The 57-year-old actress earned her first Grammy for her performance of the audiobook for her memoir, “Finding Me.” Viola Davis accepts the award for "Best ...
She has two Tony awards, for “King Hedley II” and the Broadway production of “Fences.” I really found that thing that I love to do. “EGOT” is the grand slam of an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony over a career. “I think that everybody wants their life to mean something,” she said. A lot of people haven’t found that thing that they’re passionate about, that they can do. “Oh, my God," Davis said Sunday.
The star is only the 18th person to win each of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.
"Even though he is nominated for best pop vocal album." announced the star on stage at the Grammys, becoming visibly emotional as she thanked her family for being "the best chapter in my book". "I wrote this book to honour the six-year-old Viola," said the star. If you have a story suggestion email [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). "This is so funny," said singer-guitarist Rhian Teasdale. Harry Styles also picked up best engineered album for Harry's House, which is also up for the night's biggest prize - album of the year.
Viola Davis accepts the award for best audio book, narration and storytelling recording for "Finding Me: A Memoir" at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on February ...
“To honor her life, her joy, her trauma, everything. Davis’ Sunday win for the audiobook of her memoir “Finding Me” completes her EGOT collection. Davis’ career has been studded with awards and firsts.
Viola Davis has become the 18th person to achieve elite EGOT status after her Grammy Award win for the audiobook of her memoir, "Findning Me."
She originated the role in 2016’s “Suicide Squad.” She also made history by becoming the first Black artist to “triple crown” by winning competing acting Oscar, Emmy and Tony awards. Davis’ memoir takes readers through her illustrious career, benchmarked by defining moments such as when she was first cast for ABC’s “How to Get Away With Murder,” the show that catapulted her to another level of fame.
Adele, Bad Bunny, Harry Styles and Lizzo are also facing off for some major awards.
Record Of The Year: “Don’t Shut Me Down,” ABBA; “Easy On Me,” Adele; “Break My Soul,” Beyoncé; “Good Morning Gorgeous,” Mary J. Song Of The Year: “abcdefu,” Gayle; “About Damn Time,” Lizzo;“All Too Well (10 Min. BTS; “I Like You (A Happier Song),” Post Malone and Doja Cat; “Unholy,” Sam Smith feat. I love you, I always have, and I always will,” Adele said. Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Don’t Shut Me Down,” ABBA; “Bam Bam,” Camila Cabello feat. Kacey Musgraves, Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, and Quavo will perform during the “in memoriam” segment.
"I just EGOT!" the 57-year-old actor said after winning best audiobook, narration and storytelling recording for her memoir, Finding Me, at the Grammys ...
"I wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola — to honor her life, her joy, her trauma, her everything," Davis said in her acceptance speech. "And it has been such a journey. The honor follows her Emmy win for How to Get Away With Murder (2015), an Oscar for Fences (2017), and a Tony for both King Hedley II (2001) and Fences (2010).
The actress picked up her trophy for best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording at the event's preshow ceremony on Sunday.
“To honor her life, her joy, her trauma, everything. “I wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola,” Davis, 57, said at the podium. It was also her first nomination.
The actor won a Grammy Award Sunday for best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording for her memoir "Finding Me." “I just EGOT!” she shouted from the ...
"I wrote this book to honor the 6-year- old Viola, to honor her, her life, her joy, her trauma, everything. “Oh, my God," she said. The celebrated actor has two Tonys, most recently for “Fences” 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 “Fences.”
Viola Davis achieved EGOT status after winning her first Grammy held at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 5. An EGOT refers to winning a ...
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.
La actriz Viola Davis acaba de convertirse en el miembro número 18 del club EGOT, un grupo de élite de artistas que ha ganado al menos un Emmy, un Grammy, ...
Volumnia Gaul) y “Air”, en la que interpreta a la madre de Michael Jordan, Deloris. El Tony a la mejor actriz en una obra llegó años antes, en 2010, por la versión teatral de “Fences” del dramaturgo August Wilson. [ logrado recientemente en 2021 por Jennifer Hudson](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-06-12/jennifer-hudson-egot-winner), indica que una persona ha ganado al menos uno de cada uno de los “cuatro grandes” premios: Emmy (televisión), Grammy (artes discográficas), Oscar (película) y Tony (teatro).
Marysabel E. Huston-Crespo. (CNN) — Después de ganar un premio Grammy, Viola Davis ha completado oficialmente el santo grial de los premios del ...
La carrera de Davis ha estado repleta de premios. La victoria del domingo de Davis por el audiolibro de sus memorias “Finding Me” completa su colección EGOT. “Para honrar su vida, su alegría, su trauma, todo.
La actriz ganó un Grammy el domingo a mejor audiolibro o grabación de narración por su álbum de memorias “Finding Me”. “¡Acabo de ser EGOT!”, gritó desde el ...
