Artists who have achieved EGOT status; check out

Viola Davis reached EGOT status on Sunday night (5) by winning the Grammy for Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording.

She joined the select list of artists who have already won the four main entertainment awards – Emmy (television), Grammy (music), Oscar (cinema) and Tony (theatre).

Viola won an Emmy for her role on the series. “How to Get Away with Murder” in 2015, an Oscar for “A Boundary Between Us” in 2017, two Tony Awards for “King Hedley II” in 2001, and “A Boundary Between Us” in 2010, and now a Grammy for “Finding Me” .

She equated with artists like Audrey Hepburn Whoopi Goldberg, Barbra Streisand and John Legend.

Check out the artists who have achieved EGOT status

• Richard Rogers

The composer was the first artist to conquer the EGOT. In addition, he also won the main prize for literature, the Pulitzer.

Rogers took the Best Original Song Oscar for Romance “State Fair” in 1946.

Rogers has won two Emmys: Best Musical Contribution to Television for “Cinderella” in 1957, and Original Music Composed for Television for “Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years” in 1962.

During his career, he won eight Tonys. At the Grammys, he also accumulates several awards, winning the first in 1961 and the last in 2020.

• Helen Hayes

The American actress was the first woman to earn EGOT status.

Hayes won three Tony Awards: in 1947 for the musical “Congratulations” ; the second with “Time Remembered” in 1958; and the third in 1980, which was awarded in honor of his theatrical career.

She won two Oscars: the first in 1932 as Best Actress in a feature “The Sin of Madelon Claudet” and, in 1971, as Best Supporting Actress in the film “Airport” .

For her role in the TV series “Schlitz Playhouse of Stars” she won an Emmy in 1953.

Finally, in 1977, she won a Grammy for Best Spoken Album for “Great American Documents” .

• Rita Moreno

The Puerto Rican won an Oscar in 1962 for her role in “Love sublime love” .

In music, she won Best Recording for Children in the program “The Electric Company” .

She won a Tony in 1975 as Supporting Actress in the play “The Ritz” .

She won her first Emmy in 1977 for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program in “Muppet Show” and the following year, as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in “Confidential file” .

• Jogn Gielgud

The English actor achieved the feat after winning an Emmy for his role in the series “Summer’s Lease” in 1991

He won the Oscar in 1982 for his performance in “Arthur” . The Tony and Grammy he won before, in 1962 and 1980, respectively.

• Audrey Hepburn

She is one of the main names in cinema, but has also gone through theater, music and television.

With five Oscar nominations, Hepburn won her statuette in 1954 for the film “The Princess and the Commoner” .

In the same year, she won Best Actress in a Play in “Ondine” .

His Emmy came in 1993 for Outstanding Individual Performance in an Information Program

At the Grammys, she established her EGOT status after winning Best Spoken Album for Children in 1994.

• Marvin Hamlisch

The composer has won three Oscars, for Best Original Song and Best Original Score, and four Emmys.

At the Grammys, he won four awards, including Best New Artist in 1974.

He was nominated for a Tony twice and won in 1976 for Best Original Song.

Like Roders, he also won the Pulitzer Prize.

• Jonathan Tunick

The New York composer won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1977.

Tunick secured his Emmy in 1982 for Excellence in Music Direction.

At the Grammys, he stood out for Best Musical Arrangement in 1988.

In 1997, he won a Tony for best orchestrations for “Titanic” .

• Mel Brooks

The filmmaker secured his Oscar in 1969 for the screenplay of “Spring for Hitler” . Decades later, he won a Tony for the play of the same title and a Grammy for Best Theatrical Album in 2002.

He had already won the Maxi Theater Prize in 1999.

Brooks accumulates four Emmys, three of them for his role in the series “Crazy for You” .

• Mike Nichols

The filmmaker won Best Director at the Oscars for “A Man’s First Night” in 1967.

