Viola Davis
Viola Davis
Age: 43
Character: Mrs Miller in Doubt
Synopsis: John Patrick Shanley brings his Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play to the screen as a gripping story about the quest for truth, the forces of change, and the devastating consequences of blind justice in an age defined by moral conviction.
It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn (Academy Award® winner Philip Seymour Hoffman), is trying to upend the schools' strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep), the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline
The winds of political change are sweeping through the community, and indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller.
But when Sister James (Academy Award® nominee Amy Adams), a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school.
Previous Oscar Wins: Viola Davis has no previous Oscar wins
Previous Oscar Nominations: And no previous nominations
Awards/Nominations for Film: for her performance Davis has won the African American Film Critics Association Awards, Black Reel Awards, national Board of Review and the St Louis Film Critics AssociationAward.
She has also been nominated at the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, Chicago Film Critics Association, Golden Globes, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Screen Actors Guild, and Satellite Awards.
Critics: 'Viola Davis is perfect as the mother of 12-year-old Donald, whom Sister Aloysius suspects Father Flynn of molesting.' (USA Today)
'But the film's most notable performance comes in the brief scenes where Davis's anxious Mrs. Miller grapples with the suggestion that her son is at risk from a man he admires, one who has helped him through difficult times.' (The Toronto Star)
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