viola davis just officially became the third Black woman in history to win all four major entertainment awards.
On Sunday night, the actor completed her EGOT after winning a Grammy for her performance of the audiobook version of her memoir. find me. In her acceptance speech, she appreciated all that she went through to bring her to this place. “I wrote this book in honor of six-year-old Viola,” Davis said. “To celebrate her life, her joy, her trauma, everything. And, it’s just such a journey—I’m just ME!” The actor also previously won an Emmy in 2015 for his role as Annalise Keating in How to get away with murder?Oscar for playing housewife Rose Maxson in 2016 fenceand two Tony Awards for her performance in the Broadway play fence And King Hedley III.
Only 18 people have ever achieved EGOT status. Davis is the fourth Black to receive this title, along with Whoopi Goldberg, Legendary John And Jennifer Hudson. Other EGOT recipients include Mel BrooksAudrey Hepburn, Richard Rodgers, Helen Hayes, Rita MorenoJohn Gielgud, Jonathan TunickMarvin Hamlisch, Scott RudinMike Nichols, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Robert López, heart rice, And Alan Menken.
In a January interview with Recording Academy Regarding the possibility of becoming a member of this exclusive club, the actor said that achieving EGOT would be a “huge achievement”. She continued, “I think everyone wants their life to have some meaning. I believe in the Cherokee birthday wish, which is ‘May you live long enough to know why you were born.’ I believe you really want to blow a hole through this world any way you can. “A lot of people don’t know how to do it,” Davis concludes. A lot of people haven’t found something they’re passionate about, something they can do. Some have. But we’re all looking for it, digging a hole through this earth before we leave it. I think about that in my work a lot. I really found something that I love to do. So I always wanted to make sense of it.”