On television, he won four awards: two for the series “Angels in America” starring Al Pacino and Meryl Streepl, and two for the TV movie “A life lesson” from 2001.

In the theater, he accumulates eight awards for several plays he has directed.

In music, he won an award, for Best Comedy Album, in 1962.

• Whoopi Goldberg

The multifaceted artist won a Grammy in 1985 for Best Comedy Recording.

The Oscar came a few years later, in 1991, for Best Supporting Actress in the novel “Ghost” .

More than ten years later, in 2002, she won an Emmy and a Tony. In 2009, Goldberg won yet another television award.

• Scott Rudin

your production “He Makes Me Feel Like Dancing”” won the Emmy for Outstanding Children’s Program in 1984.

The filmmaker won an Oscar after the film he produced, “Where the weak have no place” winning Best Picture in 2008.

He is involved in 18 Tony-winning plays.

In 2012, it achieved EGOT status by winning a Grammy for Best Theatrical Album.

• Barbra Streisand*

With eight Grammys, four Emmys and two Oscars, Streisand has achieved success in diverse fields of art.

Among his main works are: “Funny Girl – A Genius Girl” , “A Star Is Born” and the disc “My Name is Barbra” .

*At the Tony Awards, he won the special Star of the Decade award – non-competitive.

• Liza Minnelli

The American actress was consecrated with a long “Cabatert” in 1973, for which he won an Oscar and a Grammy.

In the same year, she won an Emmy for “Liza with Z” .

Before achieving big-screen stardom, he went through theater, where he received four Tonys.

• James Earl Jones*

The American actor got his start in theater where he won two Tonys, in 1969 and 1987.

Jones won a Grammy in 1978 for Best Spoken Album.

On television, he won three awards.

*In film, the Oscars celebrated it with the Lifetime Achievement Award – non-competitive.

• Robert Lopez

Robert Lopez is the only person to have achieved EGOT status twice – having at least two awards each.

The composer won an Oscar for one of the most famous songs in cinema in recent times: “Let it Go” from Frozen.

In 2017, he won another statuette, also for Best Original Song, this time for the song by “Viva – Life is a Party” .

Lopez has four Emmys, three Grammys and three Tonys.

• Andrew Lloyd Weber

Between 1980 and 2018, the composite received 11 awards.

the musical “Prevents” earned him three wins at three different awards: Oscar, Tony and Grammy.

Other productions that were present at the Tony and Grammy Awards were the musical “Cats” .

He is also responsible for the classic “The Phantom of the Opera” which won the theater’s top prize.

The Emmys came in 2018, with a musical TV special.

• Tim Rice

In collaboration with Webber, Rice also won all three awards for “Prevents” and the Emmy for “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert” .

Previously, he had already won two Oscars for songs from Disney films. “Aladdin” (which also earns him two Grammys) and “The Lion King” .

In total, he accumulates 12 trophies from the four awards.

• john legend

In a short period, the singer won 18 awards: 12 Grammys, four Emmys, an Oscar and a Tony.

In 2006, he was the new artist of the top music award and has since accumulated trophies, having won his last one in 2021.

Tony came in 2018 with “Jitney”. He won an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Award for the song “Glory” of the movie “Selma” .

Legend achieved EGOT status for his work alongside Rice and Webber after winning an Emmy for “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in concert” .

• Alan Menken

In 2020, the composer joined the EGOT group after winning an Emmy with a Princess Rapunzel TV special.

He is responsible for the soundtrack of several Disney works, such as “The Little Mermaid” , “Beauty and the Beast” It is “Aladdin” which earned him Oscar (8) and Grammy (11) awards.

• Jennifer Hudson

The American singer and actress received her first award in 2006: the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in “Dreamgirls” .

In 2009, his first album was awarded a Grammy.

In 2021, she won an Emmy as a producer of “Baba Yaga” and, in the following year, she was consecrated after winning a Tony, also as a producer, for “A Strange Loop” .