Viola Davis is, to put it lightly, a total icon. Not only is she the first Black actress to win the “triple crown” (an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony), but she’s also had major roles in some of the most talked-about movies and shows of the past decade or so, and she’s worked hard for her many philanthropic and activist causes. As it turns out, she’s already passing her love for acting down to her daughter, Genesis Tennon, who made her big-screen debut in a voice-acting role in 2019’s “The Angry Birds Movie 2.”
Genesis Tennon
Twelve-year-old Genesis was adopted as a baby by Davis and her husband, Julius Tennon, back in 2011, as People reported at the time. In 2019, Davis opened up to the publication about her daughter, saying her love for Genesis “surpasses anything that I could want from the material world.” She told People, “I empower her to understand that she has to count it all as joy. Even her mistakes, her failures, her triumphs, what she looks like, all of it. That’s all a part of her loving herself, even if none of those things change.”
Genesis is Davis’s only daughter, while Tennon has two children from a previous relationship. As she’s grown up, Genesis has made occasional appearances with her parents and pops up on Davis’s Instagram from time to time, and now she’s quietly starting a young career of her own! Check out a few of the cutest pictures the family have shared of Genesis with her parents.
