Viveka Davis is an American actress who has starred on television and in films. As a young actress, she was best known for her role in the 1983 NBC

NBC

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 TV miniseries

Miniseries

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 V as Polly Maxwell, a role she reprised in the 1984 sequel

Sequel

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 V: The Final Battle.

Discovered at age 11, by Alan Parker

Alan Parker

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 in an inner city school in south central Los Angeles

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, her career spanning 25 years so far has showcased her dynamic talents for drama, comedy, music and dance, won her praise and got the attention of many of the biggest names in Hollywood. She been hired by luminaries such as Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

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, Ron Howard

Ron Howard

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, Mike Figgis

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 and John Hughes, and has shared the screen with Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

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, Jack Nicholson

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 and Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner

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 and James Belushi

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.

Her first film role was in the 1982 drama film Shoot the Moon

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, playing the daughter of Albert Finney

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 and Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton

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. As a teen, her best-known film role was in the 1987 comedy film Morgan Stewart's Coming Home

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which she starred with Jon Cryer

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. Viveka's most recent film she starred in was in the 2001 film On Edge.

Viveka has starred in TV films and miniseries. At sixteen, she starred in dual roles in Disney's 1987 TV film Student Exchange

Student Exchange

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where she again showcased her singing and dancing and acting. In 1995, she "blew the minds of America" when she starred as country singing legend Wynonna Judd

Wynonna Judd

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 in NBC TV miniseries Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge.

She has made guest appearances on TV series, including Knots Landing

Knots Landing

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, Seinfeld

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, ER

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, Nash Bridges

Nash Bridges

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, Strong Medicine

Strong Medicine

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, and Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

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Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982 1982 in film -Events:* March 26 = I Ought to Be in Pictures, starring Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff is released. Manoff would not appear in another movie until 1987's Backfire.* June = PG-rated film E.T...	Shoot the Moon Shoot the Moon Shoot the Moon is the title of the fourth album by singer-songwriter Judie Tzuke, released in April 1982. It was Tzuke's first album for Chrysalis Records, after leaving Elton John's label Rocket Records...	Jill Dunlap
1983 1983 in film -Events:*February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York*May 25 - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the final film in the original Star Wars trilogy, is released. Like the previous films, it goes on to become the top grossing picture of...	V	Polly Maxwell	TV Movie
1984 1984 in film -Events:* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.* Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....	V (The Final Battle)	Polly Maxwell	TV miniseries
1985 1985 in film -Events:* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.* The Academy Award for Best Picture was won by Out Of Africa, while the highest grossing film was Back to the Future.* Bliss wins AFI Award for best Movie...	Not My Kid Not My Kid Not My Kid is a 1985 television film directed by Michael Tuchner, which was based on a 1984 book of the same name by Beth Polson and Miller Newton...	Susan Bower	TV Movie
1987 1987 in film -Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records....	Morgan Stewart's Coming Home Morgan Stewart's Coming Home Morgan Stewart's Coming Home is a 1987 comedy film directed by Paul Aaron/Terry Winsor and starring Jon Cryer, Viveka Davis, Paul Gleason, Nicholas Pryor and Lynn Redgrave. The screenplay was written by Ken Hixon and David N. Titcher...	Emily Costella	TV movie
	Student Exchange Student Exchange Student Exchange is a 1987 television film directed by Mollie Miller.-Plot:Carole and Neil, two nerdy teenagers, get only perfect grades but have no social skills. When Carole learns that two foreign exchange students from France and Italy have gone to another school, they grab their chance and...	Carole Whitcomb/Simone Swaare	TV movie
1989 1989 in film -Events:* Batman is released on June 23, and goes on to gross over $410 million worldwide.* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million...	Forbidden Sun	Jane
1990 1990 in film The year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2....	The End of Innocence	Honey
1991 1991 in film The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York* Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.*November...	Ricochet Ricochet (film) Ricochet is a 1991 crime-thriller film, directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak, and Lindsay Wagner...	Debbie
	Curly Sue Curly Sue Curly Sue is a 1991 comedy film starring James Belushi, Alisan Porter and Kelly Lynch. The film was written and directed by John Hughes. Music for the movie was provided by Georges Delerue, with the end title song "You Never Know" performed by Ringo Starr....	Trina
1991 1991 in television For the American TV schedule, see: 1991-92 United States network television schedule.The year 1991 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1991.-Events:-Debuts:-1950s:...	Good Sports Good Sports Good Sports is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS network in 1991, starring Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal.-Synopsis:The show features the two main characters, Bobby Tannen, a once-famous former football player gone to seed and Gayle Roberts, an ex-Miss America , as mismatched anchors on an...	Risa Braun	TV series
1992 1992 in film The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. -Top grossing films:-Awards:Academy AwardsGolden Globe AwardsNational Film Awards...	Man Trouble	June Huff
1993 1993 in film The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive and The Firm. -Events:...	Body Shot	Rita
	I Can Make You Love Me I Can Make You Love Me I Can Make You Love Me, also known as Stalking Laura, is a made-for-television film starring Richard Thomas and Brooke Shields. The film is based on the real-life story of American mass murderer Richard Farley, a former employee of ESL Incorporated whose romantic obsession and subsequent stalking...	Mary Ann	TV movie
	A Dangerous Woman A Dangerous Woman (1993 film) A Dangerous Woman is a 1993 film from Amblin Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal and written for the screen by his then wife Naomi Foner...	Mercy
1994 1994 in film 1994 was a significant year in film.The top grosser worldwide was The Lion King, which to date stands as the highest-grossing traditionally-animated film of all time...	PCU PCU (film) PCU is a 1994 comedy film. The film depicts college life at the fictional Port Chester University, and represents "an exaggerated view of contemporary college life...." The film is based on the experiences of writers Adam Leff and Zak Penn at...	Womynist #1
1995 1995 in film -Top grossing films:-Events:* March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg.* March 28 - Actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett announce their plans for separation....	Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge	Wynonna Judd
1999 1999 in film The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep...	My Last Love	Kate	TV Movie
	Message in a Bottle Message in a Bottle (film) Message in a Bottle is a 1999 American romantic drama film directed by Luis Mandoki. Based on a novel with the same name by Nicholas Sparks, the film stars Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn, and Paul Newman...	Alva
	EDtv EdTV EDtv is a 1999 American comedy film directed by Ron Howard. An adaptation of the Quebec film Louis 19, le roi des ondes , it stars Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Woody Harrelson, Ellen DeGeneres, Martin Landau, Rob Reiner, Sally Kirkland, Elizabeth Hurley, Clint Howard, and Dennis Hopper.The...	Marcia
	Swallows	Magdalena
2000 2000 in film The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ....	Timecode Timecode (film) Timecode is a 2000 American experimental film directed by Mike Figgis.The film is constructed from four continuous 90-minute takes that were filmed simultaneously by four cameramen; the screen is divided into quarters and the four shots are shown simultaneously...	Victoria Cohen
	Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel	Debutante #1
	Cast Away Cast Away Cast Away is a 2000 drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks as a FedEx employee stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific. The film depicts his successful attempts to survive on the island using remnants of his plane's cargo, as well as his...	Pilot Gwen
2001 2001 in film The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...	On Edge	Patsy Cain

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