VIOLA’S LIFE LESSON
Being at work, away from her only child, can be difficult for Oscar winner Viola
Davis. But the mom to Genesis, 7, has learned to deal with it. “I forgive myself daily,” she tells Us. And the How to Get Away
With Murder star hopes her daughter (with husband Julius
Tennon, 64) is learning from her mom’s work ethic. Viola, 53, wants Genesis “to not stop when she makes a mistake [and] to understand that’s a part of her growth.” The most important thing she wants her daughter to know? There’s more to life than physical beauty: “You’ve got to have something else going on with you.”