Viola Davis set to receive Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2025 Golden Globes

Actress and producer Viola Davis is set to receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2025 Golden Globes. This film life achievement award is yet another honor for the EGOT champion. Davis won an Oscar and Globe for “Fences” (2016), an Emmy for “How to Get Away with Murder” (2015), Tonys for “King Hedley II (2001) and “Fences” (2010), and a Grammy for “Finding Me” (2023).

She will accept the award on Sunday, Jan. 5, on the live CBS ceremony which will also stream on Paramount+. The event will be hosted by Nikki Glaser. Nominations for movie and television categories will be announced on Dec. 9. The Golden Globes will likely reveal the recipient of the Carol Burnett Award for TV life achievement soon.

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Helen Hoehne, President of the Golden Globes, said, “Viola Davis is a luminary whose profound talent has continuously shifted the lens through which we see and understand film. Presenting her with the 2025 Cecil B. DeMille Award is not only an honor but a reflection of our admiration for her relentless dedication to her craft and her monumental impact on the industry. Viola’s courage in portraying complex, powerful characters has broken barriers and paved new paths, making her an emblem of excellence and an ideal recipient of this prestigious award.”

For her film career, Davis was also an Oscar nominee for “Doubt,” “The Help,” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Other movies have included “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” “Ender’s Game,” “Suicide Squad,” “Widows,” “The Woman King,” and “Air.”

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The following living people have already received the DeMille Award: Clint Eastwood (1988), Robert Redford (1994), Sophia Loren (1995), Dustin Hoffman (1997), Shirley MacLaine (1998), Jack Nicholson (1999), Barbra Streisand (2000), Al Pacino (2001), Harrison Ford (2002), Gene Hackman (2003), Michael Douglas (2004), Anthony Hopkins (2006), Warren Beatty (2007), Steven Spielberg (2009), Martin Scorsese (2010), Robert De Niro (2011), Morgan Freeman (2012), Jodie Foster (2013), Woody Allen (2014), George Clooney (2015), Denzel Washington (2016), Meryl Streep (2017), Oprah Winfrey (2018), Jeff Bridges (2019), Tom Hanks (2020), Jane Fonda (2021), and Eddie Murphy (2023). No award was given in 2024.

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