[ad_1] Image Source: Theo Wargo/Getty Images The 2023 Emmy Award nominations are here, and many award watcher are wondering one thing: who will EGOT this year? An acronym for Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony, the EGOT is Hollywood’s grand slam of awards, and only a handful of celebrities (like Audrey Hepburn, Whoopi Goldberg, Mel Brooks, and Jennifer Hudson) have made the list. During the 2022-2023 award season, another icon joined the storied group: Viola Davis, who won at the 2023 Grammys for narrating the audiobook of her memoir, “Finding Me.” The term EGOT was created by Philip Michael Thomas, an actor who shot to fame for his role in “Miami Vice” and coined the term in 1984 but who never actually ended up winning any of the awards. The first person to ever truly achieve EGOT status was Richard Rodgers, who gained the title in 1962 after winning an Emmy for original music composed for “Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years.” The only person, thus far, to EGOT twice is songwriter Robert Lopez, who made history in 2018 when he won at the Oscars for the song “Remember Me” from “Coco,” meaning that he won each of the awards at least twice. His wife and creative partner, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, has shared many of those honors with him, but she’s still a Tony away from her own EGOT. Meanwhile, a number of stars are waiting in the wings for their shot at EGOT glory. Cynthia Erivo, Lily Tomlin, Ben Platt, and Lin-Manuel Miranda only need Oscars to win, and stars like Taylor Swift, Adele, Jodie Comer, Lizzo, and H.E.R. are halfway there. Plus, if Elton John wins the 2023 Emmy award for outstanding variety special, he’ll finally join the EGOT club. Wondering who else is making progress? Keep reading to find out. 1 Elton John Has: Two Oscars for “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” and “I’m Gonna Love Me Again”; six Grammys for “Candle in the Wind 1997,” “Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” “Basque,” “That’s What Friends are For,” and “Aida,” which also landed him a Tony in 2000 Needs: An Emmy 1 / 37 2 Jodie Comer Has: A Tony for “Prima Facie” in 2023, and an Emmy for “Killing Eve” from 2019 Needs: An Oscar and a Grammy 2 / 37 3 Taylor Swift Has: An Emmy for original interactive program and Grammys for “Fearless,” “1989,” “White Horse,” “Mean,” “Safe & Sound,” “Bad Blood,” and “Folklore” Needs: An Oscar and a Tony 3 / 37 4 Jamie Foxx Has: An Oscar for his role in “Ray” and two Grammys for “Gold Digger” and “Blame It” Needs: A Tony and an Emmy 4 / 37 5 Neil Patrick Harris Has: Four Emmys for hosting the Tony Awards and guest-starring on “Glee” and a Tony for “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” Needs: A Grammy and an Oscar 5 / 37 6 Justin Timberlake Has: An Emmy for guest actor in a comedy series on “SNL” and Grammys for “What Goes Around . . . Comes Around,” “Sexy Love,” “My Love,” “LoveStoned,” and “Cry Me a River” Needs: An Oscar and a Tony 6 / 37 7 Adele Has: An Oscar for “Skyfall”; nine Grammys for “Rolling in the Deep,” “Someone Like You,” “Set Fire to the Rain,” and “25”; and an Emmy for “Adele: One Night Only” Needs: A Tony 7 / 37 8 Catherine Zeta-Jones Has: An Oscar for her role in “Chicago” and a Tony for “A Little Night Music” Needs: An Emmy and a Grammy 8 / 37 9 Cynthia Nixon Has: An Emmy for “Sex and the City,” a Grammy for “An Inconvenient Truth,” and a Tony for “Rabbit Hole” Needs: An Oscar 9 / 37 10 Cher Has: An Oscar for “Moonstruck,” an Emmy for “Cher: The Farewell Tour,” and a Grammy for “Believe” Needs: A Tony 10 / 37 11 Lin-Manuel Miranda Has: Tonys for “In the Heights” and “Hamilton,” an Emmy for the 67th Tony Awards, and Grammys for “In the Heights” and “Hamilton” Needs: An Oscar 11 / 37 12 Donald Glover Has: A Grammy for “Redbone” and two Emmys for “Atlanta” Needs: An Oscar and a Tony 12 / 37 13 Martin Scorsese Has: An Emmy for HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire,” a Grammy for the music video for “American Masters: No Direction Home,” and an Oscar for “The Departed” Needs: A Tony 