With her win, Davis has achieved the rare feat of becoming a member of the EGOT club. Davis joins a select group of entertainers to have won all four major entertainment awards: an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. Other members of the EGOT include John Legend, Whoopi Goldberg, Audrey Hepburn, and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
In her acceptance speech, Davis paid tribute to her younger self, saying, “I wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola. To honor her life, her joy, her trauma, everything. And, it has just been such a journey – I just EGOT!” This win marks an impressive milestone in Davis’s career and is a testament to her talent, hard work, and dedication to her craft.
At Sunday’s 65th annual Grammy Awards ceremony, Viola Davis became the 23rd person in history to achieve the EGOT. The EGOT is a rare feat, achieved by only a select group of entertainers who have won all four major entertainment awards: an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. With her win for best audio book, narration and storytelling recording for her memoir, “Finding Me,” Davis joins the likes of John Legend, Whoopi Goldberg, Audrey Hepburn, and Andrew Lloyd Webber in the EGOT club.
Davis has been honored with an Emmy for her role in “How to Get Away with Murder,” an Oscar for “Fences,” and two Tony awards for “King Hedley III” and “Fences.” Her win at the 65th annual Grammys marks an impressive milestone in her career and is a testament to her talent, hard work, and dedication to her craft.