Viola Davis is an American actress and producer. Having won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards, she is the first African-American actress to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting".Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2017.In 2020, The New York Times ranked Davis ninth on its list of "The 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century".