Viola Davis

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  1. 30 Years of Oprah’s Book Club: The Authors Behind the Stories We Love

    2d ago

    30 Years of Oprah’s Book Club: The Authors Behind the Stories We Love

    BUY THE BOOKS! The Oprah Book Club storefront https://amzn.to/4j5y1xW To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Oprah’s Book Club - Oprah is joined by four multiple-award winning, best-selling authors including: Viola Davis, Barbara Kingsolver, Abraham Verghese and Ocean Vuong. In her backyard under the oak trees Oprah and these masterful storytellers have a thoughtful conversation about the craft of writing, their processes and the significance the reader brings to their work. Among their works they discuss these Oprah's Book club picks: Finding Me, Demon Copperhead, The Poisonwood Bible, The Emperor of Gladness and The Covenant of Water. 00:00:00 - Welcome authors Barbara Kingsolver, Abraham Verghese, Viola Davis and Ocean Vuong 00:04:30 - Finding characters  00:06:50 - Becoming a writer  00:09:00 - How Viola became a writer  00:12:48 - Viola reading her memoir  00:17:20 - What writers are noticing about right now  00:22:30 - What does being a bestseller mean 00:28:00 - Greatest compliments about their work 00:39:50 - The magic of writing  00:43:00 - When is a sentence done? 00:47:30 - Finding your title  00:52:00 - Is writing personal therapy? Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social: https://www.instagram.com/oprahpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/oprahwinfrey/ Listen to the full podcast:  https://open.spotify.com/show/0tEVrfNp92a7lbjDe6GMLI https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oprah-podcast/id1782960381

  2. Viola Davis

    Mar 17

    Viola Davis

    Viola Davis can do everything but bake. Amy hangs with the award-winning actress and talks about why she loves bad kids, following Meryl Streep around on set, and jumping out of a plane to be cool for her daughter.Host: Amy PoehlerGuests: Julius Tennon and Viola DavisExecutive producers: Bill Simmons, Amy Poehler, and Jenna Weiss-BermanFor Paper Kite Productions: Executive producer Jenna Weiss-Berman, coordinator Sam Green, and supervising producer Joel LovellFor The Ringer: Supervising producers Juliet Litman, Sean Fennessey, and Mallory Rubin; video producers Jack Wilson and Aleya Zenieris; audio producer Kaya McMullen; social producer Bridget Geerlings; video editor Drew van Steenbergen; and booker Kat SpillaneOriginal music: Amy Miles Use coupon code ‘EATCESAR10’ at Cesar.com for 10% offShop your favorite local grocers on Uber Eats! https://www.ubereats.com/brand/kroger Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  3. Viola Davis: What If We’re Enough?

    Jan 4

    Viola Davis: What If We’re Enough?

    Before Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder) became an EGOT-winning actor, she was an observer. Her work takes the human experience and transmutes it, offering a mirror and a window into ourselves. You can watch this conversation on YouTube. As we (gradually) move into 2026, we revisit our sit-down with Davis. We unpack her liberating projects in The Woman King (4:24) and G20 (4:50), the formative years she spent growing up in Rhode Island (13:52), and how she captured those familial memories in her 2022 memoir Finding Me (17:12). Then, we talk about Viola’s start as a performer (23:40), what she learned attending Juilliard (31:57), and the quagmire she faced as a Black actor emerging on Broadway and in Hollywood post-graduation (35:10). On the back-half, Davis reflects on a scene from August Wilson’s play Seven Guitars (37:50), her singular experience acting alongside Meryl Streep in Doubt (47:25), and the ways her life transformed during Shonda Rhymes’ How to Get Away with Murder and Steve McQueen’s Widows (53:00). To close, Viola shares her views on legacy (1:01:05) and how she finds her way back home, each and every day (1:05:20). Thoughts or future guest ideas? Email us at talkeasypod@gmail.com. Original air date: April 27, 2025 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  4. Viola Davis On Overcoming Trauma and How To Shape Your Own Future

    Season 5, Episode 5

    Viola Davis On Overcoming Trauma and How To Shape Your Own Future

    It’s hard to imagine Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis survived the childhood she did. Bullied at a young age for being different, Davis now realizes the power — and the potency — of those differences. Davis sat down with Hoda Kotb in spring of 2022 for an intimate conversation on overcoming trauma and how to shape your own future, one leg of the relay race at a time. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  5. Viola Davis: "I Want to Love Me"

