Viola Davis, an EGOT, is set to receive another coveted award.
Davis, one of the most decorated performers in American entertainment, will receive the Chairman’s Award at the 57th NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 28 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, the NAACP announced Thursday.
“The Chairman’s Award honors individuals who excel in public service and leverage their unique platforms to ignite and drive meaningful change,” according to the announcement.
Davis has already earned an impressive nine NAACP Image Awards for her performances in “How to Get Away With Murder,” “Fences,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “The Woman King,” “Won’t Back Down” and “The Help.” She also earned one for her work as an author for her 2022 memoir “Finding Me.”
The actor-producer-author also received Golden Globes’ lifetime Cecile B. DeMille Award last year.
“Viola Davis is a generational talent who has commanded audiences with her powerful and transcending performances,” Leon W. Russell, chair of the NAACP National Board of Directors, said. “Through a career defined by excellence and courage, she has used her platform to work towards opportunity and equity, crafting an undeniable legacy for generations to come. We look forward to celebrating her and the trailblazing path she has created for herself, and others to follow.”
Past award recipients include Kamala Harris, Amanda Gorman, Samuel L. Jackson, the late civil rights activist Rep. John Lewis, Ruby Dee, Danny Glover, Rev. James Lawson, Tyler Perry and then-Sen. Barack Obama.
This year’s Image Awards nominations are led by Sinners, the Oscar-nom record-setter, which landed 16 noms. One Battle After Another‘s Teyana Taylor and Kendrick Lamar leads individual nominees with six apiece, and both are up for the marquee Entertainer of the Year prize against Sinners star Michael B. Jordan, Doechii and Cynthia Erivo.