LOS ANGELES: Actor Viola Davis on Sunday joined the rare firmament of entertainment luminaries to have won competitive Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards — the so-called EGOT...
LOS ANGELES: Actor Viola Davis on Sunday joined the rare firmament of entertainment luminaries to have won competitive Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards — the so-called EGOT — after taking home the gramophone trophy for best audio book, narration and storytelling.The 57-year-old Davis earned the Grammy for voicing the audio version of her best-selling 2022 memoir 'Finding Me.
And, it has just been such a journey — I just EGOT!'Davis bested a rather formidable field: comedian Mel Brooks, who already has an EGOT; composer and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is an Oscar away; and actor Jamie Foxx and musician Questlove, who are both Oscar and Grammy winners.Davis won an Oscar in 2017 for best supporting actress for 'Fences' opposite Denzel Washington, and a Tony — her second — for the same role in August Wilson's play in 2010.
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