She is regarded as one of the best actresses in the world.
And Viola Davis added even more hardware to her already impressive award stand.
The 51-year-old actress won one of the biggest prizes at the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
Big win: Viola Davis took home the gong for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for her role in Fences
The veteran actress took home the gong for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role and made an impassioned speech while accepting the prize.
She said thanked Fences writer August Wilson for putting the struggles of regular African-American people during the Civil Rights Movement.
She added: 'We deserve to be in the canon and at the center of any narrative out there.'
Making a stand: Julia Louis-Dreyfus won the first gong of the night - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Seriesfor her performance in VEEP
Shortly after it was Mahershala Ali who won Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in Moonlight.
Earlier in the night Julia Louis-Dreyfus got political during her acceptance speech as she took home the first gong of the night.
As she won Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for her performance in Veep the talented star made a political statement of her own during her acceptance speech.
Shining star: Mahershala Ali won Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in Moonlight
She poked fun at Donald Trump before taking a serious turn and opening about her father who fled France which was occupied by the Nazis during World War II.
Celebs gathered at The Shrine Auditorium to toast another year in film and television at one of the few awards ceremonies where actors are judged by their peers.
The annual show is often seen as the best predictor for the Oscars, with most categories falling right in step with the Academy Awards.
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While the SAG awards only honour categories in acting, the best ensemble award category often offers a hint as to what film will snag best picture at the Oscars.
The rising chorus for La La Land was suddenly missing a very conspicuous note on Sunday night.
The 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild nominated the leads of Damien Chazelle's acclaimed musical, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.
But the perceived Oscar front-runner was notably absent in the SAGs' top category, best ensemble.
La La Land has been marching toward best-picture winner at the Oscars, picking up a nomination in the coveted category, after breaking records at the Golden Globes. Granted, La La Land, largely focused on its leads, doesn't scream ensemble.
But if it goes on to win best picture, it will be only the second to do so without a SAG ensemble nod in the category's history.
Only Mel Gibson's Braveheart managed it 20 years ago.
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However, this is simply being nominated in the category. The statistics for those ensembles that win at the SAG awards is a bit different.
The Screen Actors Guild has handed out the ensemble award 21 times (SAG only began giving out ensemble awards in 1996), but of the films that were awarded the honour only 11 went on to land best picture at the Oscars (52%).
Still, actors, the largest group in the Academy of Motion Pictures, hold considerable sway. (SAG, though, is much larger, with about 160,000 members, compared to about 1,200 actors in the academy.)
The best ensemble nominees were Barry Jenkins' coming-of-age tale Moonlight, Kenneth Lonergan's Massachusetts family drama Manchester by the Sea, the rousing NASA drama Hidden Figures and, in a surprise, the Viggo Mortensen-led bohemian romp Captain Fantastic.
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Manchester by the Sea led all films with four nominations, including best actor for Casey Affleck and supporting nods for Michelle Williams and Lucas Hedges.
In television, series newcomers The Crown, Westworld and Stranger Things all picked up three nominations each, alongside Emmys favorite The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story and Game of Thrones.
Netlfix dominated with 17 total nominations, followed by HBO's 13.
Individual film SAG nominees have historically aligned about four-out-of-five with Oscar acting categories. The other lead actor nominees were Denzel Washington (Fences) and Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge). After being passed over by the Globes, Tom Hanks, star of Clint Eastwood's Sully, might be on the outside this awards season.
Up for best actress alongside Stone are Amy Adams (Arrival), Natalie Portman (Jackie), Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins) and, in a real twist, Emily Blunt, star of the tepidly reviewed The Girl on the Train.
Nominees are selected by separate movie and TV nominating panels, each comprised of more than 2,000 randomly selected SAG members.
2017 SAG AWARD NOMINATIONS
MOVIES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Casey Affleck, Manchester By The Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Amy Adams, Arrival
Emily Blunt, The Girl On The Train
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali, MoonlightWINNER
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Lucas Hedges, Manchester By The Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Viola Davis, FencesWINNER
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester By The Sea
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Captain Fantastic
Fences
Hidden Figures
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Captain America: Civil War
Dr. Strange
Hacksaw Ridge
Jason Bourne
Nocturnal Animals
TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
John Lithgow, The Crown
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Claire Foy, The Crown
Thandie Newton, Westworld
Winona Ryder, Stranger Things
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
The Crown
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Stranger Things
Westworld
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Tituss Burgess, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
William H. Macy, ShamelessWINNER
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is The New Black
Jane Fonda, Grace & Frankie
Ellie Kemper, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, VeepWINNER
Lily Tomlin, Grace & Frankie
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Black-ish
Modern Family
Orange Is The New BlackWINNER
Veep
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Riz Ahmed
Sterling K. Brown
Bryan CranstonWINNER
John Turturro
Courtney B. Vance
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Bryce Dallas Howard
Felicity Huffman
Audra McDonald
Sarah PaulsonWINNER
Kerry Washington
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
Game of Thrones
Daredevil
Luke Cage
The Walking Dead
Westworld
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