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Grammy Awards: Viola Davis secures EGOT status

06/02/2023

Grammy Awards: Viola Davis secures EGOT statusViola Davis has just secured her spot on the EGOT list, winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award.

by Obakeng Pholo

06-02-2023 08:30

in Celeb News

Viola Davis speaks onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy/AFP. Photo: Emma McIntyre / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP

American actress and producer, Viola Davis, best known for her role in Shonda Rhimes' television drama How To Get Away With Murder, has just secured herself the 18th spot on the EGOT list.

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This comes after the 57-year-old received a Grammy for voicing the audio version of her best-selling 2022 memoir Finding Me.

Making her the third black woman to reach this prestigious status after Whoopi Goldberg and Jennifer Hudson.

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EGOT WINS: Viola Davis holds many accolades including BET awards, People's choice awards, and even has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame but these are the awards that propelled her to EGOT status:

Tony Tonya in the play King Hedley II and Fences (Best Featured Actress in a Play 2001 and 2010)

Emmy Award Annalise Keating on How To Get Away With Murder ( Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series 2015)

Academy Award/Oscar Rose Maxson in Fences ( Best supporting actress in 2017)

Grammy Audio version of her memoir Finding Me (2022)

EGOT ACCEPTANCE SPEECH Fellow EGOT winner Jennifer Hudson congratulated Viola Davis on becoming the 18th member of this exclusive club by calling her a living legend

In a 7-second clip Hudson posts, Davis shouts that she just EGOT followed by loud screaming from the audience.

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Hold the line !!!!!!! Viola Davis just became EGOT #18 !!! Omg @violadavis U are absolutely everything ! Congratulations to a living LEGEND. Time to celebrate !!! pic.twitter.com/jwZZeY9y3a

Jennifer Hudson (@IAMJHUD) February 5, 2023

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LIST OF THE 18 EGOT WINNERS:

Richard Rodgers

Helen Hayes

Rita Moreno

John Gielgud

Audrey Hepburn

Marvin Hamlisch

Jonathan Tunick

Mel Brooks

Mike Nichols

Whoopi Goldberg

Scott Rudin

Robert Lopez

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Tim Rice

John Legend

Alan Menken

Jennifer Hudson

Viola Davis

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