#BBB NEWS| Viola Davis Finally Gets Her Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame [PHOTOS/VIDEO]

Viola Davis has received the first win of 2017 when she was presented with her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The dynamic actress was presented with her star Thursday afternoon (Jan. 4) with the help of friend and fellow icon Meryl Streep.

The two have worked together in the 2008 film Doubt, and have shared a huge appreciation for each other’s approach to their memorable roles. Streep praised Davis for her talent, professing that her crowning is well overdue.

“The thing Viola can’t do is be invisible. She just can’t do it,” Streep said. “She can’t fade away; she can’t recede; she can’t be forgettable. Viola Davis is inevitable. She is like a sure thing, and her star has been waiting here patiently for 50 years for her. So let’s fix her in the firmament of Hollywood. Let’s immortalize her in cement, and thank you for the amazing gift that you have given me and everybody here. And I just look forward to more and more from you.”

#BBB NEWS| Lupita Nyong’o & Viola Davis Strip Down In Intimate ‘Vanity Fair’ Portraits [PHOTOS]

Vanity Fair’s annual Hollywood issue has arrived, and on this year’s cover the publication features a number of “acclaimed, stunning actresses across multiple generations.” Credit: Vanity Fair/Annie Leibovitz

Photographed by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz, five of this year’s best-actress Oscar nominees—Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett, Saoirse Ronan, Brie Larson, and Charlotte Rampling—icons like Jane Fonda, Helen Mirren, Viola Davis, and Diane Keaton, up-and-comers likeAlicia Vikander and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Oscar winners Rachel Weisz and Lupita Nyong’o, pose for a powerful photo that reads women empowerment to the fullest.

#BBB NEWS| Viola Davis Discusses Historic Emmy Win With ‘Variety’[PHOTOS]

Newly-minted Emmy winner Viola Davis is opening up about her historic win at Sunday night’s award show (Sept. 20).

Davis, who garnered the trophy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role in How to Get Away with Murder, spoke with Variety about the award’s personal significance, her turbulent journey to success, and how she has digested her groundbreaking win in the days that have followed.

“It’s a mixture of disbelief and joy and acceptance,” she said. “It’s just beautiful.” Davis became the first African American woman to win in the category. But for the actress, this feat is bigger than an accolade.

“It’s not just the award. It’s what it’s going to mean to young girls — young brown girls, especially,” she said. “When they saw a physical manifestation of a dream, I felt like I had fulfilled a purpose.”