Fences
film by Washington [2016]
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Davis
- In Viola Davis: The Help and How to Get Away with Murder
…the 2016 film adaptation of Fences, which he also directed. For her work in the drama, Davis won a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award. Consequently, she became the first Black woman to win an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony for acting.
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discussed in biography
- In Denzel Washington: Stage work
…directed and starred in a film adaptation (2016) of the play, and his performance earned him an Oscar nomination. In 2018 he returned to Broadway as Hickey in Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh. Washington later starred as the title character in a modern retelling of Othello. The production, which also…
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