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Viola Davis

1965 - Today

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Viola Davis ( vy-OH-lə; born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and film producer. Her accolades include both the Triple Crown of Acting and EGOT. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viola Davis has received more than 20,002,738 page views. Her biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Viola Davis is the 845th most popular actor (down from 724th in 2019), the 1,521st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,354th in 2019) and the 405th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 20M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Viola Davis ranks 845 out of 13,578. Before her are Jake Gyllenhaal, James Brolin, David Kelly, Yvette Guilbert, Eric Idle, and Terry Jones. After her are Lionel Stander, Grace Zabriskie, Natasha Richardson, Matthew Broderick, River Phoenix, and Eva Marie Saint.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Viola Davis ranks 30. Before her are Rodney King, Stefka Kostadinova, Infanta Cristina of Spain, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Brooke Shields, and Ange Postecoglou. After her are Slash, Shamil Basayev, Khaled Hosseini, Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, Diane Lane, and Michael Bay.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Viola Davis ranks 1,521 out of 20,380. Before her are Nicholas Ray (1911), Debbie Harry (1945), Phil Knight (1938), Creighton Abrams (1914), Paul Lauterbur (1929), and James Brendan Connolly (1868). After her are Lionel Stander (1908), Grace Zabriskie (1941), Matthew Broderick (1962), River Phoenix (1970), Walter Mondale (1928), and Frederick Douglass (1818).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Viola Davis ranks 405. Before her are David Graf (1950), Macaulay Culkin (1980), Patrick McGoohan (1928), Matt LeBlanc (1967), Jake Gyllenhaal (1980), and James Brolin (1940). After her are Lionel Stander (1908), Grace Zabriskie (1941), Matthew Broderick (1962), River Phoenix (1970), Eva Marie Saint (1924), and Robert Patrick (1958).

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