#RomaFF14 | Actress Viola Davis to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award

Oscar, Emmy, and Tony-winning actress Viola Davis will be the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14^th Rome Film Fest (17-27 October 2019). The announcement was made by the Artistic Director Antonio Monda and Laura Delli Colli, President of Fondazione Cinema per Roma, in agreement with Francesca Via, General Manager. One of the most acclaimed figures in international cinema, Davis will also participate in a “Close Encounter”, an onstage conversation where she will discuss her career in film, television, and theatre.
“Viola Davis is an extraordinary actress, who has transformed sincerity and dignity into sublime thespian art – declared Antonio Monda. It is a great honour for me, and for the Rome Film Fest, to celebrate her formidable talent and deep humanity”.
Davis is the first African American actress to win an Oscar, Tony, and Emmy. She is a three-time Academy Award nominee and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Fences in 2017. She is a two-time Tony Award winner for her work in Fences and King Hedley II. In 2015, she became the first African American actress to receive the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for “How to Get Away with Murder” and was nominated for the same role in 2016 and 2019.
The Rome Film Fest will once again bestow two Lifetime Achievement Awards. As previously announced, the other Lifetime Achievement Award will be conferred to Bill Murray by Wes Anderson.