Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 2011, basa raDavis mumutambo wemutambo semushandi wemba mu "The Help" rakamupa zita reBest Actress Oscar, pakati pemimwe mibairo. Maitiro ake mumutambo wechikoro "Haazodzokere Pasi" (2012), inonakidza "Vasungwa" (2013), uye biopic "Simuka" (2014), akawedzera kumwe kufarirwa pabasa rake. Davis akava mukadzi wekutanga mutema kuhwina mubairo weEmmy weBest Actress, nekuda kwebasa rake segweta rinodzivirira mhosva Annalise Keating mumutambo weterevhizheni "How to Get Away with Murder" (2014). Muna 2015, iye nyeredzi uye akashanda somutungamiriri mugadziri muna vigilante thriller "Lila & Eve", uye dare mutambo "Custody" gore rakatevera, zvose mafirimu vakagamuchira yakavhenganiswa kugamuchirwa yose. Akaonekwa semuvengi Amanda Waller mufirimu remagamba "Suicide Squad" (2016), kubudirira kwake kukuru kwekutengesa kusvika parizvino. Mugore rimwe chetero, iye naWashington vakadzokorora basa ravo mufirimu-kugadziriswa kwe "Fences", iyo Davis yakagamuchira mukurumbira we Best Supporting Actress paBAFTAs,
SAG Awards, Golden Globe Awards, uye Academy Awards. Kutevera kuhwina kwake Oscar, akazova mutambi wekutanga mutema kuhwina Triple Crown of Acting. Davis co-akavamba JuVee Productions nemurume wake Julius Tennon muna 2012.