“I wrote this book to honor the six-year-old Viola,” Davis said on stage at the ceremony in Los Angeles. “To honor her life, her joy, her trauma, everything. And, it has just been such a journey – I just Egot!”
In the audiobook category, Davis was up against Brooks, a fellow Egot; the composer and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is an Oscar win away from achieving Egot status; and the actor Jamie Foxx and the musician Questlove, who have both won Oscars andThe 57-year-old actor is a four-time Academy award nominee, making her the most nominated Black female actor in history. She won the best supporting actress Oscar in 2017 for her performance as the wife of a baseball player in Fences.
She is also a five-time Emmy nominee and won in 2015 for her performance in the television show How to Get Away with Murder. Before her Tony win for Fences in 2010, she also won a best featured actress Tony for her role in the Broadway play King Hedley II in 2001. Her memoir details the racist bullying she endured while growing up in Rhode Island, and her journey from being an admired actor stuck in small roles to being cast as the lead in How to Get Away With Murder, the show that made her name.
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