Triple Crown of Acting
The Triple Crown of Acting is a term used in the American entertainment industry to describe actors who have won a competitive Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award in the acting categories, the highest accolades recognized in American film, television, and theatre respectively. Its term is related to terms from other competitive areas, such as the Triple Crown of horse racing.
As of 2021, 24 people—15 women and nine men—have achieved this.
Helen Hayes became the first actor to do so with her Emmy Award on February 5, 1953. Less than two months later, Thomas Mitchell became the first man to do so when he received a Tony Award on March 29, 1953. Hayes and Rita Moreno are the only Triple Crown winners in competitive acting categories who have also won a Grammy Award to complete the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony). Dame Maggie Smith has the most Triple Crown wins, with seven.
Winners of the Triple Crown of Acting who are still alive are: Rita Moreno, Jeremy Irons, Vanessa Redgrave, Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren, Geoffrey Rush, Al Pacino, Frances McDormand, Jessica Lange, Ellen Burstyn, Glenda Jackson, and Viola Davis.
The British entertainment industry has a Triple Crown of its own, consisting of the BAFTA Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards and the Laurence Olivier Awards. Eight actors have completed the British Triple Crown: Judi Dench, Virginia McKenna, Peggy Ashcroft, Nigel Hawthorne, Albert Finney, Julie Walters, Helen Mirren, and Mark Rylance. Only Mirren has completed both the American and British Triple Crowns.
Summary
- The year in the Oscar, Emmy, and Tony columns indicates the year the actor first won the award
- For the Emmy and Tony this is the year of the award ceremony, for the Oscar the year when the film was released
- The total wins column indicates the total number of competitive Oscar, Emmy, and Tony wins
Actor | Completed | Years to complete |
Oscar | Emmy | Tony | Total wins |
Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Helen Hayes | 1953 | 21 | 1932 | 1953 | 1947 | 5 | |
Thomas Mitchell | 1953 | 13 | 1939 | 1953 | 1953 | 3 | [1] |
Ingrid Bergman | 1960 | 15 | 1944 | 1960 | 1947 | 6 | |
Shirley Booth | 1962 | 13 | 1952 | 1962 | 1949 | 6 | |
Melvyn Douglas | 1968 | 8 | 1963 | 1968 | 1960 | 4 | |
Paul Scofield | 1969 | 7 | 1966 | 1969 | 1962 | 3 | |
Jack Albertson | 1975 | 10 | 1968 | 1975 | 1965 | 4 | |
Rita Moreno | 1977 | 15 | 1961 | 1977 | 1975 | 4 | |
Maureen Stapleton | 1981 | 31 | 1981 | 1968 | 1951 | 4 | |
Jason Robards | 1988 | 29 | 1976 | 1988 | 1959 | 4 | |
Jessica Tandy | 1989 | 42 | 1989 | 1988 | 1948 | 5 | [2] |
Jeremy Irons | 1997 | 13 | 1990 | 1997 | 1984 | 4 | [3] |
Anne Bancroft | 1999 | 41 | 1962 | 1999 | 1958 | 4 | [4] |
Vanessa Redgrave | 2003 | 25 | 1977 | 1981 | 2003 | 4 | [5] |
Maggie Smith | 2003 | 33 | 1969 | 2003 | 1990 | 7 | [6] |
Al Pacino | 2004 | 35 | 1992 | 2004 | 1969 | 5 | [7] |
Geoffrey Rush | 2009 | 12 | 1996 | 2005 | 2009 | 3 | [8] |
Ellen Burstyn | 2009 | 34 | 1974 | 2009 | 1975 | 4 | [9] |
Christopher Plummer | 2011 | 38 | 2011 | 1977 | 1974 | 5 | [10] |
Helen Mirren | 2015 | 19 | 2006 | 1996 | 2015 | 6 | [11] |
Frances McDormand | 2015 | 18 | 1996 | 2015 | 2011 | 5 | [12] |
Jessica Lange | 2016 | 33 | 1982 | 2009 | 2016 | 6 | [13] |
Viola Davis | 2016 | 16 | 2016 | 2015 | 2001 | 4 | [14] |
Glenda Jackson | 2018 | 47 | 1970 | 1972 | 2018 | 6 | [15] |
Triple Crown winners
Years given are the years of the respective ceremonies. Performers are listed in order of completing the Triple Crown.
