Glad to see how much things have changed since The Help.

It makes me really happy to see just how much things have improved for an actress as talented as Davis since her breakthrough role in The Help. Not that her roles previously were anything to sniff at (though her performance in Doubt is debatable, we'll just call it a one-off). But just look at what good fortune has come her way:

First she got to play a black schoolteacher who gets help from a white lady during a financial crisis in the critically acclaimed hit Won't Back Down. Then, she got a chance to be seen by wider, younger audiences with her crucial roles in YA box office smashes and franchise starters Beautiful Creatures and Ender's Game. Then, she gets ANOTHER chance to play a professor in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby. She got to follow this up with a whopping 20 minutes in Prisoners, where she is given a very well-written and utilized role. She easily has the most memorable role in that film. Add to that her under-hyped mother role in Get On Up, and you already have a very impressive follow-up career.

But things are only looking up for Ms. Davis. She understands that while she's talented, there are other actors who maybe deserve to be more exposed and given bigger roles than hers. Casting directors know this, too, which is why she has been given supporting roles to films starring actors as well-regarded and respected as Chris Hemsworth and Jennifer Lopez. But fortunately she's been promoted to the place where new movie stars go to flourish and enhance their careers: network television. What character is she playing? You guessed it, a professor. As long as she follows this up with a role as a detective/government employee to switch it up, I think she's gonna make it big. Here's to more of this promising career that could not have come without that Oscar nomination.

List of 2013 Films in Order
http://www.imdb.com/list/jW936hcZqh4/?publish=publish