{"id":4480,"date":"2025-11-05T16:05:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T16:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/?p=4480"},"modified":"2026-03-08T12:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T19:34:20","slug":"viola-davis-high-school-yearbook-photo-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/viola-davis-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Viola Davis High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"celeb_name\">Viola Davis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Actress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Birthdate:&nbsp;<\/strong>Aug 11, 1965<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>High School:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/school\/Central-Falls-High-School\/13995?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Central Falls High School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yearbooks:<\/strong>&nbsp;1980<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Yearbook photos of Viola Davis from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/school\/Central-Falls-High-School\/13995?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Central Falls High School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"4481\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/viola-davis-yearbook-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Viola Davis high school yearbook photo\" class=\"wp-image-4481\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"4482\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/viola-davis-teenager.jpg\" alt=\"Viola Davis in a collared shirt in high school\" class=\"wp-image-4482\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"4483\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/viola-davis-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Viola Davis running cross country in high school\" class=\"wp-image-4483\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"4484\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/viola-davis-high-school.jpg\" alt=\"Viola Davis with high school track team photo\" class=\"wp-image-4484\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"4485\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/viola-davis-education.jpg\" alt=\"Viola Davis high school track photo \" class=\"wp-image-4485\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"4486\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/viola-davis-60s-picture.jpg\" alt=\"Viola Davis in the 1980 Central Falls High School yearbook\" class=\"wp-image-4486\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/yearbooks\/Central-Falls-High-School\/80171?page=112&amp;?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/yearbooks\/Central-Falls-High-School\/80171?page=52&amp;?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/yearbooks\/Central-Falls-High-School\/80171?page=54&amp;?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Viola Davis<\/strong>\u00a0(born August 11, 1965) is an American actress. She attended\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/school\/Central-Falls-High-School\/13995?s=80640\">Central Falls High School<\/a>\u00a0in Central Falls, Rhode Island. In high school, a young Viola Davis was involved with the arts program and credits her involvement in the program with her love of acting and theatre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Davis&#8217; acting career began in the theatre on stage. She is best known for her roles in the hit films\u00a0<em>Traffic<\/em>, <em>Antwone Fisher<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Solaris<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>The Help<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Awards:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tony Award,&nbsp;<strong>Best Featured Actress in a Play<\/strong>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>King Hedley II<\/em>, 2001<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tony Award,&nbsp;<strong>Best Actress in a Play<\/strong>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Fences<\/em>, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Screen Actors Guild Award,&nbsp;<strong>Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role<\/strong>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>The Help<\/em>, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hollywood Walk of Fame, 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/nostalgia\/\">Nostalgia Blogs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u200b\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/meryl-streep-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/\">Meryl Streep High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/denzel-washington-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/\">Denzel Washington High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/jada-pinkett-smith-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/\">Jada Pinkett Smith High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/taraji-p-henson-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/\">Taraji P. Henson High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/halle-berry-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/\">Halle Berry High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/oprah-winfrey-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/\">Oprah Winfrey High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/high-school-in-1980s\/\">What Was High School Like in the \u201880s<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sources: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viola_Davis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0205626\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IMDb<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biography.com\/actors\/viola-davis#early-career\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viola Davis Actress Birthdate:&nbsp;Aug 11, 1965 High School:&nbsp;Central Falls High School Yearbooks:&nbsp;1980 Yearbook photos of Viola Davis from&nbsp;Central Falls High School &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Viola Davis\u00a0(born August 11, 1965) is an American actress. She attended\u00a0Central Falls High School\u00a0in Central Falls, Rhode Island. 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