyists and falsifiers, as well as the prolific activity of some luthiers. For example, Antonio Stradivari, during the Golden Age of the violin, is estimated to have made...
“To be here, in this moment, and everything else that has come, has been a divine prevention and a blessing.” Davis caught the acting bug at age eight, after watching Cicely Tyson in the 1974 TV movie The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. After attending the famed Juilliard School ...