Viola Davis Filmography: Every Movie and TV Show in Order

How many movies and TV shows has Viola Davis been in? This complete Viola Davis filmography lists 79 credited roles (56 films, 23 TV series), in chronological order from 1953 to 2025, with links to our full guides where available.

Viola Davis movies in order

• The Pentagon Wars (1998) as Sgt. Fanning
• Out of Sight (1998) as Moselle
• Traffic (2000) as Social Worker
• The Shrink Is In (2001) as Robin
• Ocean's Eleven (2001) as Parole Board Interrogator (voice) (uncredited)
• Kate & Leopold (2001) as Policewoman
• Far from Heaven (2002) as Sybil
• Solaris (2002) as Gordon
• Antwone Fisher (2002) as Eva May
• Stone Cold (2005) as Molly Crane
• Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) as Grandma
• Syriana (2005) as CIA Chairwoman
• Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006) as Officer Molly Crane
• Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006) as Molly Crane
• World Trade Center (2006) as Mother in Hospital
• The Architect (2006) as Tonya Neely
• Disturbia (2007) as Detective Parker
• Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007) as Molly Crane
• Nights in Rodanthe (2008) as Jean
• Doubt (2008) as Mrs. Miller
• Madea Goes to Jail (2009) as Ellen
• State of Play (2009) as Dr. Judith Franklin
• Law Abiding Citizen (2009) as Mayor April Henry
• Knight and Day (2010) as CIA Director Isabel George
• Eat Pray Love (2010) as Delia Shiraz
• Trust (2010) as Gail Friedman
• It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010) as Dr. Eden Minerva
• The Help (2011) as Aibileen Clark
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) as Abby Black
• Won't Back Down (2012) as Nona Alberts
• Beautiful Creatures (2013) as Amma Treadeau
• Love, Marilyn (2013) as Self
• Prisoners (2013) as Nancy Birch
• Ender's Game (2013) as Major Gwen Anderson
• The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014) as Professor Lillian Friedman
• Get On Up (2014) as Susie Brown
• The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2014) as Professor Lillian Friedman
• The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2014) as Professor Lillian Friedman
• Blackhat (2015) as Carol Barrett
• Lila & Eve (2015) as Lila Walcott
• Custody (2016) as Martha Schulman
• Suicide Squad (2016) as Amanda Waller
• Fences (2016) as Rose Maxson
• Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2017) as Self (uncredited)
• Widows (2018) as Veronica Rawlings
• Troop Zero (2019) as Miss Rayleen
• Giving Voice (2020) as Self
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) as Ma Rainey
• The Suicide Squad (2021) as Amanda Waller
• The Unforgivable (2021) as Liz Ingram
• The Woman King (2022) as Nanisca
• Black Adam (2022) as Amanda Waller (uncredited)
• Air (2023) as Deloris Jordan
• The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) as Dr. Volumnia Gaul
• Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) as The Chameleon (voice)
• G20 (2025) as President Danielle Sutton

Viola Davis TV shows

• The Oscars (1953) as Self
• The Simpsons (1989) as Narrator (voice)
• NYPD Blue (1993) as Woman
• The Practice (1997) as Aisha Crenshaw
• Providence (1999) as Dr. Eleanor Weiss
• Judging Amy (1999) as Celeste
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Donna Emmett
• Third Watch (1999) as Margo Rodriguez
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Attorney Campbell
• The Guardian (2001) as Suzanna Clemons' Attorney
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Terry Randolph
• Without a Trace (2002) as Audrey Williams
• Threshold (2005)
• Brothers and Sisters (2006) as Ellen Snyder
• Traveler (2007) as Agent Jan Marlow
• The Andromeda Strain (2008) as Dr. Charlene Barton
• United States of Tara (2009)
• Scandal (2012) as Annalise Keating
• Sofia the First (2013) as Helen Hanshaw (voice)
• How to Get Away with Murder (2014) as Annalise Keating
• Peacemaker (2022) as Amanda Waller (uncredited)
• The First Lady (2022) as Michelle Obama
• Creature Commandos (2024) as Amanda Waller (voice)

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