Finding Me: The Grammy-winning memoir

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On January 20, 2020, Davis was awarded an honorary doctoral degree in fine arts from Indiana University. Taking off the wig in How to Get Away With Murder was my duty to honor black women by not showing any image that is palatable to the oppressor, to people who have tarnished, punished the image of black womanhood for so long. He looked and looked and looked from one white boy to another, frightened and struggling to find a way to hide the truth of what I had just said.

Viola is vulnerable and honest and I have a deep appreciation for not just the excellent actress she is, but the person she is — Someone who overcame so much, who will shed labels and be true to herself. One of the many takeaways for me is the understanding of just how hard it is for actors to “make it”. She also talks about her personal life, sharing health challenges, meeting her husband, and adopting her daughter. Watch Viola Davis Explain Her Historic Emmys Speech to Ellen DeGeneres" Archived September 28, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Time, September 24, 2015.

She received nominations from the Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series for her performance on the show. Davis attended Central Falls High School, the alma mater to which she partially credits her love of stage acting with her involvement in the arts. not just winning an Emmy, a Tony nomination, a Golden Globe award, screen actors Guild award, a star on the Hollywood walk of fame, an Academy award for best supporting actress…. She tells her extraordinary journey filled with poverty, love, hatred, racism, and achievements in her life in this book.

Nordyke, Hilary Lewis,Pamela McClintock,Kimberly; Lewis, Hilary; McClintock, Pamela; Nordyke, Kimberly (April 5, 2021). I channeled the spirit of my grandmother, and I've kind of paid homage to how they've contributed to my life and the lives of so many people". In 2022, Davis starred in The Woman King, inspired by true events that took place within The Kingdom of Dahomey. There Viola was named a 'Promising Young Artist' which eventually led to a scholarship to Rhode Island College.Finding Me is Viola Davis’ story, in her own words, and spans her incredible, inspiring life, from her coming-of-age in Rhode Island to her present day.

Viola reading it to me (go with the audio, please, please) was an incredibly personal and intimate feeling. Career-wise, after Viola got a role in the 1998 HBO movie 'The Pentagon Wars', there was a domino effect, and more television work came along. While enrolled at the Young People's School for the Performing Arts in West Warwick, Rhode Island, Davis's talent was recognized by a director at the program, Bernard Masterson. Davis has been one of the city's most high-profile boosters, raising and donating money for the city's Adams Memorial Library, the Central Falls High School chess team and drama club, and the Segue Institute for Learning, a charter school.For anyone who needs reminding that a life worth living can only be born from radical honesty and the courage to shed facades and be. The author is discussing the pain that she had to suffer due to the mindset of people due to the influence of the Jim Crow laws. Davis is also tied for the most film wins for an actress at the Screen Actors Guild Awards; and with six overall wins, she is the most awarded African American. Davis appeared uncredited as Amanda Waller in two episodes, " A Whole New Whirled" and " It's Cow or Never", in season 1 of the show Peacemaker, a spin-off of The Suicide Squad, and in the film, Black Adam. Davis was awarded an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts from her undergraduate alma mater, Rhode Island College, in 2002.