Helen Hayes
American actress Helen Hayes (1900–1993) was the first performer to achieve the triple crown of acting, doing so in 1953. Hayes was a 9-time Emmy (1), 3-time Tony (2), and 2-time Oscar (2) nominee, for a total of 14 TC nominations. She won two Oscars, two Tonys and an Emmy for a total of five competitive triple crown awards. She also won a Grammy in 1977 for Best Spoken Word Recording to complete the EGOT, for competitive Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony wins. Hayes is one of only two Triple Crown winners (along with Rita Moreno) to have achieved the EGOT.
- 1932: Academy Award for Best Actress – The Sin of Madelon Claudet
- 1947: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – Happy Birthday
- 1953: Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress
- 1958: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – Time Remembered
- 1970: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress – Airport
Thomas Mitchell
American actor Thomas Mitchell (1892–1962) completed the triple crown in 1953, two months after Helen Hayes. He was a 3-time Emmy (1), 2-time Oscar (1), and 1-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of six TC nominations. Mitchell won three awards.
- 1939: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor – Stagecoach
- 1953: Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor
- 1953: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical – Hazel Flagg
Ingrid Bergman
Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) completed the triple crown in 1960. She was a 7-time Oscar (3), 3-time Emmy (2), and 1-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of 11 TC nominations. Bergman won six awards.
- 1944: Academy Award for Best Actress – Gaslight
- 1947: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – Joan of Lorraine
- 1957: Academy Award for Best Actress – Anastasia
- 1960: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress – Startime - The Turn of the Screw
- 1974: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress – Murder on the Orient Express
- 1982: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – A Woman Called Golda
Shirley Booth
American actress Shirley Booth (1898–1992) completed the triple crown in 1962. She was a 4-time Emmy (2), 3-time Tony (3), and 1-time Oscar (1) nominee, for a total of eight TC nominations. Booth won six awards.
- 1949: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play – Goodbye, My Fancy
- 1950: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – Come Back, Little Sheba
- 1952: Academy Award for Best Actress – Come Back, Little Sheba
- 1953: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – The Time of the Cuckoo
- 1962: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series – Hazel
- 1963: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series – Hazel
Melvyn Douglas
American actor Melvyn Douglas (1901–1981) completed the triple crown in 1968. He was a 3-time Oscar (2), 2-time Emmy (1), and 1-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of six TC nominations. Douglas won four awards.
- 1960: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play – The Best Man
- 1963: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor – Hud
- 1968: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie – CBS Playhouse - Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
- 1979: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor – Being There
Paul Scofield
English actor Paul Scofield (1922–2008) completed the triple crown in 1969. He was a 2-time Oscar (1), 1-time Emmy (1), and 1-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of four TC nominations. Scofield won three awards. His seven-year completion is the fastest of any triple crown recipient.
- 1962: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play – A Man for All Seasons
- 1966: Academy Award for Best Actor – A Man for All Seasons
- 1969: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie – Male of the Species
Jack Albertson
American actor Jack Albertson (1907–1981) completed the triple crown in 1975. He was a 5-time Emmy (2), 2-time Tony (1), and 1-time Oscar (1) nominee, for a total of eight TC nominations. Albertson won four awards.
- 1965: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play – The Subject Was Roses
- 1968: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor – The Subject Was Roses
- 1975: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music – Cher
- 1976: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series – Chico and the Man
Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican actress Rita Moreno (born 1931) completed the triple crown in 1977. She is a 6-time Emmy (2), 1-time Oscar (1), and 1-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of eight TC nominations. Her Emmy win saw her complete the EGOT for competitive Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony wins. Her Grammy win was in 1972 in the Best Recording for Children category. Moreno is the first Hispanic actor to win the Triple Crown and is one of only two Triple Crown winners who have also achieved the EGOT.
