Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: I le 2011, o le matafaioi a Davis i se tala faamusika o se tamaitai faigaluega i le "The Help" na maua ai lona filifilia mo le Oscar mo le tamaitai sili ona lelei, faatasi ai ma isi faailoga. O ana faafiafiaga i le tala faamusika a le aʻoga "Won't Back Down" (2012), o le faʻafiafiaga "Prisoners" (2013), ma le ata tifaga "Get on Up" (2014), na faʻaopopo atili ai le faʻaaloalo i lana galuega. O Davis na avea ma tamaitai uliuli muamua na manumalo i le Emmy Award mo le tamaitai sili ona lelei, mo lana matafaioi o le loia o le puipuiga o le solitulafono o Annalise Keating i le televise "How to Get Away with Murder" (2014). I le 2015, na ia faʻatinoina ma tautua o se faʻatonu faʻatonu i le faʻasalaga mataʻutia "Lila & Eva", ma le potu faʻamasino "Custody" i le tausaga na sosoʻo ai, o ata uma e lua na mauaina se tali fefiloi. Na aliali mai o ia o se tagata tetee Amanda Waller i le superhero ata "Suicide Squad" (2016), o lana pisinisi sili ona manuia i le taimi nei. I le tausaga lava lea e tasi, na toe faia ai e ia ma Uosigitone la laʻua matafaioi i le ata tifaga o le "Fences", lea na maua ai e Davis le faʻailoga o le Best Supporting Actress i le BAFTAs,
SAG Awards, Golden Globe Awards, ma le Academy Awards. Ina ua uma ona manumalo i le Oscars, na avea ai o ia ma tagata muamua uliuli na manumalo i le Triple Crown of Acting. Na faavaeina e Davis le JuVee Productions ma lona toʻalua o Julius Tennon i le 2012.