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Major: Viola Davis Makes History Winning An Oscar, Emmy & Tony For ACTING

Crews February 26, 2017 2 min read

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Last year the Oscars were muddied with the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag for their lack of acknowledging black actors, in major categories, however this year, they are singing a different tune.

Viola Davis just won a major honor, the Oscar for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ her first Oscar ever, for her role in the critically acclaimed ‘Fences.’ Now the famed actress has just made history by doing so.

Via Huffington Post:

With the win for her work in the 2016 film “Fences,” Davis becomes the 23rd person to complete the so-called triple crown of acting, which is the term used to describe actors and actresses who have won at least one competitive acting award at the Oscars, the Emmys and the Tonys.

She is the first black man or woman to do so.

Prior to “Fences,” Davis had won an Emmy in 2015 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her work on “How to Get Away with Murder” and two Tony Awards, first in 2001 for her work in “King Hedley II” and then again in 2010 for her work in the Broadway rendition of “Fences.”

Davis joins an acting group that includes acting legends like Jessica Lange, Helen Mirren, Al Pacino and Ingrid Bergman. But even some of the greatest actors and actresses in history, including one of Davis’ acting heroes, Meryl Streep, haven’t completed the triad like Davis did Sunday.

Notably, Whoopi Goldberg actually has also completed a triple crown of sorts, but her Tony came from producing the Broadway musical “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” not acting in it.

Amazing! Get into her tearful and emotional speech below.

#ViolaDavis gave an #Oscars  speech for the ages. Stunning. #BestSupportingActress #Fences pic.twitter.com/Dd7psijmH7

— Danny Pumpelly (@DannyPKC) February 27, 2017

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