ON April 7, 2022, Netflix announced the special coming to the streaming platform with both Viola Davis and Oprah Winfrey.
In the upcoming special Viola Davis sits down with the famous interviewer Oprah Winfrey to discuss her autobiography.
When does the Oprah + Viola special come out?
Netflix announced that Oprah + Viola will hit the streaming platform on April 22, 2022.
They first made the announcement via Twitter.
“Oscar-winning actor and philanthropist @violadavis discusses her powerful new autobiography with @OprahWinfrey Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event launches April 22!”
Both Oprah and Viola posted the announcement on their Instagrams that Thursday.
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Viola will sit down with Oprah to discuss her upcoming autobiography titled Finding Me set to be released on April 26, 2022.
Oprah Daily reported that Viola will also reveal details about her “traumatic childhood and current success.”
Who is Viola Davis?
Viola Davis was born on August 11, 1965, in Saint Mathews, South Carolina.
The Oscar-winner is 56 years old and is widely known for her role in the ABC series How to Get Away with Murder.
Davis has won numerous awards such as a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards aside from her Oscar.
She was nominated for two Best Actresses Oscars (2011 The Help, 2020 Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), and two Best Supporting Actresses Oscars (2008 Doubt and 2016 Fences).
Davis won Best Supporting Actresses for Fences in 2016.
She has been in the acting industry for over 30 years and has claimed she has an acting career “probably comparable to Meryl Streep.”
Where was Oprah + Viola filmed?
Oprah Daily also revealed that the exclusive one-on-one interview took place at Oprah’s home.
The two will discuss Viola’s acting career, childhood, and more on Oprah’s porch in Maui.
Viola will open up to Oprah about what it was like growing up in extreme poverty.
In response to Netflix’s announcement of the interview on fan responded on Twitter with excitement.
The user wrote: “I miss seeing you perform @violadavis I love everything you’ve ever done. Extremely passionate actor/actress. You put your 
in all that you do.”
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The actress is also set to star in Showtime’s upcoming series The First Lady premiering on April 17.
Viola will portray the famous former First Lady Michelle Obama in the series.
The series will also see Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford and Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt.
