Ahead of the 2025 Oscars, PEOPLE is looking back on moments from Academy Awards history. 'Moonlight' star Naomie Harris explains why she initially thought 'thank God' when she wasn't named Best ...

More than 20 years after the win ... Viola Davis finally accepted her Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2017. Her role as Rose Maxson in the film adaptation of August Wilson’s “Fences ...

Hattie McDaniel made Black history in 1940, becoming the first Black person to win an Oscar ... Feature. Viola Davis has often been snubbed as a nominee and winner during the Oscars, most notably ...

What awards has Viola Davis been nominated for? Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Fences, Special Citations (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for , Outstanding ...

"Widows" is a heist thriller starring major talents including Viola Davis — who'd won the best supporting actress Oscar the year before for "Fences ... times without a win — this would ...

"Widows" is a heist thriller starring major talents including Viola Davis — who'd won the best supporting actress Oscar the year before for "Fences" — Cynthia Erivo ... been nominated four times ...

"Widows" (2018) "Widows" is a heist thriller starring major talents including Viola Davis — who'd won the best supporting actress Oscar the year before for "Fences" — Cynthia Erivo, Elizabeth ...

The Tarot deck cards are compared to Academy Award winners, highlighting dramatic elements and strong performances. The ...

"Hopefully in the next five years I will win all ... Viola Davis! The star picked up her missing piece — a Grammy — at the 2023 ceremony, after already winning an Oscar for Best Performance by an ...

There are 13 stars up for their first-ever Oscar win in 2025. Demi Moore earned ... Audrey Hepburn, Viola Davis, Whoopi Goldberg and more celebrities who have reached EGOT status.

In 2021, support for "Nomadland," which won best picture, carried Frances McDormand to a best actress win in another competitive race against the likes of Viola Davis and Carey Mulligan.