Viola Davis has officially joined the elite group of EGOT winners.
The beloved actress achieved this impressive feat by taking home the Grammy for best audio book, narration & storytelling recording for her 2022 memoir,"Finding Me," at theShe beat out the likes of Jamie Foxx, Mel Brooks, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Questlove in the category.
In her acceptance speech at the 65th Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony, which was held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, Davis said she wrote her memoir"to honor the 6-year-old Viola."Viola Davis accepts the award for best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording for "Finding Me: A Memoir" at the 65th annual Grammy Awards, Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles.
"To honor her, her life, her joy, her trauma, everything," she continued."And it has just been such a journey. I just EGOT!" The"Woman King" actress also thanked her husband Julius Tennon and her 12-year-old daughter Genesis, whom she called her"loves." She added,"You are my life, you're my joy, you're the best chapter in my book."
Heading into this year's Grammys, Davis had already amassed the three other awards required to become an EGOT -- an Emmy, Oscar, and Tony -- and did so by obtaining them competitively.
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