Here’s another one for the trophy case!
Viola Davis has officially joined the legendary ranks of EGOT status, earning an Emmy, Oscar, Tony Award, and now a Grammy!!
On Sunday, she received her first Grammy trophy for her performance of the audiobook for her memoir “Finding Me.”
“It has just been such a journey,” Davis said during her acceptance speech. “I just EGOT!”
“Oh my God,” she continued. “I wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola, to honor her, to honor her life, her joy, her trauma, her everything.”
Davis won her first Tony Award in 2001 for her performance in August Wilson’s King Hedley II. She took home her second Tony in 2010 for her work in Fences. Her Emmy win came in 2015 when she picked up the honor for How to Get Away With Murder. In 2017, she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in the film adaptation of Fences, costarring and directed by Denzel Washington.
She now becomes the third Black woman in history to achieve EGOT status. The other two are Whoopi Goldberg, who hit the milestone in 2002, and Jennifer Hudson, who completed hers last year.
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