Only 18 people have ever achieved EGOT status — these charts show the path each winner, including Viola Davis, took to earn their awards
- Viola Davis is now one of 18 people — and the third Black woman — to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.
- Davis took 22 years to win all four awards, from her Tony win in 2001 to her Grammy win on Sunday.
Viola Davis became one of 18 people – and the third Black woman – to accomplish EGOT status on Sunday, meaning she's won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award.
The 57-year-old actor won best audiobook, narration, and storytelling recording at the 2023 Grammy Awards for narrating the audiobook of her memoir, "Finding Me."
In her acceptance speech during the pre-show ceremony, Davis said, "I wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola, to honor her life, her joy, her trauma, her everything, and it has just been such a journey. I just EGOT!"
The award comes after an Emmy win (for "How to Get Away With Murder" in 2015), an Oscar win (for "Fences" in 2017), and two Tony wins (for "Fences" in 2010 and "King Hedley II" in 2001).
In total, from her first Tony win in 2001 to her Grammy win in 2023, it took Davis 22 years to reach EGOT status, placing her in a relatively faster category in comparison to other stars.
Before Davis, the most recent star to earn EGOT status was Jennifer Hudson in 2022, after she won the Tony Award for coproducing the musical "A Strange Loop."
Here is the path that every EGOT winner took to achieve the status, from when they won the first of the four awards to when they won the last: