We all know how multi-talented Viola Davis is, but now she's got the receipts to prove it after securing an EGOT status for her audiobook.
The coveted status in the industry refers to a person who has taken home all four major entertainment awards - an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony - a feat only 17 people had managed to pull off before her, CBS News details.
Davis is already the recipient of a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Annalise Keating in How to Get Away with Murder, an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Fences, and two Tony awards. Davis is the first actress of color to have won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Now, the 57-year-old can add Grammy to her never-ending list of accolades, after she took home the golden gramophone trophy for her memoir, Finding Me. "I wrote this book to honor six-year-old Viola," she said during her acceptance speech. "To honor her life. Her joy. Her trauma, everything. And it has been such a journey. I just EGOT!"
Check out the moment Davis won the Grammy:Of course, her momentous win has been celebrated by netizens across the globe, with one person taking to Twitter to describe Davis as a "true queen," saying: "Nothing but respect for MY EGOT winner Viola Davis who actually won every award for actually performing (not producing) which is way rarer than you think!! a true queen!"
"Viola Davis becomes the third Black woman in HISTORY to achieve EGOT status, following Jennifer Hudson and Whoopi Goldberg!" another person added.
Singer and actress Jennifer Hudson took the time to congratulate Davis, tweeting: "Hold the line !!!!!!! Viola Davis just became EGOT #18 !!! Omg [...] U are absolutely everything ! Congratulations to a living LEGEND. Time to celebrate !!!"
Someone else posted an old video of Davis discussing her career - where she noted that she'd won an Oscar, Emmy, and two Tonys; had appeared in Broadway, film, and TV; and had an acting career comparable to Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver, but had not achieved the same status as them due to being a Black woman. "It's things like this that always remind me of this Viola Davis clip," the tweet read.
"I really love Viola Davis. She deserves every damn thing," someone responded.
Following her win, Davis said on the red carpet (via CBS News): "My life has really come full circle. I wrote this book because I was trying to reconcile my life, I was trying to honor the young Viola. I wanted her to be excited at the 57-year-old she gets to become and this is just the icing on the cake."
Her memoir focuses on her life growing up in Rhode Island as well as her first big acting break in New York City - touching upon themes of racism, poverty, sexism, and Hollywood's impossible beauty standards.
