Question: Viola Davis won Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in which of the films below?
(a) Fences
(b) Won’t back down
(c) The Help
(d) Beautiful Creatures
Ans: (a)
- On 4th March, 2017 popular actress, producer, director, activist and philanthropist Viola Davis was awarded the Harvard Foundation’s arts medal during the 32nd annual Cultural Rhythms Festival in Memorial Hall’s Sanders Theatre for 2017.
- The actress has won Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in ‘Fences’.
- Viola Davis is an American actress and producer. She is the only black woman to be nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one, and is the only black actress or actor to win the Triple Crown of Acting.
- In 2012, she was listed by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/02/actress-and-activist-viola-davis-named-harvard-artist-of-the-year/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4282842/Viola-Davis-given-Harvard-s-Artist-Year-Award.html