Los Angeles: "The only thing that separates women of colour from anyone else is opportunity," said Viola Davis, who broke the colour barrier by becoming the first African-American to win the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series honour at the Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday.


Viola Davis poses with the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at 67th Emmy Awards. AFP PHOTO 

Davis was honoured for her portrayal of alluring, tough and morally compromised law professor Annalise Keating in the ABC legal thriller "How to Get Away with Murder".