Viola Davis - EGOT

Viola Davis speaks onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy/AFP. Photo: Emma McIntyre / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP

Grammy Awards: Viola Davis secures EGOT status

Viola Davis has just secured her spot on the EGOT list, winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award.

Viola Davis - EGOT

Viola Davis speaks onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy/AFP. Photo: Emma McIntyre / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP

American actress and producer, Viola Davis, best known for her role in Shonda Rhimes’ television drama How To Get Away With Murder, has just secured herself the 18th spot on the EGOT list.

This comes after the 57-year-old received a Grammy for voicing the audio version of her best-selling 2022 memoir “Finding Me.”

Making her the third black woman to reach this prestigious status after Whoopi Goldberg and Jennifer Hudson.

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EGOT WINS:

Viola Davis holds many accolades including BET awards, People’s choice awards, and even has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame but these are the awards that propelled her to EGOT status:

  • Tony – Tonya in the play King Hedley II and Fences (Best Featured Actress in a Play 2001 and 2010)
  • Emmy Award – Annalise Keating on How To Get Away With Murder ( Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series 2015)
  • Academy Award/Oscar – Rose Maxson in Fences ( Best supporting actress in 2017)
  • Grammy – Audio version of her memoir Finding Me (2022)

EGOT ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

Fellow EGOT winner Jennifer Hudson congratulated Viola Davis on becoming the 18th member of this exclusive club by calling her a “living legend”

In a 7-second clip Hudson posts, Davis shouts that she “just EGOT” followed by loud screaming from the audience.

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LIST OF THE 18 EGOT WINNERS:

  • Richard Rodgers
  • Helen Hayes
  • Rita Moreno
  • John Gielgud
  • Audrey Hepburn
  • Marvin Hamlisch
  • Jonathan Tunick
  • Mel Brooks
  • Mike Nichols
  • Whoopi Goldberg
  • Scott Rudin
  • Robert Lopez
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Tim Rice
  • John Legend
  • Alan Menken
  • Jennifer Hudson
  • Viola Davis

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