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Oprah Winfrey<\/strong> and Viola Davis<\/strong> discuss her astonishing new memoir, Finding Me<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For years, we have marveled at the pillar of beauty and strength that is Oscar-winning actor Viola Davis<\/strong> \u2014 never really knowing or understanding from where exactly said strength stemmed from. On April 22<\/strong>, we get to pull up a chair and tune in to what will undoubtedly be an insightful, honest and inspiring 48-minute Netflix<\/a> Special Event <\/strong>episode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first time Viola shares memories of her childhood marked with unimaginable poverty, disturbing abuse and “all the things that cause you pain.” Viola reveals how “giving up hope that the past could be different” has brought her peace, forgiveness and a sense of self. Viola also explains how she manifested the loves in her life and what it took to become one of the most celebrated and talented actresses of our time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finding Me<\/a><\/em> will be released on April 26, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by Harpo from executive producers Tara Montgomery and Terry Wood, co-executive producer Brian Piotrowicz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Viola Davis<\/strong>\u00a0is the recipient of\u00a0various accolades, including an\u00a0Academy Award, a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award, and two\u00a0Tony Awards, she is the first African-American to achieve the\u00a0Triple Crown of Acting\u00a0Time<\/em>\u00a0magazine named her one of the\u00a0100 most influential people in the world\u00a0in 2012 and 2017.\u00a0In 2017, she received a star on the\u00a0Hollywood Walk of Fame\u00a0and in 2020,\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0ranked her ninth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born in\u00a0St. Matthews, South Carolina, Davis began her career in\u00a0Central Falls, Rhode Island, appearing in small theater productions. After graduating from the\u00a0Juilliard School\u00a0in 1993, she won an\u00a0Obie Award\u00a0in 1999 for her performance as\u00a0Ruby McCollum\u00a0in\u00a0Everybody’s Ruby<\/em>. She played minor roles in several films and television series in the late 1990s and early 2000s, before earning the\u00a0Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play\u00a0for her role as Tonya in the 2001 Broadway production of\u00a0August Wilson’s\u00a0King Hedley II<\/em>. Her film breakthrough came with her role as a troubled mother in the 2008 drama\u00a0Doubt<\/em>, for which she received her first Academy Award nomination for\u00a0Best Supporting Actress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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