| Famous Adoptive Parent - Viola Davis Feb 28th 2012, 11:05 Birth: Viola Davis was born August 11, 1965, in Saint Matthews, South Carolina, on her grandmother's farm. She grew up in Central Falls, Rhode Island after her family moved there when she was an infant. Adoption and Family Background: In August 2011, Viola Davis, forty-six, and her husband, actor Julius Tennon, fifty-eight, announced that they were adopting a baby. They brought their baby girl, Genesis Tennon, home in October. The baby was fourteen months old at the time. Julius and Viola were married on June 23, 2003. Julius Tennon has two grown children from previous relationships. This is the couple's first and only child together. Claim to Fame: Viola Davis is an accomplished actress and has found success on the Broadway stage as well as on the big screen. -
Won a Tony Award as Best Actress in 2001 for her role in August Wilson's King Hedley II. -
She won her second Tony Award in 2010, for another role in a play by August Wilson, Fences. -
In 2009, she was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Actress in a Supporting Role for her work in the movie Doubt, with Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams. -
In 2012, she was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Actress for her role in the movie, The Help. -
On January 29, 2012, Viola Davis won a Screen Actors Guild award for The Help. -
Currently in the movie, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close with Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock.
Other movies include: Fun Facts: -
Graduated from The Juilliard School. -
Her mother was a maid and a factory worker. Her father was a horse trainer. -
Joked in an interview with USWeekly that she wanted her daughter, Genesis to date Saundra Bullock's son, Louis. -
Has stated that she grew up in poverty. -
Confessed to Guide during an interview that she loves Wal-Mart.
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