Viola Davis is a newly minted Oscar winner, but the Fences star grew up with much, much less. Davis opens up in PEOPLE’s new cover story about the struggles of growing up in poverty and how her talent propelled her to success later in life. In the issue, the Best Supporting Actress winner talks movingly […]
getty images: When Viola Davis walked onstage at the 89th Academy Awards on Sunday to accept her award for Best Supporting Actress, she also vaulted herself into one of the most prestigious acting clubs in the world. With the win for her work in the 2016 film “Fences,” Davis becomes the 23rd person to complete […]
While growing up in Montgomery, Alabama, Octavia Spencer never revealed to anyone that she harbored a love affair for acting and hoped to one-day work in the film industry. In 1995, the inevitable happened when director Joel Schumacher gave her a small part opposite Sandra Bullock in the smash hit, “A Time to Kill.” From […]