Viola Davis becomes EGOT winner at the 2023 Grammys

Updated : Feb 08, 2023 06:41
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Viola Davis has joined the elite group of Egot winners with her win at the Grammy Awards. She is the 18th person to achieve the status, joining the likes of Audrey Hepburn, Mel Brooks, Andrew Lloyd Webber and John Gielgud.

Egot signifies the recipient of an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award.

Viola Davis won her first Grammy for her audiobook recording of her memoir, 'Finding Me'. She is the third Black female Egot winner after Whoopi Goldberg and Jennifer Hudson.

Davis has a 2015 Emmy for TV series 'How To Get Away with Murder,' she won an Academy Award for best supporting actress in 2017 for her role in 2016's 'Fences' and has two Tony awards for 'Fences' and 'King Hedley II.'

As she accepted her Grammy, Davis said, 'Oh my God. I wrote this book to honor the six-year-old Viola, to honor her, to honor her life, her joy, her trauma, her everything.'

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