The post Viola Davis pays tribute to husband Julius Tennon on 18th wedding anniversary appeared first on TheGrio. TheGrio is now on Apple TV, Amazon Fire, and Roku. Have you subscribed to theGrio’s podcast “Dear Culture”? Download our newest episodes now! However, one of Viola’s greatest triumphs is being married for 20 years as of 2023. I still have a zeal for it and I love it.” Additionally, the 57-year-old actor impressed viewers with her performance in 2022’s The Woman King, which many fans argued about being snubbed at the 2023 Academy Awards. Like his wife, Tennon is also an actor and producer. He added, “We feel like we have three years of flourishing because we have all this great content with her leading the charge on some beautiful work to come and after that, she’ll be working less and we may focus on doing something theatrical. Who Is Viola Davis’s Husband, Julius Tennon Pacific Press/Getty Images. “Maybe some time down the road me and Viola might do a two-hander stage thing. Actress Viola Davis and Julius Tennon attend The 22nd Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on Decemin Santa Monica, California. “I may even get back on stage because that’s my true love,” Tennon told theGrio. Viola Davis, Julius Tennon, and Genesis Tennon attend a ceremony honoing Viola Davis with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Januin. He shared at the time that he hopes to get back to theater with Davis by his side. 2020 and opened up about working with his wife.

Tennon sat down with theGrio‘s Cortney Wills in Dec. on the set of the medical drama series City of Angels and have been married since 2003. JuVee Productions, the banner headed by Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, is branching into animation with a partnership that will see the Woman King shingle produce a slate of afro-anime films. “He really feels like a partner,” King says.” The two would run into each other during awards season, and with Tennon often appearing alongside Davis at various functions, King got to know him better too. The blurb continues, “‘The media leaves, and then we just let loose shoes come off, and makeup is wiped off,’ Davis explains. Years ago, King and Davis became fast friends after attending the same Hollywood event.”

The caption reads, “The location for the W shoot, conceived and directed by was the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles, which was a hot spot for Black celebrities like Little Richard and Hattie McDaniel in the 1940s and ’50s. Tennon also has two adult children from a previous relationship.Įarlier this year, Davis shared a blurb from W Magazine on the origins of the shoot. The couple adopted their daughter Genesis, 10, in 2011.

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