Viola Davis at 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2015
**FILE** Viola Davis at 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2015 (Flickr via Wikipedia)

โ€œHow to Get Away with Murderโ€ star Viola Davis has been tapped to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

She will be the first actor to receive a star in 2017, Hollywood Walk of Fame producer Ana Martinez said this week.

โ€œViola is one of the actresses who always mesmerize fans with her talent,โ€ Martinez said. โ€œShe is amazing and we are thrilled that she will grace our world famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.โ€

The ceremony will be live-streamed Jan. 5 at at 11:30 a.m.

Davis, whose latest film, โ€œFences,โ€ also starring Denzel Washington, hits theaters Christmas Day, has also been nominated for a 2017 NAACP Image Award for her role in โ€œHow to Get Away with Murder.โ€

This correspondent is a guest contributor to The Washington Informer.

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