Julius Tennon, Genesis Tennon and Viola Davis walk the runway during L’Oreal Paris - Walk Your Worth" Show as part of Paris Fashion Week.Photo:Marc Piasecki/WireImage
Marc Piasecki/WireImage
Viola Davisenjoyed a special family moment during Paris Fashion Week.
On Sunday, the actress, 58, walked the Le Défilé L’Oréal - Walk Your Worth show at the Eiffel Tower, bringing a few special guests on stage with her. Davis was photographed walking hand in hand with husbandJulius Tennonand later posed with daughterGenesis, 13.
In the sweet family snap, Tennon stands on one side of the couple’s daughter, who wears a teal dress adorned with feathers. Davis stands on the other side of the teen, putting an arm around Genesis and smiling for the camera.
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Julius Tennon, Genesis Tennon and Viola Davis walk the runway during L’Oreal Paris - Walk Your Worth" Show as part of Paris Fashion Week.Marc Piasecki/WireImage
Davis and Tennon have been together for over two decades, meeting on the set of the CBS seriesCity of Angelsin 1999. In 2011, the couple welcomed Genesis via adoption.
Julius Tennon and Viola Davis walk the runway during L’Oreal Paris - Walk Your Worth" Show as part of Paris Fashion Week.Laurent VU/SIPA/Shutterstock
Laurent VU/SIPA/Shutterstock
Discussing her decision to adopt her daughter,Davis told PEOPLE in 2017, “I wanted my life to mean and be something deeper. That’s when the urge came, and the urge was just very, very, very, strong. So I have a kid now, and she is just the light of our lives.”
In December 2020, Davis shared her daughter’s dreams of being a movie star like her. “She doeswant to be an actress,” she toldEllen DeGeneres. “She says, ‘Mommy, I know how to live the words. I know how to breathe the words. I know how to remember the words.’ And I said, ‘Well, you gotta remember how to go to school and at 18, you need to remember how to get out of the house and pay your own bills.'”
Genesis made her big screen debut inThe Angry Birds Movie 2in 2019, voicing hatchling Vivi.Gal Gadot’s daughter Alma Versano andNicole Kidman’s daughters,Sunday Rose and Faith, played similar roles.
“Well, I would randomly be like, ‘Oh, I have to go to this event with my mom,’ and then I would pause and be like, ‘Hold up, wait a second, it’s about me!’ " Genesis toldVarietyabout her first red carpet, which she attended with both of her parents. “And I got excited!”
source: people.com
