The Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis celebrated her 55th birthday on Tuesday by sharing a picture on Instagram of the South Carolina house, which is located on a former a slave plantation. The above is the house where I was born August 11, 1965. It is the birthplace of my story. Today on my 55th year of life….I own it….all of it. “May you live long enough to know why you were born.” -Cherokee Birth Blessing-
In a comment on her post Wednesday, Davis clarified that she didn’t buy the house.
The above is the house where I was born August 11, 1965. It is the birthplace of my story. Today on my 55th year of life….I own it….all of it.
"May you live long enough to know why you were born.”
-Cherokee Birth Blessing- pic.twitter.com/CatJK405BL— Viola Davis (@violadavis) August 11, 2020
