Viola Davis opens up about hunger

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Press Trust of India Los Angeles
Last Updated : Aug 28 2016 | 8:07 AM IST
"How To Get Away With Murder" actress Viola Davis has opened up about struggling with hunger while growing up in a new PSA.
The actress is the ambassador for Hunger Is, a joint charitable initiative between the Albertsons Foundation and the Entertainment Industry Foundation aimed at eradicating childhood hunger in America, reported the Entertainment Weekly.
"Growing up, I was among the 1 in 5 American kids who struggled with hunger. And hungry mornings make tired days," she said in the video.
The Emmy-winner has talked about her struggle with poverty while growing up in her past interviews too.
"It's only been recently that I can admit that I would jump in trash bins looking for food and I would steal from the corner store because I was hungry. I would fall asleep in school on a daily basis because we had nothing," she told People magazine in 2014.
"We have an image of hunger that comes from Africa, but this is America. And unless your belly is distended, we don't have an image of what hunger looks like here.

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First Published: Aug 28 2016 | 8:07 AM IST

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