Viola Davis just became the first black woman to win an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony for acting
Given that she’s the basically the GOAT (greatest of all time), it’s no surprise that Viola Davis has become the first black woman to win an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony for her craft as an actor.
Attending the 89th Academy Awards last night, Viola Davis slayed our lives in her red dress, and then made us cry happy tears during her incredible acceptance speech after she picked up the gong for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Fences.
Addressing the audience, Davis thanked her parents, as well as her husband and her daughter. She also spoke inspiringly about her decision to become an actor.
“People ask me all the time, ‘What kind of stories do you want to tell, Viola?’ And I say, ‘Exhume those bodies. Exhume those stories — the stories of the people who dreamed big, and never saw those dreams to fruition. People who fell in love and lost,’” she said.
Viola Davis: "Thank God I [became an artist]…only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life." https://t.co/KUORl4hEYz #Oscars pic.twitter.com/lrtdhaJxij
— ABC News (@ABC) February 27, 2017
Not only is Viola Davis the most nominated Black actress in history, but she’s also the first black woman to pick up the “Triple Crown” of acting.
Yep, Viola Davis is the first black woman to win an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony for acting, and is only the 23rd person overall to pick up the famed Triple Crown.
Davis, of course, picked up the Emmy for her role of Annalise Keating in How To Get Away With Murder back in 2015. The actor also is the proud recipient of two (!) Tony awards, which she won in 2001 for her work in King Hedley II and again in 2010 for the Broadway production of Fences. While not counted as being part of the Triple Crown, Davis also picked up the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress earlier this year, too.
She is only woman to have won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony, a Golden Globe, a SAG, and a BAFTA award.
Her name is Viola Davis. pic.twitter.com/oBnhmmbT01
— 𝚏𝚊𝚛𝚡𝚒𝚢𝚘. (@hausofriya) February 27, 2017
Only one black woman has previously reached the illustrious EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) status, and that’s Whoopi Goldberg. However, Goldberg’s Tony win was for her producing work, and not for her acting.
What’s more, people on social media are pretty desperate for Viola to record and album or audiobook so that she, too, can become an EGOT.
Viola Davis is a Grammy away from becoming an EGOT. Sia better write her a song real quick
— Southern Homo (@SouthernHomo) February 27, 2017
Step 1: @MichelleObama writes a book.
Step 2: Viola Davis narrates.
Step 3: EGOT
Step 4: The world is saved.— Meg Linehan (@itsmeglinehan) February 27, 2017
Who's going to get @violadavis to do their audiobook so she can complete her EGOT next year? #Oscars
— Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) February 27, 2017
Viola Davis is a Grammy away from having an EGOT so let's get a Viola Davis album goin sometime soon
— anthony amorim (@AnthonyAmorim) February 27, 2017
Regardless, we’re SO happy for Viola Davis and for her well deserved win at last night’s Academy Awards. Now we just need that elusive Grammy and things will be all set…
