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Grammy would put Viola Davis in coveted ‘EGOT’ class if she wins for narrating memoir ‘Discovering Me’

Viola Davis’ first time up on the Grammys may land her within the EGOT pantheon.

Already an Emmy, Oscar and Tony Award winner, the 57-year-old actress and producer garnered a Grammy Award nomination for narrating her greatest promoting memoir “Discovering Me.”

The no-holds-barred autobiography has been close to the highest of the New York Instances Greatest sellers checklist since its launch in April.

The Oprah Ebook Membership choose is competing within the Greatest Audio Ebook, Narration and Storytelling Recording class in opposition to Mel Brooks (”All About Me: My Exceptional Life In Present Enterprise”), Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World”), Jamie Foxx (“Act Like You Bought Some Widespread Sense”) and up to date Oscar winner Ahmir “Queslove’’ Thompson (”Music Is Historical past”).

“Thanks all for studying and listening to my story,” Davis shared on social media because the nominees for the sixty fifth Grammy Award nominations have been unveiled Tuesday.

Earlier winners within the class have included Barack Obama, Blair Underwood and Amanda Gorman amongst its recipients. From 1998 to 2022, the class was generally known as the Greatest Spoken Phrase Album.

Davis, who particulars her hard-scrabble upbringing and triumphant profession breakthroughs within the Sydney Rogers-edited ebook, made historical past in 2017 when she grew to become the primary Black girl to win the “triple crown of performing.”

Successful the very best supporting actress Academy Award for her efficiency in “Fences,” the Julliard Faculty alum added the Oscar to her Emmy (for TV’s “Learn how to Get Away with Homicide”) and her two Tonys (for Broadway’s “King Hedley II” in 2001 and 2010′s “Fences”).

Solely 17 individuals have attained EGOT standing by profitable Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, and Tonys.

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