- 1961: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress – West Side Story
- 1975: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play – The Ritz
- 1977: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music – The Muppet Show
- 1978: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Comedy or Drama Series – The Rockford Files
Maureen Stapleton
American actress Maureen Stapleton (1925–2006) completed the triple crown in 1981. She was a 7-time Emmy (1), 6-time Tony (2), and 4-time Oscar (1) nominee, for a total of 17 nominations. Stapleton won four awards.
- 1951: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play – The Rose Tattoo
- 1967: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Among the Paths to Eden
- 1971: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – The Gingerbread Lady
- 1981: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress – Reds
Jason Robards
American actor Jason Robards (1922–2000) completed the triple crown in 1988. He was an 8-time Tony (1), 5-time Emmy (1), and 3-time Oscar (2) nominee, for a total of 16 TC nominations. Robards won four awards.
- 1959: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play – The Disenchanted
- 1976: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor – All the President's Men
- 1977: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor – Julia
- 1988: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie – Inherit the Wind
Jessica Tandy
British-American actress Jessica Tandy (1909–1994) completed the triple crown in 1989. She was a 5-time Tony (3), 3-time Emmy (1), and 2-time Oscar nominee (1), for a total of 10 TC nominations. Tandy won five awards.
- 1947: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – A Streetcar Named Desire
- 1978: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – The Gin Game
- 1983: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – Foxfire
- 1988: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Foxfire
- 1989: Academy Award for Best Actress – Driving Miss Daisy
Jeremy Irons
British actor Jeremy Irons (born 1948) completed the triple crown in 1997. He is a 3-time acting Emmy (2), 1-time Oscar (1), and 1-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of five TC nominations. Irons has won four TC awards.
- 1984: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play – The Real Thing
- 1990: Academy Award for Best Actor – Reversal of Fortune
- 1997: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance – The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
- 2006: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie – Elizabeth I
Note: Irons has an additional Emmy win in a non-acting category, winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator in 2014 for Game of Lions.
Anne Bancroft
American actress Anne Bancroft (1931–2005) completed the triple crown in 1999. She was a 6-time (1) acting Emmy, 5-time Oscar (1), and 3-time Tony (2) nominee, for a total of 14 TC nominations. Bancroft won four triple crown awards.
- 1958: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play – Two for the Seesaw
- 1960: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – The Miracle Worker
- 1962: Academy Award for Best Actress – The Miracle Worker
- 1999: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Deep in My Heart
Note: Bancroft won an additional Emmy in 1970 in the variety program category, as the star of the special Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man.
Vanessa Redgrave
British actress Vanessa Redgrave (born 1937) completed the triple crown in 2003. She is a 6-time Oscar (1), 6-time Emmy (2), and 3-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of 15 TC nominations. Redgrave has won four awards.
- 1977: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress – Julia
- 1981: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Playing for Time
- 2000: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – If These Walls Could Talk 2
- 2003: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – Long Day's Journey into Night
Maggie Smith
British actress Maggie Smith (born 1934) completed the triple crown in 2003. She is a 9-time Emmy (4), 6-time Oscar (2), and 3-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of 18 TC nominations. Smith is the first and only Triple Crown winner to win seven awards.
- 1969: Academy Award for Best Actress – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- 1978: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress – California Suite
- 1990: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – Lettice and Lovage
- 2003: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – My House in Umbria
- 2011: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Downton Abbey
- 2012: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – Downton Abbey
- 2016: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – Downton Abbey
Al Pacino
American actor Al Pacino (born 1940) completed the triple crown in 2004. He is a 9-time Oscar (1), 3-time Emmy (2), and 3-time Tony (2) nominee, for a total of 15 TC nominations. Pacino has won five awards.
- 1969: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play – Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?