    Season 2

    Viola Davis: "I Want to Love Me"

    Viola Davis on finding herself. It’s hard to imagine the Academy Award-winning actress survived the childhood she did. Bullied at a young age for being different, Viola now realizes the power — and the potency — of those differences. Viola joins Hoda for an intimate conversation on overcoming trauma and how to shape your own future, one leg of the relay race at a time. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  6. Viola Davis

    04/19/2021

    Viola Davis

    Oprah talks with Viola Davis, the most nominated Black actress in Oscar history, about her new film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. In yet another superb performance, Davis inhabits “the Mother of the Blues” in an adaptation of the August Wilson play. Davis reveals what Ma's struggle says about today's America and what it taught her about harnessing her own powers as a Black woman. She also shares her thoughts on working with the late Chadwick Boseman on his final film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  7. The Many Lives of Viola Davis

    04/27/2025

    The Many Lives of Viola Davis

    Before Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder) became an EGOT-winning actor, she was an observer. Her work takes the human experience and transmutes it, offering a mirror and a window into ourselves. Today, we sit to unpack her recent, liberating projects in The Woman King (4:24) and G20 (4:50), the formative years she spent growing up in Rhode Island (13:52), and how she captured those familial memories in her 2022 memoir Finding Me (17:12). Then, we talk about Viola’s start as a performer (23:40), what she learned attending Juilliard (31:57), and the quagmire she faced as a Black actor emerging on Broadway and in Hollywood post-graduation (35:10). On the back-half, Davis reflects on a scene from August Wilson’s play Seven Guitars (37:50), her singular experience acting alongside Meryl Streep in Doubt (47:25), and the ways her life transformed during Shonda Rhymes’ How to Get Away with Murder and Steve McQueen’s Widows (53:00). To close, Viola shares her views on legacy (1:01:05) and how she finds her way back home, each and every day (1:05:20). Thoughts or future guest ideas? Email us at mail@talkeasypod.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  8. Super Soul Special: Viola Davis

    04/19/2023

    Super Soul Special: Viola Davis

    Original Air Date: April 19th, 2021 Oprah talks with Viola Davis, the most nominated Black actress in Oscar history, about her film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. In yet another superb performance, Davis inhabits “the mother of the blues” in an adaptation of the August Wilson play. Davis reveals what Ma's struggle says about today's America and what it taught her about harnessing her own powers as a Black woman. She also shares her thoughts on working with the late Chadwick Boseman on his final film.    Want more podcasts from OWN? Visit https://bit.ly/OWNPods You can also watch Oprah’s Super Soul, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more of your favorite OWN shows on your TV! Visit  https://bit.ly/find_OWN   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  9. Viola Davis

    03/24/2021

    Viola Davis

    Minnie questions Viola Davis, Oscar-nominated actress from Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Viola shares the story of an affirming trip to the Gambia, what losing her father taught her about life, and how the 8 year old version of herself helps her find joy. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  10. Viola Davis & Julius Tennon

    03/03/2021

    Viola Davis & Julius Tennon

    Viola and Julius found deep love in the land of Opposites Attract. We visit their charming home in Southern California to find out who is the emotionally open one, and who leaves the bathroom a tornado site.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  11. Viola Davis, Wonder Woman 1984, Come Away and Let Him Go

    12/18/2020

    Viola Davis, Wonder Woman 1984, Come Away and Let Him Go

    Mark and Simon are joined by Viola Davis who talks about her film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. We’ll also have your essential streaming film reviews including Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984, the sequel to 2017’s Wonder Woman, Kevin Costner in thriller Let Him Go and David Oyelowo in Come Away. Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top ten films in UK cinemas. 00:39:08 Box Office Top 10 00:51:48 Let Him Go review 00:56:53 Viola Davis interview 01:12:39 The Woman Who Ran review 01:15:28 Come Away review 01:20:42 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:23:50 Wonder Woman 1984 review 01:29:22 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:32:59 The Macaloso Sisters 01:35:56 Farewell Amor 01:45:02 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment

