Viola Davis first black actor for an Oscar, Emmy and Tony awards
The Fences actress has yet another statue to add to her gleaming collection after winning the Oscar for her exceptional performance as Rose Lee Maxson, alongside Denzel Washington.
This Academy Award makes the stellar performer just a Grammy away from EGOT status. (That’s an acronym for anyone with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony).
In yet another moving speech, the 51-year-old actress proved that she deserves every award going for Best Acceptance Speech too. Every. Damn. Time.
Paying tribute to the late August Wilson, who wrote the Fences play, she said: ‘Here’s to August Wilson who exhumed and exalted the ordinary people.’
Getting visibly emotional, she also thanked Fences director and actor Denzel, who missed out on the Best Actor gong to Casey Affleck. She said: ‘Oh captain, my captain Denzel Washington.’
Viola and Denzel previously starred in the Broadway version of the Fences play and both won the 2010 Tony award for leading actor and leading actress for their performances.
The mum-of-one also won an Emmy in 2015 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her exceptional performance as Annalise Keating in hit ABC TV series How To Get Away With Murder.
The leading actress took to her social media to thank all her fans with a sweet picture of her family. Captioning the pic, she said: ‘My family. Thank you everyone for your love and support!’
Whoopi Goldberg and Viola are now the only two black actors with these three awards, and Whoopi is currently the only black actor to hold the EGOT status.
Source: http://metro.co.uk/2017/02/27/viola-davis-becomes-the-first-black-actor-to-win-an-oscar-emmy-and-tony-for-an-acting-role-6476011/#mv-a
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