Viola Davis

Viola Davis achieved EGOT status after winning her first Grammy held at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 5. An EGOT refers to winning a ...

Davis is now the third Black woman to claim EGOT ranking. Davis now joins the list as the 18th member of the EGOT club, uniting with Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Legend, Mike Nichols, Mel Brooks, Jennifer Hudson, Whoopi Goldberg and others. An EGOT refers to winning a quartet of entertainment awards: an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

EGOT — a term coined by actor Philip Michael Thomas in 1984 — is used to refer to a person who has won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony award during their ...

- John Legend (2018) - Tim Rice (2018) Davis has two Tony Awards for her theatre work, most recently for Fences in 2010. On Instagram, Davis wrote: "The 6 year old Viola is screaming!!!!! And it has just been such a journey," she said. Actor Viola Davis is the latest person to reach EGOT status.

US actress Viola Davis has become the 18th person to become an EGOT winner after picking up the Grammy Award for best audiobook, narration and storytelling ...

Speaking to the Associated Press, the actor said his plans for future success were EGOT within five years, a dream that actors, musicians and entertainers around the world now aspire to. Her Oscar win came in 2017 for the film adaptation of Fences, in which she starred alongside Denzel Washington. Davis’ win on Monday (AEDT) makes her the third black woman to achieve the EGOT win, after Whoopi Goldberg in 2002 and Jennifer Hudson in 2022.

"I just EGOT!" the 57-year-old actor said after winning best audiobook, narration and storytelling recording for her memoir, Finding Me, at the Grammys ...

"I wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola — to honor her life, her joy, her trauma, her everything," Davis said in her acceptance speech. "And it has been such a journey. The honor follows her Emmy win for How to Get Away With Murder (2015), an Oscar for Fences (2017), and a Tony for both King Hedley II (2001) and Fences (2010).

The actress won the final piece in her EGOT puzzle at the 65th Grammy Awards for the audio recording of her memoir, Finding Me. Davis already holds an Emmy for ...

The actress also shared the inspiration behind her memoir, stating, "I wrote this book to honour the six-year-old Viola. My Remarkable Life In Show Business By Mel Brooks). The actress won the final piece in her EGOT puzzle at the 65th Grammy Awards for the audio recording of her memoir, Finding Me.

"I just EGOT!" the 57-year-old actor said after winning best audiobook, narration and storytelling recording for her memoir, Finding Me, at the Grammys ...

"I wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola — to honor her life, her joy, her trauma, her everything," Davis said in her acceptance speech. "And it has been such a journey. The honor follows her Emmy win for How to Get Away With Murder (2015), an Oscar for Fences (2017), and a Tony for both King Hedley II (2001) and Fences (2010).

"I just EGOT!" the 57-year-old actor said after winning best audiobook, narration and storytelling recording for her memoir, Finding Me, at the Grammys ...

"I wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola — to honor her life, her joy, her trauma, her everything," Davis said in her acceptance speech. "And it has been such a journey. The honor follows her Emmy win for How to Get Away With Murder (2015), an Oscar for Fences (2017), and a Tony for both King Hedley II (2001) and Fences (2010).

The actor won a Grammy Award Sunday for best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording for her memoir "Finding Me." “I just EGOT!” she shouted from the ...

"I wrote this book to honor the 6-year- old Viola, to honor her, her life, her joy, her trauma, everything. “Oh, my God," she said. The celebrated actor has two Tonys, most recently for “Fences” in 2010, she won an Emmy in 2015 for “How to Get Away with Murder,” and won an Oscar in 2017 for the film version of “Fences.”

Actress Viola Davis won a Grammy Award on Sunday for narrating the audiobook of her memoir Finding Me, becoming only the 18th person in history to achieve the ...

I just EGOT.” [said](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1FfCHeDsY8): “I wrote this book to honor the six-year-old Viola. Davis won her first Tony Award in 2001 for her supporting role in the play King Hedley II and in 2010 she would win her second Tony for her leading role in the Broadway revival of the play Fences.