Esta es la primera vez que la actriz había sido nominada a un premio de la Academia de la Grabación y salió triunfadora gracias a su narración en el ...
Es una de las artistas más premiadas en la historia de los Grammy, pero nunca ha ganado el premio al álbum del año. El domingo, los Grammy se quedan sin excusas. La actriz estadounidense Viola Davis ganó este domingo un Grammy en la categoría a mejor álbum hablado y gracias a dicho reconocimiento se ha convertido en un miembro más del selecto grupo de los “EGOT”, artistas que han conseguido un Emmy, un Óscar, un Grammy y un Tony.
Davis has previously won an Oscar for best supporting actress for "Fences," an Emmy for her role as Annalise Keating in "How to Get Away with Murder" and ...
"I wrote this book because I was trying to reconcile my life, I was trying to honor the young Viola. "To honor her life. "I wrote this book to honor 6-year-old Viola," Davis said Sunday during her acceptance speech.
Actress Viola Davis won a Grammy Award on Sunday for narrating the audiobook of her memoir Finding Me, becoming only the 18th person in history to achieve the ...
I just EGOT.” [said](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1FfCHeDsY8): “I wrote this book to honor the six-year-old Viola. Davis won her first Tony Award in 2001 for her supporting role in the play King Hedley II and in 2010 she would win her second Tony for her leading role in the Broadway revival of the play Fences.
La actriz Viola Davis ha conseguido el estado EGOT tras ganar un premio Grammy. Te explicamos qué es el EGOT y qué otros artistas lo tienen.
Obtuvo un Emmy en 2015 por su papel de Annalise Keating en ‘How to Get Away with Murder’, lo que la convirtió en la primera mujer negra en ganar el premio a la mejor actriz de drama. Viola Davis, de 57 años, ganó el Premio de la Academia a la Mejor Actriz de Reparto en 2017 por su papel como Rose Maxson en ‘Fences’. La actriz Viola Davis ha conseguido el estado EGOT tras ganar un premio Grammy. “Simplemente ha sido un gran viaje”, dijo Davis mientras aceptaba el premio. Por tercer año consecutivo, el comediante Trevor Noah será el encargado de conducir la gala. Este año, Beyoncé es la artista con más nominaciones, con nueve, seguida de Kendrick Lamar, con ocho y Adele y Brandi Carlile, con siete cada una.
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.
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.
With her Grammy win for best audiobook, Davis becomes the first actor in nearly 30 years to achieve a particularly impressive type of EGOT status.
[John Legend](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/09/john-legend-emmy-egot), and, most recently, [Jennifer Hudson](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/06/jennifer-hudson-achieves-egot-status-with-a-strange-loop-tony-win). Until then, Davis holds the distinction of being the 18th EGOT member and one of the very best to ever do it. Producing, of course, is a vital part of the artistic process that deserves to be celebrated, and an EGOT is an EGOT no matter how you achieve it. Plenty of people, from rappers Common and Eminem, to actors including Kate Winslet, Frances McDormand, Cynthia Erivo, and Hugh Jackman, to musicians like Elton John and Cyndi Lauper are one competitive award win away from achieving EGOT status. Many performers on the EGOT list have earned at least one of their competitive awards via producing: Jennifer Hudson’s best-musical Tony for A Strange Loop in 2022 and her Daytime Emmy for outstanding interactive media for a daytime program for Baba Yaga in 2021; John Legend for best revival of a play for August Wilson’s Jitney in 2017; and Whoopi Goldberg’s best-musical Tony for Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2002. [Coming to (and Leaving) Netflix](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/01/new-on-netflix-the-best-movies-and-tv-shows-coming-and-leaving-in-february-2023?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-011823)in February Not since Audrey Hepburn won best spoken word album for children in 1994 has an actor achieved EGOT status by winning all of their awards in a performance-based category. Still, her recent EGOT achievement solidifies that Davis— She becomes just the 18th person in history to win a competitive Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. Davis is no stranger to breaking down barriers. Davis’s journey to EGOT began with her Tony-award-winning performance as Tonya in August Wilson’s King Hedley II in 2001. “To honor her life, her joy, her trauma, everything.
Actress Viola Davis is the true epitome of an EGOT winner — she's talented, committed to telling a story, and takes her craft seriously.
I get back on. “Everything gets wider, bulgier, and here’s the thing, I work out.” “I get back off. And Viola is very disciplined when it comes to her fitness regimen. “I turn 56, and I don’t know what fits anymore,” Viola recalled to Jimmy. "And it has just been such a journey. I get off. [@gabrielamclain](https://www.instagram.com/gabrielamclain/) for preparing my body for [#TheWomanKing](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/thewomanking/)! I just EGOT!" However, Viola does make it a point to work out regularly. I’ve been knocking that back.” “I get on the scale.