Viola Davis has officially achieved the rare and coveted EGOT status. She is now the 18th person to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award in their career. Davis joins an elite and illustrious group of EGOT winners, including Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Alan Menken, and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Davis won an Emmy in 2015 for her work as the lead actress in How to Get Away With Murder, an Oscar for best supporting actress for Fences, and two Tonys for King Hedley II in 2001 and Fences in 2010. The addition of her Grammy for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording at the 2023 Grammy Awards for her work on Finding Me completed her EGOT punch card.
Speaking about the possibility of joining the EGOT club, Davis said: “I have to tell you — the Grammy thing…I’m a serious actor. I am. I went to Juilliard [School of the Performing Arts], I feel it’s about the work. [But] it’s like my niece Annabella who had a meltdown at Circus Circus [Las Vegas] when she was 6 years old, snot dripping and crying, and all she was saying was, ‘I wanna win! I wanna win!’ In my brain, with the Grammy, I’m like, ‘I wanna win! I wanna win!’”
Viola Davis has officially achieved the rare and prestigious EGOT status, becoming the 18th person to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award in their career. Davis joins an esteemed and accomplished group of EGOT winners, including Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Alan Menken, and Andrew Lloyd Webber. It’s an incredible achievement that Davis has worked hard for and is justly proud of.
Source: www.rollingstone.com