Viola Davis Covers Variety In All Her Natural Black Girl Glory

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Viola Davis is finally getting the recognition she deserves. The Academy Award- nominated thespian made history when she became the first Black woman to take home an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama at this year’s ceremony and she continues to inspire brown girls around the world on the cover of Variety Magazine.

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@Variety, very much enjoyed this shoot. Thank you! ‪#‎Emmys‬ ‪#‎HTGAWM

A post shared by Viola Davis (@violadavis) on Sep 22, 2015 at 10:34pm PDT

In other Viola news, she started trending after posting this adorable photo a young girl who channeled her Emmys look.

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What an honor to be able to inspire little girls to follow their dreams. Dream big and dream fierce. Nothing is impossible!!

A post shared by Viola Davis (@violadavis) on Sep 22, 2015 at 6:26pm PDT

Viola’s daughter also hacked her mom’s Instagram after her Emmys win. We can’t deal with all of the cuteness.

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Hacking mommy's instagram with the help of Team JuVee!!!

A post shared by Viola Davis (@violadavis) on Sep 22, 2015 at 1:20pm PDT

Season 2 of HTGAWM premieres THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 10|9c on ABC.

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