Viola Davis, 57, pays tribute to husband Julius Tennon, 69, on 20th wedding anniversary

Viola Davis took to Instagram on Wednesday to mark her and husband Julius Tennon’s 20th wedding anniversary.

The 57-year-old Academy Award winner – who was honored at the Chaplin Award Gala in April – and her beau, 69, tied the knot in 2003.

Viola shared a series of old and new photos with her 11 million followers and began her heartfelt caption, “20 years together.”

“We have seen the loss of family members and have held each other up. We’ve had accolades, triumphs, joys, sorrows, exhaustions and still I feel your grasp,” she added.

The Air actress continued, “Through the fire and brimstone of life, we’ve held each other…to each other…understand no matter what, the promise is not to let go.”

Valuable: Viola shared a series of old and new photos with her 11 million followers and began her heartfelt caption “20 years of connection”

She finished the note: “Till the end my love…..Happy 20th anniversary!!!”

The two stars met while working on the CBS show City of Angels in 1999.

Davis told People that she was hesitant to contact Julius after he gave her a card with his information.

“I didn’t call him for six weeks,” she admitted. “I had bad credit at the time. I had anxiety attacks from driving. I had to solve some personal problems first.’

The couple initially tied the knot on June 23, 2003, but had another wedding weeks later.

“The first time we got married with 15 people in our apartment. It wasn’t big enough,” Viola explained to Jimmy Kimmel in 2016.

“So three months later we went to Rhode Island with about 100 people,” she said.

In a 2017 interview with OWNsaid the silver screen icon, “After my first date with Julius, my life got better [in] every way. Fear went away, fear went away. He has only made my life better.’

Meaningfully: “We have seen the loss of family members and have held each other up. We’ve had accolades, triumphs, joys, sorrows, exhaustions and still I feel your grasp,” she wrote.

Poetically: The Air actress said in her caption, “Through the fire and brimstone of life we ​​have held on…together…to each other…understand no matter what, the promise is not to let go to leave ‘

The couple would renew their vows on Valentine’s Day 2016 after 13 years of marriage.

“I wanted to have a ceremony that was really beautiful with the fantastic dress and the fantastic food,” Davis said The knot.

“We had the best food, our signature drinks. It was called the Ju-V juice,’ she recalled.

In a 2017 wedding anniversary post shared on social media, Viola wrote, “17 years of marriage to the most beautiful man in the world!!!!

“You have made my life sweeter and my heart bigger. I prayed for you and God said “Yes! I have just the right person for you!!!!” Happy birthday my dear… The best is yet to come.’

On a 2013 Page six interview, Viola famously said she said a specific prayer when she hoped to meet a husband.

“I was the loneliest woman in the world, and someone said, ‘You just have to pray for a husband,'” she told the outlet.

She shared that she prayed for “a big black guy from the South who looked like a football player, who already had kids, who might have been married before.”

Flashback: Viola added a throwback photo with her husband to her Instagram slide

Anniversary: ​​The 57-year-old Academy Award winner and her beau, 69, married in 2003

Viola and Julius adopted a daughter named Genesis in 2011, just over a year after she was born in July 2010.

That same year, they co-founded JuVee Productions, a company they created by fusing both of their names.

The company has spawned projects such as the 2022 action drama The Woman King and The First Lady series.

Davis is the CEO, while her husband is the president of development and production.