LOS ANGELES – Viola Davis received EGOT status.
The actor won a Grammy Award. Sunday for best audiobook, short story and recording of the story for her memoir, Find Me.
“I’m just an EGO!” she shouted from the stage as she accepted the trophy, using the term for the rare people who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony in their career.
The celebrated actor has two Tony Awards, the most recent of which she won for The Charges in 2010, she won an Emmy in 2015 for How to Get Away With Murder, and won an Oscar in 2017 for the film version of The Charges.
“Oh my God,” she said. – I wrote this book to honor 6-year-old Viola, to honor her, her life, her joy, her trauma, everything. And it was just such a journey.”
The audiobook category has seen some very famous winners, including Michelle Obama and former presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.
Davis’ other nominees this year included Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jamie Foxx and one of the other 17 EGOT club members, Mel Brooks.
Other EGOT winners include Jennifer Hudson, John Legend and Rita Moreno.
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