8 Female Celebrities with an EGOT

With her 2023 Grammy win for Best Audiobook Narration, Viola Davis joined the group of incredible artists. In her acceptance speech, she explained, "Oh my God! I wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola, to honor her life, her joy, her trauma, everything. And it has just been such a journey. I just EGOT!" 

Helen Hayes Brown was an actress who became known as "the first lady of American theater". She is one of 16 people to receive all the most important awards in the entertainment industry. She holds two Oscars for The Sin of Madelon Claudet and Airport, an Emmy for Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, a spoken word Grammy for Great American Documents, and two Tony Awards for Happy Birthday and Time Remembered.

Rita Moreno is a Puerto Rican singer, dancer, and actress whose career spans more than seven decades. She is best known for her role in West Side Story, which earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her 1977 Emmy win for her performance on The Muppet Show earned her the EGOT.

Audrey Hepburn was an actress and philanthropist whose style is revered to this day. She reached stardom after playing the lead role in Roman Holiday, for which she won an Oscar, a BAFTA, and a Golden Globe for best actress, becoming the first actress to win the aforementioned awards in a single performance. That same year, Hepburn won the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play for her performance in Ondine. She sealed her EGOT win with her Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for Children in 1994.

Whoopi Goldberg is an award-winning and acclaimed actress and comedian in theater, film, and television. After receiving a Grammy in 1986 for Best Comedy Recording and an Oscar in 1991 for her role in Ghost, in 2002, she snagged both an Emmy for her work on The View and a Tony for her producer credit in the Broadway show Thoroughly Modern Millie. Goldberg is the first black actress to obtain an EGOT.

Barbra Streisand has won no less than fifteen Grammys, six Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, and eleven Golden Globes. While her Tony Award was honorary, she is still considered an EGOT winner.

Liza Minnelli became best known for her performance in the films Cabaret, for which she won the Oscar for Best Actress, as well as several successful albums and many other appearances in theater and television.

For those who don't know, Liza is the daughter of the legendary Judy Garland and filmmaker Vincente Minnelli. She made her professional debut in the theater in 1963 and won a Tony Award for starring in Flora the Red Menace in 1965, which marked the beginning of her lifelong partnership with John Kander and Fred Ebb. They wrote, produced, and directed many of the plays and TV shows that Minnelli starred in and helped to create his persona in theater and cinema.

In 1990, she received the Grammy Legend Award, putting her among the ranks of EGOT winners.

Jennifer Hudson started as an American Idol contestant on Season 3. In 2006, she made her film debut alongside Beyoncé in the musical Dreamgirls. Her stellar performance in the film earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In her singing career, Hudson has earned several Grammy awards, and won an Emmy last year for her executive producer role in the animated film Baby Yaga. Recently at the 2022 Tony Awards, Hudson received her first-ever Tony. This win secured Hudson her status as the youngest EGOT winner ever.