Why Viola Davis Feels Like She’s Leading a Life of Meaning and Purpose

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Rosemary Rossi Being an EGOT is a very big deal in the entertainment industry. But Viola Davis, well, she has those four awards and prestigious letters and just about every other letter in the alphabet.

She has received every critics’ award from nearly every state, plus honors ranging from the Cannes Woman In Motion Award to the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year to Time magazine naming her one of the most influential people in the world — all in all, 123 awards and counting.

But her latest, the Golden Globes’ Cecil B. DeMille Award, is touching her heart in a very meaningful, profound way. “I was absolutely in shock,” she says of her reaction when she learned she would be receiving the honor at this year’s ceremony, which will air live on CBS and stream on Paramount+ on Jan.

5. “I guess there’s always something that happens in your life that, if it happens at the right time, it makes you self-reflect.