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Viola Davis after winning a Grammy to complete an EGOT, 2023
Viola Davis after winning a Grammy to complete an EGOT, 2023 American actress Viola Davis after winning a Grammy Award for audiobook narration, 2023. With the prize, she became the 18th performer to earn an EGOT in competitive categories.

list of EGOT winners

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It seems everyone is agog for the EGOT. The acronym refers to the four major performing-arts awards in North America: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. Winning all of the honors is one of the most coveted achievements in entertainment. However, that was not always the case. In fact, the feat was largely unrecognized until 1984, when Philip Michael Thomas, an actor in the TV series Miami Vice (1984–89), came up with the term EGOT to...

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