The EGOT: 15 Stars Who Are Almost There

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January 23, 2020

With award season in full effect, more celebrities are one step closer to joining Hollywood’s most prestigious club, the EGOT. EGOT is an acronym for Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony and only a handful of celebrities like Rita Moreno, Whoopi Goldberg, and John Legend have made the list. Let’s look at the stars who are almost there.

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Denzel Washington has two Oscars for Glory and Training Day and a Tony for Fences. All he needs a Grammy and an Emmy.

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Cher won an Oscar for Moonstruck, an Emmy for Cher: The Farewell Tour, and a Grammy for "Believe."

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Adele has an Oscar for "Skyfall" and nine Grammys for "Rolling in the Deep," "Someone Like You," "Set Fire to the Rain," and her album, “25.”

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Billy Porter won a Grammy and Tony for Kinky Boots, an Emmy for Pose.

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Taylor Swift won an Emmy for original interactive program and Grammys for Fearless, 1989, "White Horse," "Mean," "Safe & Sound," and "Bad Blood."

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Common is one step closer to an EGOT. Common won a Grammy, an Oscar for composing "Glory" for Ava DuVernay's 2014 film Selma and an Emmy for writing the song, “Letters to the Free.”

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Viola Davis won a Tony for Fences and King Hedley II, an Emmy for How to Get Away with Murder, and an Oscar for Fences.

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Jamie Foxx as an Oscar for his role in Ray and two Grammys for "Gold Digger" and "Blame It" He's a Tony and an Emmy away in joining the elite club.

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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." All he needs is an Oscar and a Tony. Would you like to see J.T on Broadway?

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Kate Winslet won an Emmy for Mildred Pierce, an Oscar for The Reader, and a Grammy for "Listen to the Storyteller."

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Cynthia Nixon won an Emmy for Sex and the City, a Grammy for "An Inconvenient Truth," and a Tony for Rabbit Hole.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda won Tony’s for In the Heights and Hamilton, an Emmy for 67th Tony Awards, and Grammys for In the Heights and Hamilton. Maybe the In the Heights movie coming out later this year will give him his first Oscar.

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Breakout star, Rami Malek won an Oscar for Bohemian Rhapsody and an Emmy for Mr. Robot.

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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. All he’s missing is a Grammy and an Oscar.