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Oprah Winfrey to interview Viola Davis for new netflix special

The How to get away with murder star is set to discuss her difficult childhood and a new memoir, ‘Finding Me’.

Oprah-and-Viola

Oprah Winfrey has lined up a new special at Netflix, this time with Emmy winner Viola Davis. “Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event,” which will feature a sitdown interview with Davis, will start streaming this month. The 48-minute episode will see Davis open up with Winfrey about her new memoir, “Finding Me.”

Davis will share “memories of her childhood marked with unimaginable poverty, disturbing abuse and ‘all the things that cause you pain.’ Viola reveals how ‘giving up hope that the past could be different’ has brought her peace, forgiveness and a sense of self,” per a description from Netflix. “Viola also explains how she manifested the love in her life and what it took to become one of the most celebrated and talented actresses of our time.”

The forty-eight minute special is set to cover both the good and the bad of the much-celebrated actress’s life, from her childhood growing up in extreme poverty to winning an Oscar, discussing how “giving up hope that the past could be different has brought her peace, forgiveness, and a sense of self”.

The Netflix special and the memoir it is paired with are just a few of the projects Davis has in store for 2022 and beyond. She is also set to star in this year’s The Woman King, about the true story of the Kingdom of Dahomey in Africa directed by The Old Guard’s Gina Prince-Bythewood, as well as The First Lady, an anthology series where she will play former first lady Michelle Obama. These performances follow up a stacked 2021 for her, where she appeared in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, as well as partnering with Netflix for The Unforgivable, starring Sandra Bullock.

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