A shekara ta 2011, rawar da Davis ta taka a wani wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo a matsayin mai ba da gida a "The Help" ya sami kyautar Oscar mafi kyawun mata, a tsakanin sauran yabo. Wasannin da ta yi a wasan kwaikwayo na makaranta "Ba za a dawo ba" (2012), mai ban sha'awa "Fursunoni" (2013), da kuma fim din "Get on Up" (2014), sun kara daukaka ga aikinta. Davis ta zama bakar fata ta farko da ta lashe lambar yabo ta Emmy don 'Yar wasa mafi kyau, saboda rawar da ta taka a matsayin lauya mai kare laifin Annalise Keating a cikin jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin "Yadda za a fita da kisan kai" (2014). A cikin 2015, ta yi fim kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin mai shirya zartarwa a cikin fim mai ban tsoro "Lila & Eve", da wasan kwaikwayo na kotun "Custody" a shekara mai zuwa, fina-finai biyu sun sami karɓar karɓa gaba ɗaya. Ta bayyana a matsayin mai adawa Amanda Waller a cikin fim din superhero "Suicide Squad" (2016), babbar nasarar kasuwancin ta har zuwa yau. A wannan shekarar, ita da Washington sun sake yin rawar da suka taka a fim din "Fences", wanda Davis ya sami lambar yabo ta Mataimakin Mataimakin Mata a BAFTA,
Kyautar SAG, Kyautar Golden Globe, da Kyautar Academy. Bayan nasarar ta ta Oscar, ta zama bakar fata ta farko da ta lashe Triple Crown of Acting. Davis ta kafa JuVee Productions tare da mijinta Julius Tennon a cikin 2012.