RI’s Viola Davis Wins Grammy — Adding to Her Emmy, Oscar, and Tony Wins
Sunday, February 05, 2023
It’s official — RI’s Viola Davis is an “EGOT.”
The acronym stands for the small circle of artists who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT) — and it is an exclusive club.
On Sunday, she was awarded the Grammy for "Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording" for her audiobook memoir, “Finding Me.”
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST“It has just been such a journey,” Davis said while accepting the award. “I just EGOT!”
According to Deadline, only 18 people have achieved the status, and Davis is the fourth Black person alongside Whoopi Goldberg, John Legend, and Jennifer Hudson to win all four.
Davis won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2017 for her role as housewife Rose Maxson in 2016’s Fences and she earned an Emmy in 2015 for her role as Annalise Keating in How to Get Away with Murder.
She has two Tony awards, one for King Hedley II and the Broadway production of Fences.
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