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Viola Davis
Actress & EGOT winner — the first African American to achieve the honour
From a condemned apartment in Central Falls to every major award in entertainment — she broke through Hollywood's narrowest door and held it open.
The rise
Raised in poverty in Rhode Island, Davis studied acting at Rhode Island College and the Juilliard School. She spent years in the theatre, winning Tony Awards for King Hedley II (2001) and Fences (2010), before Hollywood roles in Doubt, The Help and Fences brought her an Oscar, Emmy and Grammy, making her the first African American to complete the EGOT.