Finding Me: The Grammy-winning memoir

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In 2016, Davis reprised the role of Maxson in the film adaptation of Fences, [8] winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Davis begins at the beginning: born on a South Carolina plantation (truly), she shortly moved with her mother and alcoholic father to Central Falls, Rhode Island, where she grew up in dire poverty. In 2001 Viola won a Tony Award for King Hedley II, and then the 2008 movie 'Doubt' marked her transition from stage actor to film/Hollywood actor. One day after a snowstorm the snow was piled so high in the streets anyone could hide behind the giant mounds that seemed to be everywhere. I’m baffled at just how powerful — brutal - heart wrenching- heartbreaking - heart stopping - and deeply, profoundly ‘soul’-generous Viola Davis is….Viola Davis Tackles Fear, Shines In 'Doubt'" Archived October 30, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, NPR, December 10, 2008. The abuse ranged from random old men on the street trying to get a kiss, to men at birthday parties playing catch the girl, to older neighborhood boys who 'babysat', to Viola's brother - whose sexual curiosity crossed the line to penetration of two of his sisters.

Davis also starred alongside fellow Shondaland costar Kerry Washington for a special two-hour crossover episode of How to Get Away with Murder and Scandal, aptly titled How to Get Away with Scandal. Privation affected Viola's health as well, and some time later she had fibroid surgery and a hysterectomy. My hope is that my story will inspire you to light up your own life with creative expression and rediscover who you were before the world put a label on you. Volumnia Gaul in the prequel to The Hunger Games film series, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Sundance Unveils Female-Powered Lineup Featuring Taylor Swift, Gloria Steinem, Abortion Road Trip Drama".Only once since have both supporting role winners been of another ethnicity other than white, this being in 2021 with Daniel Kaluuya and Youn Yuh-jung's respective wins for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. I’m guessing every reader will continue thinking about this book long after finishing it - certain sections more than others (all for varied reasons)…. She has bared her heart to the public to be an example and to let others know it is okay to be yourself, even if that is different from whatever B. Netflix Reveals Premiere Dates for Adam McKay's 'Don't Look Up,' Sandra Bullock Starrer 'The Unforgivable,' More Fall Movies".