Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson earned her EGOT title with a Finest Musical Tony win in 2022 for A Unusual Loop, which got here rapidly after her 2021 Emmy win for Baba Yaga. Hudson took house her Oscar and Grammy wins from earlier years: an Oscar for Dreamgirls in 2006 and two Grammy wins for the albums Jennifer Hudson and The Shade Purple in 2009 and 2017.
Alan Menken
Beloved composer Alan Menken turned an EGOT legend in 2020 when he obtained an Emmy for the tune Ready within the Wings from Rapunzel’s Tangled Journey. He has received a staggering variety of awards in his profession with eight Oscars and eleven Grammys, lots of them for the music in basic Disney movies resembling The Little Mermaid, Pocahontas, Aladdin and Magnificence and the Beast. He has one Tony Award: Finest Unique Rating, for 2012’s Newsies.
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks turned an EGOT winner in 2001, with three Tony Awards for The Producers on the identical night time. His earlier awards embrace 4 Emmys for tv work, together with Mad About You, an Oscar for Finest Unique Screenplay for The Producers and a Grammy for Finest Spoken Comedy for The 2000 Yr Previous Man within the Yr 2000.
Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols additionally turned an EGOT winner in 2001, an illustrious 12 months for this highest award. He was the final to take house his Emmy, finally successful two on the identical night time for Wit in 2001, and had beforehand received a Grammy for Finest Comedy Efficiency for An Night With Mike Nichols and Elaine Could, an Oscar for Finest Director for The Graduate and 6 Tony Awards for sequence resembling Annie and The Prisoner of Second Avenue. Since attaining EGOT standing, he has received two extra Tony Awards for Monty Python’s Spamalot and Dying of a Salesman, and two extra Emmys for Angels in America.
Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers was the primary ever EGOT winner, taking the title in 1962 along with his excellent achievement in authentic music composed for tv. Emmy win for Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years. He additionally received a Finest Unique Rating Tony and a Finest Present Album Grammy for No Strings that 12 months. He had received an Oscar for finest tune in 1945 for It Would possibly as Nicely be Spring from State Honest.
