Viola Davis’s 11 Best Roles, From ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ to ‘Doubt’

In charting the rise of soul icon James Brown (Chadwick Boseman), Tate Taylor’s electrifying biopic zips between his traumatic past and later success. Fleetingly present in both halves of his life is Davis’s layered portrayal of his mother, who leaves and, apprehensively, returns years later.

How to Get Away With Murder (2014 to 2020)

Across six gripping seasons of Peter Nowalk’s legal drama, Davis stuns in th