It is the birthplace of my story," Davis posted on Instagram. I own it She also shared a "Cherokee Birth Blessing" that read, "May you live long enough to know why you were born. The above is the house where I was born August 11, It is the birthplace of my story. Today on my 55th year of life Fans were quick to assume that Davis had purchased the property located on Singleton Plantation in St.
Matthews, South Carolina, but Davis later clarified in the comments that that was not the case. In , the couple adopted an infant daughter. Davis is also a stepmother to Tennon's children from previous relationships.
She and her husband are founders of a production company, JuVee Productions. Davis is also recognized for her advocacy and support of human rights and equal rights for women and non-white women. Davis's film breakthrough came in when her role as a troubled mother in the film Doubt earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Greater success came to Davis in the s. Time magazine named her one of the most influential people in the world in and In she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In , Davis donated funds to her hometown public library in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to assist in preventing its closure due to a lack of city funding. Since , Davis has collaborated with the Hunger Is campaign to help eradicate childhood hunger across America. Speaking on her work, Davis said that "seventeen million kids in this country, so one in five kids in this country, go to bed hungry.
I was one of those kids because I grew up in abject poverty; I did everything that you could possibly imagine getting food: I rummaged in the garbage cans, I stole from the local store constantly.
Because everyone should be a child and should grow up and have a chance at the American dream". As part of her partnership with Vaseline to promote the Vaseline Healing Project, Davis attended the groundbreaking of a free community health center in Central Falls, Rhode Island in October that was sponsored by the project. She discovered a love of acting early in high school. At Rhode Island College, Davis earned her degree in theater in Before long, Davis began to establish a name for herself in the New York theater world.
In the play, Davis starred as Vera, a woman who takes back the boyfriend who wronged her. On the small screen, Davis tried her hand at series television with the medical drama City of Angeles , in It is one of her favorite roles, despite some negative reactions in the African American community.
Anthony Hopkins didn't, but I did. I have to follow my heart at the end of the day," she later told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. After a few feature film parts, Davis caught the attention of critics with her small role in 's Antwone Fisher. She made the most out of her one scene in the film, in which she barely speaks. Her turn as the mother of a troubled navy sailor Derek Luke brought her critical praise and an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
In Davis' career reached new heights with her nuanced performance in Doubt. She, once again, made a tremendous impression with a small supporting role, and showed she could hold her own against some of Hollywood's greatest talents. In the film, Davis played the mother of a boy who may have been sexually assaulted by a priest played by Philip Seymour Hoffman at his Catholic school. She delivered an especially strong performance, as her character clashes with the school's principal Meryl Streep over her son and the alleged crime.
Returning to the stage, Davis gave another show-stopping performance in Fences in She co-starred with Denzel Washington in this revival of the August Wilson play, portraying the wife in a long-married couple whose relationship is falling apart. The pair had great chemistry together, creating a believable and compelling portrait of a struggling marriage undone by infidelity.
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