Viola Davis's Amazing Acceptance Speech After SAG Award for Female Actor in Drama Series

Viola Davis has been leading us her fans on a gripping roller-coaster with her portrayal of Annalise Keating in How to Get Away With Murder [coming back to ABC this Thursday btw]. And the critics are taking note also. The wonderfully talented actress took home the award for Female Actor in a Drama Series at yesterday's Screen Actors Guild Awards. And her speech literarily brought the tears to my eyes. Read below...

Viola Davis On Her Poor Childhood And How She Searched Trash Bins For Food

Viola Davis has been nominated for an Oscar, and has just landed her own prime-time TV show but her childhood was not so easy. Earlier this year, the actress partnered with Safeway Foundation and the Entertainment Industry Foundation to introduce the Hunger Is initiative to eradicate childhood hunger.

Viola Davis, who is now a mom of one herself, grew up in poverty and wishes that no one has to go through what she did as a child. That is why she is so passionate for the Hunger Is campaign.

#ScandalThursday - Grey's Anatomy, Scandal And How To Get Away With Murder Tonight!

The most exciting for me is How To Get Away With Murder. Though not written by Shonda like Scandal and Grey's Anatomy, the new show is produced by the ABC powerhouse writer and executive producer.

Just the trailer alone should get anyone excited for the show, a legal thriller that is like a combination of Scandal and Suits.

Viola Davis stars as Annalise Keating, the inimitable professor of Criminal Law 100 at Middleton, and what her students learn inside the classroom is no match for the real murder case they become wrapped up in.

Shonda Rhimes Puts Viola Davis in The Lead of New TV Show

Producer Shonda Rhimes is back with a new show that tackles the legal profession. Academy Award nominee Viola Davis stars as a famous criminal defense attorney teaching young law students in a class she likes to call "How to Get Away with Murder." (I like this already.)

Viola Davis on Essence Magazine - Talks About Natural Hair and Her Identity as a Black Actress

Viola Davis is beautiful inside and out on the cover of the October edition of Essence Magazine. She debuted her teenie tiny afro on the 2012 Oscar’s red carpet [here] and in this cover, she shows how it has grown and inside the magazine, she talks about accepting her natural beauty as it affected her work as a black actress in Hollywood. Excerpts;