- 1977: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play – The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel
- 1992: Academy Award for Best Actor – Scent of a Woman
- 2004: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie – Angels in America
- 2011: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie – You Don't Know Jack
Geoffrey Rush
Australian actor Geoffrey Rush (born 1951) completed the triple crown in 2009. He is a 4-time Oscar (1), 2-time Emmy (1), and 1-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of seven TC nominations. Rush has won three awards.
- 1996: Academy Award for Best Actor – Shine
- 2005: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie – The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
- 2009: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play – Exit the King
Ellen Burstyn
American actress Ellen Burstyn (born 1932) completed the triple crown in 2009. She is an 8-time Emmy (2), 6-time Oscar (1), and 1-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of 15 TC nominations. Burstyn has won four awards.
- 1974: Academy Award for Best Actress – Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- 1975: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – Same Time, Next Year
- 2009: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series – Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
- 2013: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Political Animals
Christopher Plummer
Canadian actor Christopher Plummer (1929–2021) completed the triple crown in 2011. He was a 7-time Emmy (2), 7-time Tony (2), and 3-time Oscar (1) nominee, for a total of 17 TC nominations. Plummer won five awards.
- 1974: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical – Cyrano
- 1977: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie – The Moneychangers
- 1994: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance – Madeline
- 1997: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play – Barrymore
- 2011: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor – Beginners
Helen Mirren
British actress Helen Mirren (born 1945) completed the triple crown in 2015. She is an 11-time Emmy (4), 4-time Oscar (1), and 3-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of 18 TC nominations. Mirren has won six awards.
- 1996: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness
- 1999: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – The Passion of Ayn Rand
- 2006: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Elizabeth I
- 2006: Academy Award for Best Actress – The Queen
- 2007: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Prime Suspect: The Final Act
- 2015: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – The Audience
Helen Mirren is the only person to have also won the British Triple Crown of Acting by being awarded the three equivalent honours in the British entertainment industry, the BAFTA Film Award, the BAFTA Television Award and the Laurence Olivier Award.
Frances McDormand
American actress Frances McDormand (born 1957) completed the triple crown in 2015. She is a 6-time acting Oscar (3), 2-time Tony (1), and 2-time acting Emmy (1) nominee, for a total of 10 TC nominations. McDormand has won five awards.
- 1996: Academy Award for Best Actress – Fargo
- 2011: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – Good People
- 2015: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Olive Kitteridge
- 2017: Academy Award for Best Actress – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- 2020: Academy Award for Best Actress – Nomadland
Note: McDormand has two additional Emmy and Oscar wins in non-acting categories, winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series for executive producing Olive Kitteridge, and the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing Nomadland.
Jessica Lange
American actress Jessica Lange (born 1949) completed the triple crown in 2016. She is a 10-time Emmy (3), 6-time Oscar (2), and 1-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of 17 TC nominations. Lange has won six awards.
- 1982: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tootsie
- 1994: Academy Award for Best Actress – Blue Sky
- 2009: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Grey Gardens
- 2012: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – American Horror Story: Murder House
- 2014: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – American Horror Story: Coven
- 2016: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – Long Day's Journey into Night
Viola Davis
American actress Viola Davis (born 1965) completed the triple crown in 2016.[16] She is the first African American actor to win the triple crown, and is also currently the youngest.[16][17] She is a 4-time Oscar (1), 3-time Tony (2), and 5-time Emmy (1) nominee, for a total of 12 TC nominations. Davis has won four awards.
- 2001: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play – King Hedley II
- 2010: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – Fences
- 2015: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series – How to Get Away with Murder
- 2016: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress – Fences
Glenda Jackson
British actress Glenda Jackson (born 1936) completed the triple crown in 2018. She is a 5-time Tony (1), 5-time Emmy (3), and 4-time Oscar (2) nominee, for a total of 14 TC nominations. Jackson has won six awards.
