Viola Davis<\/strong><\/a> and Julius <\/strong><\/a>Tennon<\/a><\/b>‘s\u00a0marriage has a spiritual backstory \u2014 one that could, quite frankly, be the plot of a romance film. The Academy Award winner, 57, has been married to her fellow actor husband, 69, for 20 years now. The couple adopted their daughter Genesis<\/strong><\/a>, 12, back in 2011, completing their family of three. Viola and Julius have since become one of the most formidable A-list couples<\/a> in Hollywood, supporting each other both on and off the red carpets.<\/p>\n Viola<\/a> was recently nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role at the 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards<\/a> (taking place on Sunday, Feb. 26.) The SAG Awards are voted by guild members, meaning that an actor’s peers choose these accolades. Viola is nominated for her part in The Woman King<\/em><\/a> in a category that features Cate Blanchett <\/strong>(T\u00e1r<\/em>), Ana de Armas <\/strong>(Blonde<\/em>), Danielle Deadwyler <\/strong>(Till<\/em>), and Michelle Yeoh <\/strong>(Everything Everywhere All At Once<\/em>). Sadly, Viola lost the Golden Globe<\/a> for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture \u2013 Drama to Cate Blanchett. Similarly, Blanchett took the BAFTA on Feb. 19, defeating Viola and others to claim the prize. Unfortunately, Viola won’t get a chance to avenge these losses at the 95th Academy Awards, as the Oscars failed to nominate her.<\/p>\n However, Viola will not leave the 2023 Awards Season empty-handed. At the 2023 Grammys, she won Best Audio Book Narration, And Storytelling Recording for her memoir, Finding Me<\/em>. “It has been such a journey. I just EGOT<\/a>,” she said when accepting the award. She became just the 18th person to win an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony award (EGOT). She won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2016 for Fences<\/em>, an Emmy in 2015 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her work on How To Get Away With Murder<\/em>l and two Tonys, first in 2001 for Best Featured Actress in a Play (King Hedley II) <\/em>and 2010, for Best Leading Actress in a Play (Fences<\/em>). And one of the constants throughout this “journey” has been Viola’s husband.<\/p>\n Julius’ entry into Viola’s life occurred by cosmic fate. As the story goes, the actress found her life partner<\/a> by way of prayer. “I was the loneliest woman in the world and someone said, ‘You should just pray for a husband,'” she told Page Six<\/em><\/a> in 2013. “I said I wanted a big Black man from the South who looked like a football player, who already had children<\/a>, who maybe had been married before.” Three and a half weeks later, Viola said, “I met my husband.”<\/p>\n Enter: Julius, a man who quite literally checked all of the boxes. Former college football player. Texas native. Previously married. Adult children. Below is everything you should know about the answer to Viola’s prayers.<\/p>\n Viola wed Julius in June 2003. The two share daughter Genesis together. Oprah Daily<\/em><\/a> reported that Julius had been previously married before, sharing two children Sheavonda<\/strong>, 46, and Duriel<\/strong>, 43, with his former partner. Julius is an actor and producer, appearing in films like Dazed and Confused<\/em> and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justic<\/em>e. He has a noteworthy TV career, too, appearing in Friday Night Lights, Moesha, Criminal Minds<\/em>, and even his wife’s How to Get Away With Murder<\/em>. His pre-Hollywood life is just as impressive: during his college years at the University of Tulsa<\/a>, Julius became the first African American to graduate from the university’s theater department.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/viola-davis-baftas-husband-2023-embed.jpg?resize=620%2C930\")
Viola Davis And Julius Tennon<\/h2>\n
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How Did Viola And Julius Meet?<\/h2>\n