Viola Davis: Member of EGOT exclusive club
Viola Davis has become the 18th person to achieve the EGOT – winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award – as the Grammy Awards kick off in Los Angeles.
Davis completed her collection by winning best audio book for her autobiography Finding Me.
“I wrote this book to honor the six-year-old Viola,” said the star. “To honor her life, her joy, her trauma, everything.”
The star won the best supporting actress Oscar in 2016 for Fences.
Her Emmy Award recognized the TV drama How To Get Away With Murder, and she has two Tony Awards for her theatre work – featured actress in a play for King Hedley II (2001) and lead actress in a play for Fences (2010).
The 17 other EGOT winners include Sir John Gielgud, Rita Moreno, Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Legend and Jennifer Hudson.
