Viola Davis to Get Dramatic With David Schwimmer, Zach Galifianakis

Viola Davis, who first earned mainstream attention after an Oscar nod for her supporting role in last year’s Doubt, appears to be pursuing a career in psychiatry. That, or she’s just working really hard at getting type-cast.

In David Schwimmer’s Trust, she’ll play a counselor assigned to help a 14-year-old victim of an online predator. In It’s Kind of a Funny Story, directed by Half Nelson‘s Ryan Fleck and co-starring Zach Galifianakis, she’ll play a psychiatrist to a 15-year-old boy in a mental hospital.

Though these roles sound nearly identical, they could be meaty, interesting parts—notoriously rare for women of color in Hollywood. Relegated to the best friend role in 2008’s Nights in Rodanthe and in the Julia Roberts-starring adaptation of the book Eat, Pray, Love, we’re looking forward to seeing Davis showcase her dramatic talents once more.

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