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When Viola Davis walked onstage at the 89th Academy Awards on Sunday to accept her award for Best Supporting Actress, she also vaulted herself into one of the most prestigious acting clubs in the world.
With the win for her work in the 2016 film Fences, Davis becomes the 23rd person to complete the so-called triple crown of acting, which is the term used to describe actors and actresses who have won at least one competitive acting award at the Oscars, the Emmys and the Tonys.
She is the first black woman to do so.
Prior to Fences, Davis had won an Emmy in 2015 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her work on How to Get Away with Murder and two Tony Awards, first in 2001 for her work in King Hedley II and then again in 2010 for her work in the Broadway rendition of Fences.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/viola-davis-triple-crown_us_58b05b5de4b060480e073ce7
PJMcK
(21,988 posts)Then I can vote for her to receive a Grammy. Ms. Davis deserves to be an "EGOT!"
CBHagman
(16,980 posts)It was one of those most moving I've ever heard, and this is from a profession where words and emotions are everything.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Going toe-to-toe with Meryl Streep in Doubt, her quiet, quick performance demonstrated a mother's unconditional support and anguish for a child like nothing I've ever seen!
I haven't seen Fences yet, but if she got the Academy Award for this playing off of Denzel, it is going to be monumental acting!
Gymbo
(133 posts)Whoopi Goldberg has won an Emmy. Grammy, Oscar, Tony.
MadDAsHell
(2,067 posts)BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)Davis joins an acting group that includes acting legends like Jessica Lange, Helen Mirren, Al Pacino and Ingrid Bergman. But even some of the greatest actors and actresses in history, including one of Davis acting heroes, Meryl Streep, havent completed the triad like Davis did Sunday.
Notably, Whoopi Goldberg actually has also completed a triple crown of sorts, but her Tony came from producing the Broadway musical Thoroughly Modern Millie, not acting in it.