13 / 37 14 Denzel Washington Has: Two Oscars for “Glory” and “Training Day” and a Tony for “Fences” Needs: A Grammy and an Emmy 14 / 37 15 Hugh Jackman Has: An Emmy for his performance at the 2004 Tony Awards, a Grammy for producing “The Greatest Showman” soundtrack, and two Tonys: one for “The Boy From Oz” and one special award for extraordinary contribution to the theatre community in 2012 Needs: An Oscar 15 / 37 16 Lizzo Has: Three Grammys for “Cuz I Love You,” “Truth Hurts,” and “Jerome” and an Emmy for “Lizzo‘s Watch Out For the Big Grrrls” Needs: An Oscar and a Tony 16 / 37 17 Ben Platt Has: A Tony and a Grammy for “Dear Evan Hansen” and a Daytime Emmy for performing a song from the show on TV Needs: An Oscar 17 / 37 18 Jeremy Irons Has: An Oscar for “Reversal of Fortune,” two Emmys for “Elizabeth I” and “The Great War and Shaping of the 20th Century,” and a Tony for “The Real Thing” Needs: A Grammy 18 / 37 19 Common Has: An Oscar for “Glory”; three Grammys for “Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop),” “Southside,” and “Stand Up For Something”; and an Emmy for “13th” Needs: A Tony 19 / 37 20 Kate Winslet Has: Emmys for “Mildred Pierce” and “Mare of Easttown,” an Oscar for “The Reader,” and a Grammy for “Listen to the Storyteller” Needs: A Tony 20 / 37 21 Julie Andrews Has: An Oscar for “Mary Poppins,” two Emmys for “The Julie Andrews Hour” and “Broadway: The American Musical,” and two 2011 Grammys — one for “Julie Andrews’s Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies” and a Lifetime Achievement Award Needs: A Tony 21 / 37 22 Al Pacino Has: An Oscar for “Scent of a Woman,” two Emmys for “You Don’t Know Jack” and “Angels in America,” and two Tonys for “The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel” and “Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?” Needs: A Grammy 22 / 37 23 Bryan Cranston Has: Three Emmys for “Breaking Bad” and a Tony for “All the Way” Needs: A Grammy and an Oscar 23 / 37 24 Eminem Has: An Oscar for “8 Mile”; an Emmy for the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show; and 15 Grammys for “The Slim Shady LP,” “Lose Yourself,” “The Eminem Show,” “Relapse,” and “The Marshall Mathers LP 2” Needs: A Tony 24 / 37 25 Sam Smith Has: An Oscar and five Grammys Needs: An Emmy and a Tony 25 / 37 26 Geoffrey Rush Has: An Oscar for “Shine,” an Emmy for “The Life and Death of Peter Sellers,” and a Tony for “Exit the King” Needs: A Grammy 26 / 37 27 Jessica Lange Has: Oscars for “Tootsie” and “Blue Sky,” Emmys for “Grey Gardens,” “American Horror Story,” and “American Horror Story: Coven,” and a Tony for “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” Needs: A Grammy 27 / 37 28 Laurie Metcalf Has: A Tony for “A Doll’s House, Part 2” and three Emmys for “Roseanne” Needs: An Oscar and a Grammy 28 / 37 29 Rami Malek Has: An Oscar for “Bohemian Rhapsody” and an Emmy for “Mr. Robot” Needs: A Tony and a Grammy 29 / 37 30 Billy Porter Has: A Grammy for “Kinky Boots,” an Emmy for “Pose,” and a Tony for “Kinky Boots” Needs: An Oscar 30 / 37 31 Cynthia Erivo Has: A Tony, Grammy, and Emmy for “The Color Purple” Needs: An Oscar 31 / 37 32 H.E.R. 32 / 37 33 Lily Tomlin Has: Seven Emmys, a Grammy for “This Is a Recording,” and a Tony for “The Search For Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe” Needs: An Oscar 33 / 37 34 Cyndi Lauper Has: An Emmy for “Mad About You,” two Grammys, and a Tony for “Kinky Boots” Needs: An Oscar 34 / 37 35 Leslie Odom Jr. Has: A Tony and a Grammy for “Hamilton” Needs: An Emmy and an Oscar 35 / 37 36 Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Has: A Grammy and two Tonys for “Dear Evan Hansen” and an Oscar for “City of Stars” from “La La Land” Needs: An Emmy 36 / 37 37 Kristen Anderson-Lopez Has: Two Oscars for “Let It Go” and “Remember Me,” two Grammys for “Frozen,” and an Emmy for “Agatha All Along” Needs: A Tony 37 / 37 37 Stars Close to EGOT Status originally posted on POPSUGAR Entertainment News [ad_2] Source link Post navigation Will the WGA Lose Their Homes Amid the Strike? 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