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Viola Davis attends the “82nd Annual Golden Globes Host a Gold Gala: An Evening of Excellence Honoring Viola Davis and Ted Danson” at The Beverly Hilton on January 03, 2025.
Jon Kopaloff/Getty ImagesBefore the biggest movies and TV shows of the year were honored at the Golden Globe Awards 2025, Viola Davies honored with the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award.
The actress, 59, received the honor at the Golden Gala: A Celebration of Excellence at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on Friday, January 3. The Cecil B. DeMille Award is named after the late director and is n recognizing outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment. Since its creation in 1952, the honor has been given to 69 honorees, making Davis the 70th recipient.
“I was born into a life that didn’t make sense. I didn’t fit in. … I wanted to be somebody. I wanted some of those little gold nuggets,” Davis said upon accepting the award, per Variety. “What I had was magic. I was curious. I could teleport – I could pull myself out of this useless world and relieve myself from it at times. “
Davis went on to say that her “curiosity” led her to embark on her acting journey. “I was curious enough to know that not only could I perform magic and outlive these people, but I knew what they could give me,” he explained. “What could I find in all these lives that could somehow rain down those golden nuggets from Gordo and give them to me and make my life make sense.”
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Davis ended her speech on a heartfelt note, noting that her younger self would be “squealing” at her achievements. “She’s standing behind me now, she’s pulling my dress on. She wears the same red rubber boots that she wore rain or shine because they made her feel purdy,” she told the attendees. “She’s squealing. She says one thing. She says ‘Make them hear this.’ What she whispers is: I told you I was a magician.”
Davis wore a silky pink V-neck dress at the Golden Gala, which she followed up with a dramatic black gown with multicolored sparkles on the 2025 Golden Globes red carpet on Sunday, January 5, at the Beverly Hilton. She posed for pictures alongside her husband, Julius Tennonwho wore a classic black dux shirt and a white dress. He took to the stage during the ceremony to present I’m Still Here‘s Fernanda Torres with the award for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama.
Viola Davis and Julius Tennon.
Jon Kopaloff/Getty ImagesThe Golden Globes announced Davis as the 2025 Cecil B. DeMille Award honoree in November 2024.
“Viola Davis is an artist whose profound talent has continually changed the lens through which we see and understand film,” Helen Hoehnepresident of the Golden Globes, he said in a statement at the time. “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 tremendous impact on the industry. Viola’s courage in portraying complex and powerful characters has broken barriers and paved new paths, making her an emblem of excellence and an ideal winner of this prestigious award.”
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Davis responded to the news by Instagram at the time, writing, “Shocked! Overwhelmed! Honor! Thank you @GoldenGlobes. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.”
Throughout her career, Davis has been nominated for seven Golden Globes, winning Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for Fences in 2017. Her goals were left for her work in Suspicion, The Help, How to Get Away with Murder, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom a The Queen’s Wife.
Viola Davis and Julius Tennon attend the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 05, 2025.
Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesDavies is also an EGOT winnerhaving won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and two Tony Awards. In January 2023, she spoke of her passion for her craft while explaining what the EGOT honor meant to her.
“I think everyone wants their life to mean something,” she told Grammy.com. “I believe in the Cherokee birth blessing, which is, ‘May you live long enough to know why you were born.’ I think you literally want to blow a hole through this world in whatever way you can.”
He added: “A lot of people don’t know how to do that. Many people have not found the thing they are passionate about, that they can do. Some have. But we’re all looking for that, blowing a hole through this earth before we leave it. I think about that a lot in my work. I found that thing that I love to do. So I always want to make it meaningful.”
