Viola Davis Attains EGOT Status , With Grammy Win.
NPR reports that on Feb. 5, Davis won a
Grammy for best audiobook, narration and storytelling recording for 'Finding Me,' a memoir.
She beat nominees Mel Brooks, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Questlove and Jamie Foxx. .
She beat nominees Mel Brooks, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Questlove and Jamie Foxx. .
She beat nominees Mel Brooks, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Questlove and Jamie Foxx. .
She beat nominees Mel Brooks, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Questlove and Jamie Foxx. .
She beat nominees Mel Brooks, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Questlove and Jamie Foxx. .
Davis won Tonys for 'King Hedley II'
in 2001 and 'Fences' in 2010.
In 2015, she won an Emmy
for 'How to Get Away With Murder.'.
In 2017, she took home an Oscar for 'Fences.'.
Those awards have made her the third Black woman to ever achieve EGOT status.
I wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola — to honor her life,
her joy, her trauma, her everything, Viola Davis, via acceptance speech.
And it has been such a journey.
I just EGOT!, Viola Davis, via acceptance speech.
In total, only 18 people have
ever achieved the feat.