The actress will be honored at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, January 5, 2025.
The actress Viola Davis you will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award in the Golden Globes in January. She will be honored during the 2025 gala on Sunday, January 5 at the Beverly Hilton.
Davis won an Oscar for best supporting actress and a Golden Globe for Fences 2016 and has three other nominations in her career: best actress for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020) and The Help (2011) and best supporting actress for Doubt (2009). He also has six other Golden Globe nominations, most recently for The Woman King of 2022.
The extensive career of Viola Davis
Davis’ long list of big screen credits also includes The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Air, Suicide Squad, Widows, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, and Solaris. He has also done a lot of television work, including the lead role in How to Get Away with Murderalong with Peacemaker, United States of Tara and a series regular appearance City of Angels from CBS.
“Viola Davis is a luminary whose profound talent has continually changed the perspective through which we view and understand cinema,” said Golden Globes president Helen Hoehne. “Presenting him with the 2025 Cecil B. DeMille Award is not only an honor, but a reflection of our admiration for his tireless dedication to his craft and his monumental impact on the industry. “Viola’s courage in portraying complex and powerful characters has broken down barriers and paved new paths, making her an emblem of excellence and an ideal recipient of this prestigious award.”
The prize Cecil B. DeMille It was created in 1952 to honor the director of the same name and has been given to 69 great Hollywood figures, from Walt Disney and Jack Warner until Sidney Poitier, Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand and Oprah Winfrey. The award was not awarded in 2024.
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