Viola Davis and

Triple Crown of
Acting.
Students: Anna, Daniella ,Geovanna,
Pietra and Vitória.
 Introdution
In this presentation we would like to talk about the brilliant
tribune Viola Davis and her well deserved awards, hope you
like it!!
Who is Viola Davis?
Viola Davis is an actress known for her award-
winning performances in the TV series ‘’How to
Get Away With Murder’’, the Broadway
productions of ‘King Hedley II’ and ‘Fences’ and
its film adaptation.
Viola Davis grew up in Rhode Island, where she
began acting- fist in high school, and then at
Rhode Island College.
After attending the Juilliard School of
Performing Arts, Davis made her Brodway debut
in 1996 in Seven Guitars. She has won Tony
Awards for her performances in King Hedley II
(2001) and a revival of
August Wilson’s Fences (2010), which co-starred
Denzel Washington. Her film work includes
Doubt (2008), for which she receiced an Oscar
nomination, The Help (2011), Ender’s Game
(2013) and Get on Up (2014). In 2015 she
became the first African-American woman to
win na Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a
Drama Series for her work on the television
series How to Get Away with Murder. She
reprized her role playing Rose Maxson in the
2016 film adaptation of Fences, directed by and
co-starring Washington, for which she received
an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
in 2017.
 Career start
Growing up poor in Rhode Island, Davis found as oásis from her
Family’s financial troubles by watching movies. His father
workedf at racetracks, often as a groom for horses. She discovered
a love of acting early in high school. At Rhode Island College,
Davis gratuated with a degree in theather in 1988. From there, she
soon continued her studies at the famous Julliard School of
Perfoming Arts in New York City.
Before long, Davis began to establish a name for herself in the
New York theater world. She made her Brodway debut in August
Wilson’s tragic comedy Seven Guitars in 1996. In the play, Davis
starred as Vera, a woman who takes back the boyfriend who
wronged her. She again worked with Wilson on his 2001 drama
King Hedley II, for which she won her first Tony Award.
 What is the triple
crown of acting?
Triple Crown of Acting is a term used by the American
entertainment industry to describe actors who have won
Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, Emmy Awards in
categories involving acting. By June 2019, twentyfour
people had won the triple crown of acting, 15 woman and
nine men. In 1953, Helen Hayes became the first person to
reach that mark after receiving the Emmy Award for Best
Actress. In the same year, Thomas Mitchell became the first
male actor to achieve the milestone after receiving the Tony
Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
 Awards:

Janet Jones
Her first Emmy win in 2016,
‘Fences’, for which she received
several awards in the Best
Actress category.
Her Oscar award in 2021, being She with the Annual Tony
the most nominated black Awards in 2010.
woman.
Why do only White people win this award?

That and because of the existing prejudice in the world of films, it is

na old problem that permeates all spheres of the industry, as a
cause for not believing that blacks have a power relevant to that of
whites. Because of this, the only people who won the awards
would be White people, until Viola Davis won the award in 2017
and ended this prejudice.
Why was her winning this award so
important?
When Viola Davis took the stage at the 89th Academy Awards on Sunday to
accept her Oscar fot best supporting actress, she also became part of one of
the most prestigious acting clubs in the world. And she is the first black
woman to achieve this feat.
This makes clear the importance of this award, for black girls and woman who
dream of following this path or in any other profession, it simulates and
inspires them to believe in themselves, ensuring that they can and will get
there, even in a world where writes dictated the rules for a long time,
making them understand that their color or race does not make them
inferior and uneven, but rather makes them stand out! And ,ainly makes
them believe in a better world!
 “It’s importante for a black woman
to know she can lead a blockbuster.”

–Viola Davis
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Thak you guys!!