Questions and Answers about
Viola Davis
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As of February 2023, how many Black people have achieved EGOT status?
Answer: After Whoopi Goldberg, John Legend, and Jennifer Hudson. Viola Davis is the fourth Black person to achieve EGOT status. She won the Grammy for narrating the audiobook of her memoir “Finding Me” on Feb. 5, 2023._x000D_
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in FilmsWho were two highly regarded performances left out of the 2023 Oscars best-actress category?
Answer: The 2023 Oscars lead actress category is missing Viola Davis in “The Woman King” and Danielle Deadwyler in “Till.” Because both snubs were Black women, there’s been some debate on social media about maintaining whiteness and perpetuating misogyny toward Black women in the film industry, with “Till” director Chinonye Chukwu saying it’s a failure…