- 1970: Academy Award for Best Actress – Women in Love
- 1972: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Elizabeth R
- 1972: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series – Elizabeth R
- 1973: Academy Award for Best Actress – A Touch of Class
- 2018: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – Three Tall Women
- 2020: International Emmy Award for Best Actress – Elizabeth Is Missing
Two competitive awards
The following people have each won two out of the three major entertainment awards that honour acting in competitive categories.[18]
Missing an Emmy Award
- Alan Arkin◊
- Martin Balsam†,◊
- Ed Begley†,◊
- Yul Brynner†
- Judi Dench◊
- Sandy Dennis†
- José Ferrer†,◊
- Henry Fonda†,◊
- Marcia Gay Harden◊
- Joel Grey◊
- Alec Guinness†,◊
- Rex Harrison†
- Audrey Hepburn†1
- Judy Holliday†
- Lila Kedrova†
- Kevin Kline◊
- Vivien Leigh†
- Fredric March†,◊
- Walter Matthau†,◊
- Liza Minnelli1
- Paul Muni†,◊
- Patricia Neal†,◊
- Eddie Redmayne
- Anne Revere†
- Mercedes Ruehl
- Mark Rylance◊
- Kevin Spacey◊
- Beatrice Straight†,◊
- Jo Van Fleet†
- Denzel Washington2
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
Missing an Academy Award (Oscar)
- Jane Alexander◊
- Mary Alice
- Judith Anderson†,◊
- Bea Arthur†
- Christine Baranski
- Ellen Barkin
- Gertrude Berg†
- Philip Bosco3 †
- David Burns†
- Stockard Channing◊
- Kristin Chenoweth
- Glenn Close◊
- James Corden
- Bryan Cranston◊
- Hume Cronyn†,◊
- Billy Crudup
- Tyne Daly
- Blythe Danner
- André De Shields
- Colleen Dewhurst†
- Stephen Dillane4
- Nanette Fabray†
- Laurence Fishburne◊
- Ed Flanders†
- Helen Gallagher3
- Vincent Gardenia†,◊
- George Grizzard†
- Julie Harris†,◊
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Rosemary Harris◊
- George Hearn
- Edward Herrmann†
- Gregory Hines3 †
- Judd Hirsch◊
- Hal Holbrook †, ◊
- Ken Howard†
- Hugh Jackman◊
- Derek Jacobi
- Cherry Jones
- James Earl Jones◊ NCA
- Madeline Kahn3 †,◊
- Shirley Knight†,◊
- Richard Kiley†
- Swoosie Kurtz
- Nathan Lane3
- Anthony LaPaglia
- John Larroquette
- Ron Leibman†
- Margaret Leighton†,◊
- Judith Light3
- John Lithgow◊
- Mary Martin†
- Roddy McDowall†
- Laurie Metcalf◊
- Bette Midler◊
- Debra Monk
- Michael Moriarty
- Robert Morse
- Donna Murphy3
- Bebe Neuwirth
- Cynthia Nixon
- Mary-Louise Parker
- Mandy Patinkin
- David Hyde Pierce
- Amanda Plummer
- Billy Porter
- Diana Rigg†
- Tony Shalhoub
- Phil Silvers†
- Lily Tomlin◊
- Cicely Tyson †, ◊, NCA
- Dick Van Dyke
- Courtney B. Vance
- Eli Wallach †, NCA
- Jeffrey Wright
Missing a Tony Award
- Julie Andrews◊
- Patricia Arquette
- Kathy Bates◊
- Halle Berry
- Marlon Brando†
- Art Carney†,◊
- Olivia Colman
- Bette Davis†
- Laura Dern
- Michael Douglas
- Patty Duke†
- Faye Dunaway
- Robert Duvall
- Sally Field◊
- Jane Fonda◊
- John Gielgud5 †,◊,NCA
- Ruth Gordon†,◊
- Louis Gossett Jr.
