Acclaimed actor and DC Universe star Viola Davis has added a Grammy to her long list of accolades, thus officially achieving EGOT status.At the 2023 Grammy Awards, Davis took home the honor for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling for her work on the audiobook version of her memoir, Finding Me. The other audiobooks nominated for the award were Act Like You Got Some Sense by Jamie Foxx, All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business by Mel Brooks, Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Music Is History by Questlove.
For the uninitiated, EGOT refers to the accomplishment of winning one at least one Emmy, one Grammy, one Oscar (i.e. Academy Award) and one Tony Award. In addition to newcomer Davis, other members of the EGOT club include Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Whoopi Goldberg and even the aforementioned Mel Brooks, to name a few. When counting non-competitive/honorary awards, other EGOT winners include Barbra Streisand, James Earl Jones and Quincy Jones.
Prior to her Grammy win, Davis began her EGOT journey in 2001, winning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role as Tonya in King Hedley II. Davis added a second Tony to her résumé in 2010, winning Best Leading Actress in a Play for her role as Rose Maxson in Fences. In 2015, Davis won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Annalise Keating on ABC's How to Get Away with Murder. Finally, in 2017, Davis won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Rose in the big-screen treatment of Fences.
Viola Davis Is Staying in the DC Universe
Of course, Davis is also well known among genre fans for her portrayal of Amanda Waller in the DC Extended Universe, which will simply be known as the DC Universe after undergoing a soft reboot under new DC Studios co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran. Davis made her DCEU debut as Waller, leader of Task Force X, in the 2016 film Suicide Squad. She subsequently reprised her role in the 2021 standalone sequel The Suicide Squad, written and directed by the aforementioned Gunn. Davis also appeared as Waller in Gunn's HBO Max Suicide Squad spinoff series Peacemaker, as well as in the DCEU film Black Adam.
With the DCEU as we know it set to reach its end this year, Gunn and Safran have revealed the first 10 projects that will make up Chapter 1 of their new DCU. Among these projects is a series simply titled Waller, with Davis attached to reprise her DC role once again. Waller will be set between Peacemaker Seasons 1 and 2. The Davis-led show is one of five streaming series Gunn and Safran have announced as part of Chapter 1 of the DCU, the four being Creature Commandos, Booster Gold, Lanterns and Paradise Lost. Gunn and Safran have also announced five DCU films: Superman: Legacy, The Authority, The Brave and the Bold, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow and Swamp Thing.
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