Viola Davis achieves EGOT status with Grammy win "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 premiere ceremony on Sunday.
How did Viola Davis get her EGOT? As noted, Davis won a Grammy in 2023 for her audiobook recording. Her Oscar comes from her supporting role in 2016 opposite Denzel Washington in Fences.
Earning an Oscar at 39 years old in 2014 made Lopez the youngest EGOT winner to date. The songwriter cinched two Oscars for "Frozen" that year, and has won awards for his work on other musicals like "The Book of Mormon."
Streep has won two of the four EGOT honors–several times over, actually. She is one of a very small number of actors to win a trio of Oscars for performances. Streep has also earned three Emmys throughout her career. While she's never won a Grammy before, Streep has competed for them before.
VIOLA DAVIS Wins Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording ‘FINDING ME’ | 2023 GRAMMYs
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Having acted in over 150 films, Goldberg is one of the 19 people to achieve the EGOT, having won the four major American awards for professional entertainers: an Emmy (Television), a Grammy (Music), an Oscar (Film), and a Tony (Theater). She is the first black woman to have achieved all four awards.
Of the 19 winners of an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony, songwriter and playwright Robert Lopez stands alone as the only individual to have clinched a 'double EGOT' by receiving each award twice.
As a cast member of the Amazon Original series, Swarm, Eilish already has some television experience under belt, but she has not yet joined the theater scene. Perhaps in years to come, she could join a Broadway cast or even work on a soundtrack, placing her one step further to achieving EGOT status.
Jennifer Hudson, the third Black person to ever successfully achieve EGOT status, burst onto the scene as a powerhouse vocalist. Her first conquest was a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album with her self-titled debut LP.
And of all EGOT winners, only Rodgers and another musical composer, Marvin Hamlisch, have won the coveted Pulitzer “PEGOT” extension. Rodgers won for South Pacific; Hamlisch for A Chorus Line.
The last three years have seen a spike in the number of EGOTs. Of the 19 people who have achieved competitive EGOT status, three have done so since 2022: Jennifer Hudson in 2022, Viola Davis in 2023, and, most recently, Elton John in 2024.
Oscar - It has the most difficult eligibility rules. ...
Tony - Yes fewer categories and you have to be in the theater but if you're fairly rich and you live in NYC, you can actually win a Tony if you invest in a production and be credited as a producer. ...
For her work in film, she has won an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards, tied with Renée Zellweger for the most film wins for an actress, and with six overall wins, she is the most awarded African-American at the ...
Moreno is one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Among her numerous accolades, she is one of the few actors to have been awarded an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony (EGOT) and the Triple Crown of Acting, with individual competitive Academy, Emmy, and Tony awards.
84th Academy Awards, Best Actress in a Leading Role, nomination, for The Help (2011) 89th Academy Awards, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, win, for Fences (2016) 93rd Academy Awards, Best Actress in a Leading Role, nomination, for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Lady Gaga has been recognized for her singing and acting with many prestigious awards. Lady Gaga has won Grammys, Golden Globes, and Oscars. The superstar does not have an Emmy or a Tony in her trophy case, yet, to complete the coveted EGOT acronym.
Cher, Kate Winslet, Common, Helen Mirren, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dick Van Dyke, Lily Tomlin and Julie Andrews are also among the actors and musicians who need only one award to have an EGOT. Read on to see the list of performers who have won three of the four honors that make up an EGOT.
Show-business history was made Sunday night when songwriter Robert Lopez became the first person to become a “double EGOT” with his Oscar win for co-writing (with his wife, Kristen Anderson-Lopez) “Remember Me” from Pixar's animated film “Coco.”
An inductee into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Lauper is one of the few singers to win three of the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT).
Thomas Mitchell became the first man to achieve the triple crown. Hayes, Viola Davis, and Rita Moreno are the only triple crown winners in competitive acting categories who have also won a Grammy Award to complete the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony). Dame Maggie Smith has the most triple crown wins, with 7 awards.
What does EGOT mean? EGOT is an acronym for Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony, used in reference to someone with the rare distinction of winning all four major entertainment awards.
Alvin Martin has become a household name thanks to his marriage to Whoopi Goldberg. Even though they went their separate ways, he will best be remembered as Whoopi Goldberg's daughter's father. Tuko.co.ke shared an article about Bret Michaels' family.
Tom Selleck has never been married to Whoopi Goldberg. The Magnum P.I. actor has been married only twice in his lifetime. He has been married to Jillie Joan Mack for more than three decades.
