Viola Davis shares rare snap of her 'soon-to-be 14-year-old' daughter Genesis... after celebrating 21 years of marriage with Julius Tennon
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Last Friday, Viola Davis shared a rare photograph of her 'soon-to-be 14-year-old' daughter Genesis Tennon ahead of her birthday this Wednesday.
The 58-year-old EGOT champ - who boasts 16.9M social media followers - captioned the kitchen snap: 'Love her soooo much!'
Viola's post received glowing comments from her former Help castmate Octavia Spencer as well as Alicia Keys, Vanessa Williams, Deborah Roberts, Elizabeth Perkins, Gina Torres, Holly Robinson Peete, Loni Love, and Sheila E.
Davis and her husband-turned-JuVee producing partner Julius Tennon - who adopted the teenager back in 2011 - impressively celebrated their 21st wedding anniversary on June 23.
'Here's to 21 more. My best decision. I love you,' the Kung Fu Panda 4 actress gushed.
Last Friday, Viola Davis shared a rare photograph of her 'soon-to-be 14-year-old' daughter Genesis Tennon ahead of her birthday this Wednesday: 'Love her soooo much!'
At 70, the twice-divorced Texan is 12 years older than Viola, and they originally met way back in 1999 on the set of CBS series City of Angels.
Davis is also stepmother to Julius' two children - daughter Shevonda Tennon, 47; and son Duriel Tennon, 44 - from his six-year marriage to ex-wife #1 Sheryl Arnold, which ended in 1980.
'I use beauty as a tool to help me embrace the joy in life and further my self love, and I feel like people see that radiating through. I work out, I put on a nice shade of lipstick – to please me,' the South Carolina-born thespian told Harper's Bazaar UK on May 28.
'I take a bath every night, with my husband, and we sit in the tub and we laugh and we talk, we do facials. I tell him how pretty he looks, he says how beautiful I look. I love facials, acid peels, steam showers, red-light therapy, and drinking water.
'Running around with my daughter keeps me feeling young and she makes me laugh – and I’ve decided I like my smile, so I want to laugh more. Feeling the sunshine – with sunscreen on, of course – makes me feel alive.'
The Air actors launched their publishing company JVL Media in April in order 'to champion and elevate voices that resonate with authenticity and are often overlooked.'
And in May, the Silver Dollar Road producers invested funds into ALTR, an upcoming self-help app featuring short-form audiobooks from black luminaries.
On March 1, Variety reported that Viola had just wrapped her role as POTUS Taylor Sutton in Patricia Riggen's G20 Summit-set terrorist thriller G20, which they shot in Cape Town, for Amazon MGM Studios.
The 58-year-old EGOT champ's post received glowing comments from her former Help castmate Octavia Spencer as well as Alicia Keys, Vanessa Williams, Deborah Roberts, Elizabeth Perkins, Gina Torres, Holly Robinson Peete, Loni Love, and Sheila E
Viola and her husband-turned-JuVee producing partner Julius Tennon (R, pictured May 13) - who adopted the teenager back in 2011 - impressively celebrated their 21st wedding anniversary on June 23
Davis - who boasts 16.9M social media followers - gushed: 'Here's to 21 more. My best decision. I love you'
At 70, the twice-divorced Texan is 12 years older than the Kung Fu Panda 4 actress, and they originally met way back in 1999 on the set of CBS series City of Angels (pictured June 10)
Viola is also stepmother to Julius' two children - daughter Shevonda Tennon, 47; and son Duriel Tennon, 44 - from his six-year marriage to ex-wife #1 Sheryl Arnold, which ended in 1980
On March 1, Variety reported that Davis had just wrapped her role as POTUS Taylor Sutton in Patricia Riggen's G20 Summit-set terrorist thriller G20, which they shot in Cape Town, for Amazon MGM Studios
The South Carolina-born thespian will reprise her DC Comics role as Suicide Squad commander Amanda Waller in James Gunn's seven-episode adult animated series Creature Commandos, which will be 'released later this year' on Max
![On March 10, Gunn shared an update on Viola's standalone spin-off Waller: 'Waller's still happening and Jeremy [Saulnier] and Christal [Henry] are hard at work writing great stuff, but the schedule was impacted by the strikes so Waller will come after [Peacemaker season two] in the larger order of things'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/07/08/23/87057353-13610559-On_March_10_Gunn_shared_an_update_on_Viola_s_standalone_spin_off-a-1_1720476429880.jpg)
On March 10, Gunn shared an update on Viola's standalone spin-off Waller: 'Waller's still happening and Jeremy [Saulnier] and Christal [Henry] are hard at work writing great stuff, but the schedule was impacted by the strikes so Waller will come after [Peacemaker season two] in the larger order of things'
Davis will reprise her DC Comics role as Suicide Squad commander Amanda Waller in James Gunn's seven-episode adult animated series Creature Commandos, which will be 'released later this year' on Max.
On March 10, Gunn shared an update on the L'Oréal brand ambassador's standalone spin-off Waller: 'Waller's still happening and Jeremy [Saulnier] and Christal [Henry] are hard at work writing great stuff, but the schedule was impacted by the strikes so Waller will come after [Peacemaker season two] in the larger order of things.'
Viola overcame an impoverished upbringing in Rhode Island living in apartments that were 'condemned and rat-infested' and she didn't have a lot of friends.
Davis earned a full scholarship to Rhode Island College, thanks to federal program TRIO Upward Bound, and went on to graduate from the prestigious Julliard School.
