The Golden Globes announced Viola Davis as the 2025 Cecil B. DeMille Honoree Wednesday. The award was created in 1952 in honor of the legendary director and has been given to 69 past honorees, including Sidney Poitier, Robert Redford, Oprah Winfrey, Barbra Streisand and Jack Warner.
Davis will be honored at a gala dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 3, 2025; the 87th Golden Globes ceremony airs lives on CBS on Jan. 5.
Davis earned her first Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actress in the film adaptation of “Fences” opposite fellow DeMille honoree Denzel Washington.
“Viola Davis is a luminary whose profound talent has continuously shifted the lens through which we see and understand film,” said Helen Hoehne, President of the Golden Globes.