{"id":61671,"date":"2023-02-06T00:47:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T00:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/06\/iktr-viola-davis-reaches-egot-status-thanks-to-grammy-win\/"},"modified":"2023-02-06T00:47:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T00:47:26","slug":"iktr-viola-davis-reaches-egot-status-thanks-to-grammy-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/06\/iktr-viola-davis-reaches-egot-status-thanks-to-grammy-win\/","title":{"rendered":"IKTR! Viola Davis Reaches EGOT Status Thanks To Grammy Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n                                <!--  --><\/p>\n<p>Viola Davis simply gained her first Grammy, which earned her a spot among the many coveted group of <a href=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/jennifer-hudson-is-the-second-black-woman-to-win-an-emmy-grammy-oscar-tony-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EGOT<\/a> winners!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">She\u2019s Won An Emmy, A Grammy, An Oscar, &amp; A Tony: \u2018I Just EGOT!\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>The thrilling information got here on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sixty fifth Annual Grammy Awards<\/a> on Sunday, the place Viola gained a Grammy for her audiobook studying of her memoir,\u00a0<em>Finding Me<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In her acceptance speech, Viola emotionally shared that the inspiration behind her memoir was honoring \u201cthe 6-year-old Viola.\u201d She then mirrored on how her profession has \u201cbeen such a journey\u201d earlier than proudly exclaiming, \u201cI just EGOT!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u00a0wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola. To honor her, her life, her joy, her trauma, everything. It has just been such a journey. I just EGOT!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"E1FfCHeDsY8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VIOLA DAVIS Wins Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording \u2018FINDING ME\u2019 | 2023 GRAMMYs\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E1FfCHeDsY8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>For context, \u201cEGOT\u201d is an acronym for 4 main leisure awards (an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony), and solely eighteen individuals have completed the feat of profitable no less than certainly one of every.<\/p>\n<p><!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.59 --><\/p>\n<p>Her journey to this accomplishment kicked off after incomes a Tony in 2001 for her position in\u00a0<em>King Hedley II<\/em>. She then scored her Emmy and Oscar in 2015 and 2016, respectively, earlier than ending off together with her Grammy in 2023.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CoS-DcSuqrN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Viola Davis Is The Fourth Black Person To Achieve EGOT Status<\/h3>\n<p>We additionally must level out that, among the many eighteen EGOT winners, Viola is the fourth Black individual to succeed in this highly-sought-after accomplishment.<\/p>\n<p>Whoopi Goldberg was the primary Black star to attain EGOT standing again in 2002. Sixteen years later, John Legend joined the membership as effectively, and he\u2019s presently the one Black man to win an EGOT. Jennifer Hudson is one other EGOT winner, as she completed the feat after profitable a Tony final 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Now, because of her recent Grammy win for her audiobook recording of\u00a0<em>Finding Me<\/em>, Viola Davis has achieved EGOT standing, too.<\/p>\n<p>Shoutout to the proficient Viola Davis for becoming a member of the EGOT membership, and we\u2019re excited to see extra examples of Black excellence obtain this feat!<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><br \/>\n                                <!--  -->\n                            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p> fbq('init', '1743561565887263'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Viola Davis simply gained her first Grammy, which earned her a spot among the many coveted group of EGOT winners! 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