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Viola Davis

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Grammy Awards 2023: Viola Davis becomes an EGOT (BBC News)

The star is only the 18th person to win each of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.

"Even though he is nominated for best pop vocal album." announced the star on stage at the Grammys, becoming visibly emotional as she thanked her family for being "the best chapter in my book". "I wrote this book to honour the six-year-old Viola," said the star. If you have a story suggestion email [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). "This is so funny," said singer-guitarist Rhian Teasdale. Harry Styles also picked up best engineered album for Harry's House, which is also up for the night's biggest prize - album of the year.

Viola Davis earns coveted EGOT (NBC News)

The 57-year-old actress earned her first Grammy for her performance of the audiobook for her memoir, “Finding Me.” Viola Davis accepts the award for "Best ...

She has two Tony awards, for “King Hedley II” and the Broadway production of “Fences.” I really found that thing that I love to do. “EGOT” is the grand slam of an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony over a career. “I think that everybody wants their life to mean something,” she said. A lot of people haven’t found that thing that they’re passionate about, that they can do. “Oh, my God," Davis said Sunday.

Viola Davis achieves EGOT status with Grammy win (NPR)

"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).

Viola Davis becomes Egot winner at the 2023 Grammy awards (The Guardian)

Actor is 18th person to claim grand slam of an Emmy, an Oscar, a Tony and now a Grammy.

She is also a five-time Emmy nominee and won in 2015 for her performance in the television show How to Get Away with Murder. She also won a best lead actress Tony in 2010 for the same role, in the original play on Broadway. She won the best supporting actress Oscar in 2017 for her performance as the wife of a baseball player in Fences.

Grammys 2023: Viola Davis achieves EGOT status with Grammy win (Redlands Daily Facts)

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.

Viola Davis' Grammy win for audiobook makes her an EGOT (St. Albert Gazette)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Viola Davis has achieved EGOT status. The actor won a Grammy Award Sunday for best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording for ...

"I wrote this book to honor the 6-year- old Viola, to honor her, her life, her joy, her trauma, everything. 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.” “I just EGOT!” she shouted from the stage as she accepted the trophy, using the term for the rare person who's won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award during their career.

Grammys 2023: Actor Viola Davis becomes EGOT winner (Los Angeles Times)

Actor Viola Davis just became the 18th member of the EGOT club, an elite group of entertainers who have won at least one Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

Sunday’s Grammy sealed the deal for the [“The Woman King” actor-producer](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2022-12-28/viola-davis-julius-tennon-woman-king). Volumnia Gaul) and “Air,” in which she plays Michael Jordan’s mom, Deloris. Davis was nominated for narrating the audio versions of her 2022 memoir, “Finding Me.”

Viola Davis Earns EGOT with Grammy Award for Memoir Audiobook ... (PEOPLE.com)

After Viola Davis narrated her memoir Finding Me, the actress has earned a Grammy Award, rounding out a coveted EGOT, which also requires an Academy Award, ...

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Viola Davis achieves EGOT with Grammy win for her audiobook (CNN)

Viola Davis accepts the award for best audio book, narration and storytelling recording for "Finding Me: A Memoir" at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on February ...

“To honor her life, her joy, her trauma, everything. Davis’ Sunday win for the audiobook of her memoir “Finding Me” completes her EGOT collection. Davis’ career has been studded with awards and firsts.

Viola Davis Reaches EGOT Status—Here Are The 17 Others Who ... (Forbes)

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.

Viola Davis Is Officially an EGOT (Vogue.com)

Actor, author, and philanthropist Viola Davis became a brand-new inductee into the EGOT Club—also known as the small, rarefied group of celebrities who have ...

Davis is only the third Black woman in history to become an EGOT, with other members of the club including Whoopi Goldberg, Jennifer Hudson, Audrey Hepburn, Rita Moreno, Mel Brooks, and Mike Nichols (and, in the fictional TV-sphere, 30 Rock’s Tracy Jordan, who turned the coveted accolade into a diamond-encrusted necklace). In addition to her Grammy, Davis holds a Tony for her lead performance as Rose Maxson in Fences, an Oscar for the play’s 2016 film adaptation, and an Emmy for her turn as Annalise Keating on the TV show How to Get Away With Murder—and even with an EGOT under her belt, who knows what awards still lie in Davis’s future? Actor, author, and philanthropist Viola Davis became a brand-new inductee into the EGOT Club—also known as the small, rarefied group of celebrities who have earned an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony in their careers—on Sunday, taking home her first win at the

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