- Lee Grant
- Anne Hathaway
- Katharine Hepburn†,◊
- Dustin Hoffman◊
- William Holden†
- Anthony Hopkins
- Helen Hunt
- Holly Hunter
- Allison Janney◊
- Nicole Kidman
- Regina King
- Cloris Leachman†
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Melissa Leo
- Jack Lemmon†,◊
- Karl Malden†
- Rami Malek
- Julianne Moore
- Paul Newman†,◊
- Lupita Nyong'o3,◊
- Laurence Olivier†,◊
- Geraldine Page†,◊
- Jack Palance†
- Gwyneth Paltrow
- Cliff Robertson†
- Eva Marie Saint
- George C. Scott†,◊
- Simone Signoret†
- Meryl Streep◊
- Emma Thompson
- Claire Trevor†
- Peter Ustinov†,◊
- Dianne Wiest
- Robin Williams†
- Kate Winslet
- Shelley Winters†
- Joanne Woodward
- Loretta Young†
Notes
- † – Person is deceased.
- ◊ – Person has been nominated at least once for a competitive acting category of the missing award, but has failed to win.
- NCA – Person won a Non-Competitive Award in this category.
^1 Won an Emmy in a non-acting category.
^2 Nominated for an Emmy in a non-acting category.
^3 Won a Daytime Emmy.
^4 Won an International Emmy.
^5 Won a Tony in a non-acting category.
Three nominations
The following people have not won all three awards in competitive acting categories, but have received at least one nomination for each of them:
- Alan Alda
- Jane Alexander
- Joan Allen
- Judith Anderson†
- Julie Andrews
- Alan Arkin
- Lauren Bacall†
- Alec Baldwin
- Martin Balsam†
- Antonio BanderasN/A
- Barbara Barrie
- Kathy Bates
- Ed Begley†
- Ralph Bellamy†
- Annette BeningN/A
- Cate Blanchett
- Richard Burton†
- Diahann Carroll†
- Art Carney†
- Stockard Channing
- Patricia Clarkson
- Glenn Close
- James Coco†
- Claudette Colbert†
- Toni Collette
- Chris Cooper
- Gladys Cooper†,N/A
- Tom CourtenayN/A
- Bryan Cranston
- Hume Cronyn†
- Judi Dench
- Adam DriverN/A
- Charles Durning†
- Cynthia Erivo
- José Ferrer†
- Sally Field
- Ralph Fiennes
- Albert Finney†
- Laurence Fishburne
- Henry Fonda†
- Jane Fonda
- Morgan Freeman
- Vincent Gardenia†
- Marcia Gay Harden
- John Gielgud†
- Jack Gilford†
- Jackie Gleason†
- Ruth Gordon†
- Joel Grey
- Alec Guinness†
- Tom Hanks
- Ed HarrisN/A
- Julie Harris†
- Rosemary Harris
- Katharine Hepburn†
- Judd Hirsch
- Dustin Hoffman
- Philip Seymour Hoffman†
- Hal Holbrook†
- Ian Holm†
- Tom Hulce
- William Hurt
- Hugh Jackman
- Allison Janney
- James Earl Jones
- Madeline Kahn†
- Anna KendrickN/A
- Kevin Kline
- Shirley Knight†
- Angela Lansbury
- Eva Le Gallienne†
- Margaret Leighton†
- Jack Lemmon†
- Laura Linney
- John Lithgow
- Walter Matthau†
- Ian McKellen
- Janet McTeer
- Laurie Metcalf
- Bette Midler
- Paul Muni†
- Mildred Natwick†
- Patricia Neal†
- Kate NelliganN/A
- Paul Newman†
- Lupita Nyong'o
- Leslie Odom, Jr.
- Sophie Okonedo
- Laurence Olivier†
- Geraldine Page†
- Joan Plowright
- Sidney Poitier+
- Jonathan Pryce
- Anthony Quayle+
- Anthony Quinn†
- Stephen ReaN/A
- Lynn Redgrave†,N/A
- Debbie Reynolds†,N/A
- Beah Richards†
- Thelma Ritter†
- Mickey Rooney†
- Mark Ruffalo
- Mark Rylance
- George C. Scott†
- Gary Sinise
- Kevin Spacey
- Kim Stanley†
- Beatrice Straight†
- Meryl Streep
- Lily Tomlin
- Rip Torn†
- Cicely Tyson†
- Stanley Tucci
- Peter Ustinov†
- Christopher Walken
- Sam WaterstonN/A
- Sigourney WeaverN/A
- James Whitmore†
- Michelle Williams
- Mare Winningham
Notes
- † – Person is deceased.
