Viola Davis

Viola Davis sparkled in a sequin gown at the Grammy Awards, where she won an award at the prestigious ceremony.

"She is so excited at the 57 year old she will become. "The 6 year old Viola is screaming!!!!!" [Viola](https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/a42742048/dc-viola-davis-spin-off-waller-details-revealed/) also took to social media platform, Instagram, to personally celebrate her win at the Grammys.

The Oscar-winning star of Fences completed the set with a Grammy win for her Finding Me audiobook. Read more at Empire.

[James Gunn’s grand DCU unveiling](https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/james-gunn-unveils-dcus-gods-and-monsters-phase-with-swamp-thing-superman-and-more/) last week, Davis will be back as the titular Task Force X leader in Peacemaker [spin-off series Waller](https://www.empireonline.com/tv/news/viola-davis-reprising-amanda-waller-in-peacemaker-spin-off-series/) before long. Volumnia Gaul in the hotly anticipated Hunger Games prequel [The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes](https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/early-teaser-for-the-hunger-games-the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes/), which hits cinemas on November 17, 2023. Yes, having scooped the award for ‘Best Audiobook, Narration, And Storytelling Recording’ for her memoir Finding Me at last night’s Grammys, [Viola Davis](https://www.empireonline.com/people/viola-davis/) has become only the 18th person – and the third Black woman (joining Whoopi Goldberg and Jennifer Hudson) – to achieve EGOT status.

To earn EGOT status artists must win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award.

In January 2017 she was honoured with the first star of the year on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was the first African-American woman to win the Emmy for best actress in a drama series for her role as Annalise DeWitt on the ABC series How To Get Away With Murder. “It has been such a journey – I just EGOT,” the actress said, becoming visibly emotional onstage as she thanked her family for being “the best chapter in my book”.

Beyoncé may have made history last night at the Grammys by becoming the most decorated Grammy artist ever, but someone else hit another major milestone…

When it comes to the Oscars, Dick Van Dyke, Bette Midler and Cynthia Nixon all need a golden baldie in order to achieve EGOT. Others missing out on EGOT because of a Tony-shaped hole on their awards cabinet are singer / actors Julie Andrews and Eminem, the last two remaining Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, director Martin Scorsese, scoring duo Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, and composers Ludwig Göransson and Hildur Guðnadóttir. - John Legend (2018) Davis won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2017 for her role in 2016’s Fences. On Instagram, Davis wrote: "The 6 year old Viola is screaming!!!!! "I wrote this book to honour the six-year-old Viola," she said.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Viola Davis has achieved EGOT status. The actor won a Grammy Award Sunday for best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording for ...

And it has just been such a journey.” “I wrote this book to honor the 6-year- old Viola, to honor her, her life, her joy, her trauma, everything. “I just EGOT!” she shouted from the stage as she accepted the trophy, using the term for the rare person who’s won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award during their career.

Beyonce & Viola Davis Grammys mix-up has caused the BBC to apologize after captioning the wrong image from the Golden Globes.

This isn’t the first time the BBC has had to apologize for misidentifying someone. [BBC](https://deadline.com/tag/bbc/) has been forced to apologize after an image of [Viola Davis](https://deadline.com/tag/viola-davis/) from January’s [Golden Globes](https://deadline.com/tag/golden-globes/) was shown on its news channel with a headline identifying the Oscar winner as history-maker Beyoncé. [Grammys](https://deadline.com/tag/grammys/) included a few seconds period when the image of Davis was matched with the caption “Beyoncé’s Big Night,” before the segment moved on to the next image.

To earn EGOT status artists must win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award.

She was the first African-American woman to win the Emmy for best actress in a drama series for her role as Annalise DeWitt on the ABC series How To Get Away With Murder. She won best supporting actress at the Oscars in 2017, for her role in Fences, and has been nominated four times. “It has been such a journey – I just EGOT,” the actress said, becoming visibly emotional onstage as she thanked her family for being “the best chapter in my book”.

The actress won for the best audiobook narration and storytelling recording award for her memoir, “Finding Me,” at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards premiere ...

Davis is now the third Black woman to claim EGOT ranking. Davis now joins the list as the 18th member of the EGOT club, uniting with Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Legend, Mike Nichols, Mel Brooks, Jennifer Hudson, Whoopi Goldberg and others. An EGOT refers to winning a quartet of entertainment awards: an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

Viola Davis becomes the latest star to achieve EGOT status with her Grammy Award, joining Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, & more.

The memoir also details incidents and racism experienced by Davis growing up in Rhode Island and working in Hollywood. Now, she bagged a Grammy for her audiobook, giving her the coveted EGOT status. Back in 2016, the actress made history with the title of being the first Black actor to have the 'Triple Crown' by winning acting Oscar, Emmy, and Tony awards.