ABC/Brian Bowen SmithViola Davis wrote that her “heart just burst wide open” when responding to an Instagram post from a fan who said she named her young daughter after the actress.
Erin Morrison-Fortunato shared in an Instagram post revealed that when she was pregnant with her now 7-year-old daughter, Davis had just been nominated for her role in The Help.
“The more I heard her speak, the more I appreciated her as not just a talented #actor, but as a #humanitarian and a #thoughtful, #reflective woman,” Morrison-Fortunato wrote.
The post went on to reveal that toward the end of her pregnancy, Morrison-Fortunato’s daughter was diagnosed with a