Viola Davis gets A-list support from Meryl Streep and Jessica Chastain, Chaplin Award Gala honoree

Viola Davis was supported by Meryl Streep and Jessica Chastain Monday night as she was honored at the 48th Chaplin Award Gala in New York City.

The 57-year-old How To Get Away With Murder actress glowed in a strapless black dress adorned with gold fringe accents.

Meryl, 73, happily stepped out to celebrate Viola, arriving in a black pantsuit and black glasses.

For her part, 46-year-old Jessica looked typically beautiful in a plunging black dress with shimmering embellishments.

The vibrant evening celebrated the longtime entertainer’s career, complete with speakers and film highlights.

Viola was ready for the night with her jet black hair styled in a sleek straight bob and parted on the side.

She skipped a necklace for the event and showed off her toned arms and glowing skin in her ensemble.

The Woman King sensation was all smiles as she arrived with her face full of expertly applied cosmetics.

Dark eyeliner and elongated lashes made her eyes pop, and she covered her cheeks in rouge.

Tying the makeup together was a bold lip stain, covering her pout in a soft pink color.

Meryl wore her graying hair down and let the shiny and silky locks fall over her chest in a side parting.

Her co-ord was fitted at the waist and showed off her slim figure while her blazer was wrapped around her with a tie.

She added flared pants to the classic, timeless look, and she held Davis as they posed for photos.

Jessica was a vision with her red locks parted down the center of her back and loose curls.

The Scenes From A Marriage star flashed her ample plunging neckline in her dress, which featured intricate beading.

A large, sequined red rose was the centerpiece of the flashy look, which also featured stars and other graphics.

Chastain looked breathtaking as she walked the step-and-repeat with her fellow actresses.

Her blue eyes sparkled with the help of soft, shimmering gold eyeshadow and her high cheekbones were dusted pink.

Jessica, who starred alongside Viola in 2011’s The Help, completed the makeup look with a bright magenta lipstick.

Viola was joined at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall by her husband Julius Tennon.

The 69-year-old actor and producer looked sharp in a black suit with a silver button-up shirt.

He completed the look with a silk, silver tie and he also wore square, black-rimmed glasses.

The artist’s head was shaved and he looked handsome in a salt-and-pepper goatee.

In a statement shared on filmlinc.orgsaid Lesli Klainberg, President of Film at Lincoln Center, “Viola Davis brings her tremendous skill and fierce emotional intelligence to everything she does.

‘The range of her achievements is remarkable – as an actor in film, television and theatre; as a producer who opens doors for new voices; and as an inspirational memoirist.

“She really is a force. We are honored to dedicate an evening to celebrating her achievements and talents at the 48th Chaplin Award Gala.”

Earlier this year, Viola Davis achieved EGOT status after winning a Grammy for the audiobook performance of her memoir Finding Me.

The actress also made history as the third black woman to earn the honor, after Whoopi Goldberg and Jennifer Hudson.

When the Woman King star accepted the award, she said, “It was just such a journey. I EGOT!’

Prior to the annual awards ceremony, Davis had already won an Oscar, two Tonys and an Emmy.

“Oh my god,” she said as she stood on stage. “I wrote this book to honor six-year-old Viola, to honor her, to honor her life, her joy, her trauma, her everything.”

In January, the seasoned siren told Grammy.com that reaching EGOT status would be a “massive achievement.”

She added thoughtfully, “I think everyone wants their life to mean something. I believe in the Cherokee birth blessing, which reads, “May you live long enough to know why you were born.”

“I do believe that you literally want to blow a hole through this world, one way or another. Many people don’t know how to do that. A lot of people haven’t found that thing they’re passionate about that they can do.

‘Some have. But that’s what we’re all looking for, blowing a hole through this earth before we leave it. I think about that a lot in my work. I really found that thing that I love to do. So I always want to make it meaningful.’

A native of South Carolina, Viola won the 2017 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Rose Maxson in 2016’s Fences.

Before that, she earned an Emmy in 2015 for her role as Annalize Keating on the series How to Get Away with Murder

NBC reported that it made her the first black woman to win the Lead Dramatic Actress award.

The Hollywood fixture has a Tony award for King Hedley II, as well as one for the Broadway production of Fences.