Nominees - Best Actress Viola Davis Viola Davis attends the 2011 National Board of Review Awards gala in New York City on January 10, 2012...

Nominees - Best Actress Viola Davis

Viola Davis attends the 2011 National Board of Review Awards gala in New York City on January 10, 2012

Beginning her career on the stage, Davis won a Tony and a Drama Desk Award for her role in King Hedley II (2001). She won a second Drama Desk Award for Intimate Apparel (2004). She won a second Tony and a third Drama Desk Award for her role in Fences (2010).

Some of her notable films include Traffic (2000), Antwone Fisher (2002), Solaris (2002) and The Help (2011). Her eleven-minute-long performance in the film adaptation of John Patrick Shanley's Doubt (2008) earned several honors, including an Academy Award nomination. Her role in the film The Help has garnered a Screen Actors Guild Award, another Academy Award nomination, and a Golden Globe nomination.

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