VIDEO: Viola Davis Talks Diversity In Film & More on TODAY

Viola Davis is one of Hollywood's biggest stars, known for her Academy Award-nominated performances in films including "Doubt,” and "The Help.” Davis speaks to TODAY’s Willie Geist, Natalie Morales, and Al Roker about the her series "How To Get Away With Murder," her historic Emmy win, and what she feels are misconceptions regarding the lack of diversity in film, saying that “You have to separate opportunity from talent.”

About TODAY: NBC News pioneered the morning news program when it launched TODAY in 1952 with Dave Garroway as host. For more than 60 years, TODAY has provided a daily live broadcast of the latest in domestic and international news, weather reports, and interviews with newsmakers from the worlds of politics, business, media, entertainment and sports.  

TODAY is renowned for providing its audience with a “window on the world,” bringing viewers breaking news as it happens and often broadcasting from locations around the globe.  TODAY’s longtime home at New York’s Rockefeller Plaza attracts thousands of visitors each year to peer into its windows and become part of TODAY’s broadcast.  The Emmy Award winning program is anchored by Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker and Natalie Morales.  Don Nash is the executive producer.  

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