  12. Viola Davis on Playing Michelle Obama, and Finding Her Voice as an Actor

    04/25/2022

    Viola Davis on Playing Michelle Obama, and Finding Her Voice as an Actor

    The Oscar-winning actor Viola Davis traces her career in Hollywood back to a single moment of inspiration from her childhood: watching Cicely Tyson star in the 1974 movie “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.” “I saw excellence and craft, and I saw transformation,” Davis tells David Remnick. “And more importantly, what it planted in me is that seed of—literally—I am not defined by the boundaries of my life.” In a new memoir, “Finding Me,” Davis writes of a difficult upbringing in Rhode Island, marked by poverty and an abusive father. She pursued her dream of attending the prestigious Juilliard School, but felt alienated by a white-focussed approach that left little room for her background or identity. She talks with Remnick about how she grew past these early challenges, the lingering impostor syndrome that many successful people experience, and how she prepared to play Michelle Obama in the series “The First Lady.” Plus, the cartoonist Liana Finck, a regular presence in The New Yorker, explains how a ride on the Long Island Rail Road gets her creative ideas flowing; she can work among people without anyone talking to her. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  13. Viola Davis (2019)

    08/02/2020

    Viola Davis (2019)

    Viola Davis’ journey to the top of Hollywood’s A-list began on a former plantation in South Carolina, where she was born. She moved to Rhode Island at a young age and grew up poor, but found her way out through acting. In this week’s “Sunday Sitdown,” Willie Geist talks to the actress about her extraordinary life and career, as well as a project that’s close to her heart - a documentary about the diabetes crisis in the United States. (Original broadcast date: May 5, 2019) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  14. Viola Davis in The Woman King, playwright Rona Munro and artist Amy Sherald

    10/03/2022

    Viola Davis in The Woman King, playwright Rona Munro and artist Amy Sherald

    American actress Viola Davis, who has won an Oscar, Emmy and a Tony for her outstanding performances, plays a female warrior in the historical epic The Woman King. Viola Davis and director Gina Prince-Bythewood discuss bringing the story of a 19th Century female general to life. Rona Munro’s trilogy The James Plays were one of the theatrical highlights of the year when they premiered in 2014. She has now returned to Scottish history with two further monarchal plays – James IV: Queen of the Fight, and Mary. She talks to Samira about how her new plays challenge the traditional histories about the court of James IV and the life of Mary, Queen of Scots. Amy Sherald is a celebrated American painter, known for her striking official portrait of Michelle Obama. As her first European exhibition opens in London, she joins Samira in the Front Row studio to discuss her new paintings, which continue to explore themes of American realism and Black portraiture. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Julian May Image: Viola Davis in The Woman King

  15. Viola Davis - SPÉCIAL CANNES

    05/21/2025

    Viola Davis - SPÉCIAL CANNES

    À l’occasion du Festival de Cannes, je vous propose une série spéciale dédiée au cinéma. Des entretiens inédits avec des acteurs, actrices, réalisateurs et réalisatrices, venus du monde entier. Mais aussi des rediffusions de conversations marquantes avec des personnalités emblématiques du 7e art, pour découvrir leurs parcours, leur vision et leurs anecdotes exclusives. Aujourd'hui je vous (re)fais découvrir la rencontre particulièrement marquante que j'ai eue avec la seule et l'unique Viola Davis l'année dernière ! Dans cet échange, Viola revient avec beaucoup d'honnêteté sur son chemin vers l’estime de soi, ses débuts dans l’industrie, et cette petite fille en elle qui avait "besoin de se sentir aimée", malgré les humiliations, et les doutes. Elle partage aussi la beauté de la sororité, de la transmission, de ces "femmes qui nous passent d’une rive à l’autre" dans les moments de tourmente. "On ne naît pas célèbre, on devient visible… quand quelqu’un nous tend la lumière." Viola Davis nous parle aussi de son rapport à la représentation, à la guérison, à la vulnérabilité dans le métier d’acteur, et du moment où elle est devenue ambassadrice L’Oréal à 54 ans : "Ce n’était pas juste moi. C’était toutes les femmes noires que je représentais, surtout celles à la peau foncée. C’est pour la petite Viola." Une leçon de vie, de courage, et de sincérité. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

  16. Viola Davis, Actress and Producer - "I had a hard time finding self-love"

    06/13/2024

    Viola Davis, Actress and Producer - "I had a hard time finding self-love"

    yo il est minuit et demi et je réalise que j'ai rien écrit cet épisode est fantastique, c'est votre perte si vous ne l'écoutez pas bisous Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

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