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The Associated PressViola Davis accepts the award for best audiobook, narration, and storytelling recording for Finding Me: A Memoir at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.The actor won a Grammy Award Sunday for best audiobook, narration, and storytelling recording for her memoir"I just EGOT!" she shouted from the stage as she accepted the trophy, using the term for the rare person who's won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award during their career.

The audiobook category has seen some seriously famous winners, including Michelle Obama and ex-presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. Davis's fellow nominees this year included Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jamie Foxx, and one of the other 17 members of the EGOT club, Mel Brooks.

 

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