Buchzusammenfassung
Viola Davis, an accomplished American actress and producer, holds the rare distinction of earning an EGOT—Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards. Time magazine named her among the 100 most influential people in 2012 and 2017. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her ninth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century.
Viola Davis’s life mirrors Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey, beginning with her Call to Adventure when she saw Cicely Tyson on screen, inspiring her to pursue acting as a way out of poverty. Despite hardships like family violence, poverty, and racial prejudice, Viola’s talent shone through, earning her opportunities in drama programs, a scholarship to Rhode Island College, and eventually acceptance into Juilliard. Her journey was marked by struggles with identity, particularly in a Eurocentric industry that often marginalized Black women. A cultural tour of Africa reconnected her with her heritage, empowering her to embrace her identity. Viola’s career flourished with roles like Vera in *Seven Guitars* and Mrs. Miller in *Doubt*, yet she still grappled with the scars of her past. Her breakthrough came with Shonda Rhimes’s *How to Get Away with Murder*, where she reclaimed her voice and power, culminating in a defining moment opposite Cicely Tyson. Through her career, her relationship with Julius Tennon, and motherhood, Viola learned to honor the strength of her younger self, transforming her pain into resilience and running toward joy.
“My biggest discovery was that you can literally re-create your life. You can redefine it. You don’t have to live in the past.”
“Memories are immortal. Define you in a way that’s based more in other people’s tucked-up perceptions than truth.”
“Forgiveness is giving up all hope of a different past.”
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