Actress Viola Davis holds the award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for 'The Help' in the press room at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles
Actress Viola Davis holds the award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for 'The Help' in the press room at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on February 17, 2012. UPI/Danny Moloshok
Viola Davis at the 84th Academy Awards in Los Angeles
Viola Davis arrives on the red carpet at the 84th Academy Awards at the Hollywood and Highlands Center in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on February 26, 2012. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
Meryl Streep and Viola Davis attend the Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards in Beverly Hills, California
Actresses Viola Davis (R) and Meryl Streep arrive for the Women In Film Crystal + Lucy Awards in Beverly Hills, California on June 12, 2012. Streep presented the Crystal Award for Excellence in Film to Davis during the fundraising event. UPI/Jim Ruymen
Cast member Viola Davis and her husband Julius Tennon attend the premiere of the sci-fi motion picture "Ender's Game" at TCL Chinese Theatre (formerly Grauman's) in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on October 28, 2013. The film depicts the people of Earth banding together to prevent their own annihilation from the Buggers, a technologically superior alien species. The International Military seeks out a leader who can save the human race from the alien attack in a battle that will determine the future of Earth. UPI/Jim Ruymen
Actress Viola Davis backstage during the 86th Academy Awards at the Hollywood & Highland Center on March 2, 2014 in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. UPI/Jim Ruymen
72nd annual Golden Globe Awards held in Beverly Hills, California
Actress Viola Davis attends the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 11, 2015. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held in Los Angeles
Actress Viola Davis poses backstage with the award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series for "How to Get Away with Murder" at the 21st annual SAG Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on January 25, 2015. The Screen Actors Guild Awards will be broadcast live on TNT and TBS. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Viola Davis arrives on the red carpet at the 87th Academy Awards at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles on February 22, 2015. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Viola Davis at the 67th Primetime Emmys in Los Angeles
Actress Viola Davis accepts the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for 'How to Get Away with Murder' onstage during the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on September 20, 2015. Photo by Ken Matsui/UPI.
Viola Davis and Julius Tennon attend the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards
Actress Viola Davis, left, and Julius Tennon attend the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 10, 2016. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Viola Davis wins an award backstage at the 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
Actress Viola Davis, winner for Outstanding Performance By a Female Actor in a Drama Series for 'How to Get Away With Murder' appears backstage during the 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California on January 30, 2016. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Viola Davis honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles
Actress Viola Davis is joined by her husband Julius Tennon and their daughter Genesis Tennon during an unveiling ceremony honoring Davis with the 2,596th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on January 5, 2017. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Viola Davis attends the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills
Viola Davis attends the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 8, 2017. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Viola Davis wins an award at the 23rd annual SAG Awards in Los Angeles
Viola Davis appears backstage with her award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for "Fences" during the the 23rd annual SAG Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on January 29, 2017. The Screen Actors Guild Awards will be broadcast live on TNT and TBS. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Mahersala Ali, Emma Stone, Viola Davis and Casey Affleck appear backstage with their Oscars at the 89th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood
(L-R) Actors Mahersala Ali, winner of the award for Actor in a Supporting Role for 'Moonlight', Emma Stone, winner of the award for Actress in a Leading Role for 'La La Land', Viola Davis, winner of the award for Actress in a Supporting Role for 'Fences', and Casey Affleck, winner of the award for Actor in a Leading Role for 'Manchester by the Sea' appear backstage during the 89th annual Academy Awards at Loews Hollywood Hotel in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on February 26, 2017. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Viola Davis and Julius Tennonon arrive at the TIME 100 Gala in New York
Viola Davis arrives on the red carpet at the TIME 100 Gala at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, in New York City on April 26, 2017. TIME 100 celebrates TIME Magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. Photo by Bryan R. Smith/UPI
Viola Davis and Julius Tennon attend the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills
Actors Viola Davis (L) and Julius Tennon attend the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 7, 2018. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Sam Rockwell wins Oscar for Best Supporting Actor at the 90th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood.
Actors Viola Davis (R) and Sam Rockwell, winner of the award for Best Supporting Actor for 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,' appears backstage with his Oscar during the 90th annual Academy Awards at Loews Hollywood Hotel in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on March 4, 2018. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Viola Davis attends 'Widows' premiere at Toronto Film Festival 2018
Viola Davis arrives for the world premiere of 'Widows' at Roy Thomson Hall during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada on September 8, 2018. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI
Viola Davis attends Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles
Viola Davis arrives for the 71st annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, September 22, 2019. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI
American actress Viola Davis and husband Julius Tennon attend the premiere of Top Gun: Maverick at Palais des Festivals at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, France on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Photo by Rune Hellestad/ UPI