- N/A – Person has not won any of the three awards (excluding non-acting awards and non-competitive awards).
British Triple Crown
The British entertainment industry has a Triple Crown of its own, consisting of the BAFTA Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards and the Laurence Olivier Awards. Seven actors have completed the British Triple Crown: Virginia McKenna, Judi Dench, Nigel Hawthorne, Albert Finney, Julie Walters, Helen Mirren, and Mark Rylance. Only Mirren has completed both the American and British Triple Crowns.
Several other actors have won all of the awards, but not in competitive acting categories. Peggy Ashcroft has BAFTAs in both categories but only a non-competitive Olivier Award. Anthony Hopkins has BAFTAs in both categories but only an Olivier Award for "Outstanding Achievement" (he was nominated as Best Actor for the same show, but lost). Maggie Smith has several Film BAFTAs but only non-competitive awards for BAFTA Television and Olivier.
Summary
- The year in the BAFTA Film, BAFTA TV, and Olivier columns indicates the year the actor first won the award
- For the BAFTA TV and Olivier this is the year of the award ceremony, for the BAFTA Film the year when the film was released
- The total wins column indicates the total number of competitive BAFTA and Olivier wins
Actor | Completed | Years to complete |
BAFTA Film | BAFTA TV | Olivier | Total wins |
Ref. |
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Judi Dench | 1977 | 12 | 1965 | 1968 | 1977 | 17 | |
1986 | 6 | 1986 | 1982 | 1980 | |||
1988 | 5 | 1988 | 1985 | 1983 | |||
2001 | 14 | 1997 | 2001 | 1987 | |||
Virginia McKenna | 1979 | 24 | 1957 | 1955 | 1979 | 3 | |
Nigel Hawthorne | 1995 | 14 | 1995 | 1981 | 1992 | 7 | |
Julie Walters | 2002 | 18 | 1984 | 2002 | 2001 | 7 | |
Albert Finney | 2003 | 43 | 1960 | 2003 | 1986 | 3 | |
Helen Mirren | 2013 | 21 | 2006 | 1992 | 2013 | 5 | |
Mark Rylance | 2015 | 21 | 2015 | 2006 | 1994 | 5 |
Judi Dench
British actress Judi Dench (born 1934) completed the triple crown in 1977, becoming the first person to complete the British triple crown. She completed her second triple crown in 1986, her third triple crown in 1988, and her fourth in 2001. She is a 12-time BAFTA TV (4), 15-time BAFTA Film (6), and 15-time Olivier (7) nominee, for a total of 42 TC nominations. Dench has won seventeen awards.
- 1965: BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles - Four in the Morning
- 1968: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress - Talking to a Stranger
- 1977: Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a Revival - Macbeth
- 1980: Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a Revival - Juno and the Paycock
- 1982: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress - Going Gently, A Fine Romance (Series 1), and The Cherry Orchard
- 1983: Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play - Pack of Lies
- 1985: British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance - A Fine Romance (Series 4)
- 1986: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - A Room with a View
- 1987: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress - Antony and Cleopatra
- 1988: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - A Handful of Dust
- 1996: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress - Absolute Hell
- 1996: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical - A Little Night Music
- 1997: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role - Mrs Brown
- 1998: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Shakespeare in Love
- 2001: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress - The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
- 2001: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role - Iris
- 2016: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - The Winter's Tale
Dench is the only actor to complete multiple triple crowns of acting, on either the American or British side, and has completed four. She is the only person to have won more than 7 triple crown awards, on either the British or American side. She also holds the records (though tied) for most BAFTA TV nominations, most BAFTA Film nominations, and most BAFTA Film awards.
Dench has also won an Academy Award (1988 for Shakespeare in Love) and a Tony Award (1999 for Amy's View), but has yet to win an Emmy Award (after three nominations) to complete the American triple crown.
Virginia McKenna
British actress Virginia McKenna (born 1931) completed the triple crown in 1979. She completed her second triple crown in 1986, her third triple crown in 1988, and her fourth in 2001. She is a 2-time BAFTA TV (1), 2-time BAFTA Film (1), and 1-time Olivier (1) nominee, for a total of 5 TC nominations. McKenna has won three awards.
- 1955: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress
- 1956: BAFTA Award for Best British Actress - A Town Like Alice
- 1979: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical - The King and I
Nigel Hawthorne
British actor Nigel Hawthorne (1929-2001) completed the triple crown in 1995. He is a 5-time BAFTA TV (5), 1-time BAFTA Film (1), and 2-time Olivier (1) nominee, for a total of 8 TC nominations. Hawthorne has won seven awards.
- 1977: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Privates on Parade
- 1982: British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance - Yes Minister
- 1983: British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance - Yes Minister
- 1987: British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance - Yes, Prime Minister
- 1992: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor - The Madness of George III
- 1995: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role - The Madness of King George
- 1997: British Academy Television Award for Best Actor - The Fragile Heart
Hawthorne has also won an Academy Award (1995 for The Madness of King George) and a Tony Award (1991 for Shadowlands), but never won an Emmy Award (or even received a nomination) to complete the American triple crown.
Julie Walters
British actress Julie Walters (born 1950) completed the triple crown in 2002. She is a 7-time BAFTA TV (4), 6-time BAFTA Film (2), and 2-time Olivier (1) nominee, for a total of 11 TC nominations. Walters has won seven awards. It took her eighteen years to complete the British Triple Crown.
- 1984: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role – Educating Rita
- 2000: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Billy Elliot
- 2001: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress – All My Sons
- 2002: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress - My Beautiful Son
- 2003: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress - Murder
- 2004: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress - The Canterbury Tales
- 2010: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress - Mo
Walters has also received an honorary BAFTA in 2003 and the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award in 2014.
Albert Finney
British actor Albert Finney (1936-2019) completed the triple crown in 2003. He is a 4-time BAFTA TV (1), 9-time BAFTA Film (1), and 2-time Olivier (1) nominee, for a total of 15 TC nominations. Finney has won three awards.
- 1960: BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
- 1986: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor - Orphans
- 2003: British Academy Television Award for Best Actor - The Gathering Storm
Finney has also won an Emmy Award (2003 for The Gathering Storm) and two Tony Awards, but never won an Academy Award (after 5 nominations) to complete the American triple crown.
Helen Mirren
British actress Helen Mirren (born 1945) completed the triple crown in 2013. She is a 6-time BAFTA TV (3), 5-time BAFTA Film (1), and 4-time Olivier (1) nominee, for a total of 15 TC nominations. Mirren has won five awards. It took her twenty-one years to complete the British Triple Crown.
- 1991: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress – Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness
- 1992: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress – Prime Suspect 2
- 1993: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress – Prime Suspect 3
- 2006: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role – The Queen
- 2013: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress – The Audience
Helen Mirren is the only person to have also won the British Triple Crown of Acting by being awarded the three equivalent honours in the American entertainment industry.
Mark Rylance
British actor Mark Rylance (born 1960) completed the triple crown in 2015. He is a 2-time BAFTA TV (2), 1-time BAFTA Film (1), and 8-time Olivier (2) nominee, for a total of 11 TC nominations. Rylance has won five awards.
- 1994: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor - Much Ado About Nothing
- 2006: British Academy Television Award for Best Actor - The Government Inspector
- 2010: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor - Jerusalem
- 2015: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Bridge of Spies
- 2016: British Academy Television Award for Best Actor - Wolf Hall
Rylance has also won an Academy Award (2015 for Bridge of Spies) and three Tony Awards, but has yet to win an Emmy Award (after one nomination) to complete the American triple crown.
See also
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