Triple Crown of Acting explained

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 awards recognized in American film, television, and theater, respectively.[1] The term "Triple Crown" is used in other competitive areas, such as the Triple Crown of Horse Racing.

Only twenty-four people, fifteen women and nine men, have achieved the Triple Crown.

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, Rita Moreno, and Viola Davis 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).

Living winners of the Triple Crown of Acting are Rita Moreno, Jeremy Irons, Vanessa Redgrave, Al Pacino, Geoffrey Rush, Ellen Burstyn, Helen Mirren, Frances McDormand, Jessica Lange, and Viola Davis.

The British entertainment industry, which has links with its American counterpart through shared language and frequent cross-Atlantic production, has a Triple Crown of its own, consisting of the BAFTA Film Award, the BAFTA Television Award, and the Laurence Olivier Award. The eight actors who have completed the British Triple Crown in competitive acting categories are Judi Dench, Virginia McKenna, Peggy Ashcroft, Nigel Hawthorne, Julie Walters, Albert Finney, Helen Mirren, and Mark Rylance.

Only Helen Mirren has earned both the American and British Triple Crowns.

Summary

ActorCompletedYears to
complete		OscarEmmyTonyTotal
wins
Helen Hayes1953211932195319475
Thomas Mitchell1953131940195319533[2]
Ingrid Bergman1960151945196019476
Shirley Booth1962131953196219496
Melvyn Douglas196881964196819604
Paul Scofield196971967196919623
Jack Albertson1975101969197519654
Rita Moreno1977151962197719754
Maureen Stapleton1981311982196819514
Jason Robards1988291977198819594
Jessica Tandy1989421990198819485[3]
Jeremy Irons1997131991199719844[4]
Anne Bancroft1999411963199919584[5]
Vanessa Redgrave2003251978198120034[6]
Maggie Smith2003331970200319907[7]
Al Pacino2004351993200419695[8]
Geoffrey Rush2009121997200520093[9]
Ellen Burstyn2009341975200919754[10]
Christopher Plummer2011382012197719745[11]
Helen Mirren2015192007199620156[12]
Frances McDormand2015181997201520115[13]
Jessica Lange2016331983200920166[14]
Viola Davis2017162017201520014[15]
Glenda Jackson2018471971197220186[16]

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 three Triple Crown winners (along with Rita Moreno and Viola Davis) to have achieved EGOT status.

  1. 1932: Best Actress in a Leading Role – The Sin of Madelon Claudet
  2. 1971: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Airport
  2. 1947: Best Actress in a Play – Happy Birthday
  3. 1958: Best Leading Actress in a Play – Time Remembered

Thomas Mitchell

American actor and writer 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.

  1. 1940: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Stagecoach
  1. 1953: Best Actor
  1. 1953: Distinguished Musical Actor – 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.

  1. 1945: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Gaslight
  2. 1957: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Anastasia
  3. 1975: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Murder on the Orient Express
  1. 1960: Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress (Lead or Support) – Startime
  2. 1982: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special – A Woman Called Golda
  1. 1947: Best Actress in a Play – Joan of Lorraine

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.

  1. 1953: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Come Back, Little Sheba
  1. 1962: Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead) – Hazel
  2. 1963: Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead) – Hazel
  1. 1949: Best Featured Actress in a Play – Goodbye, My Fancy
  2. 1950: Best Actress in a Play – Come Back, Little Sheba
  3. 1953: Distinguished Dramatic Actress – The Time of the Cuckoo

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.

  1. 1964: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Hud
  2. 1979: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Being There
  1. 1968: Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama – CBS Playhouse
  1. 1960: Best Leading Actor in a Play – The Best Man

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.

  1. 1967: Best Actor in a Leading Role – A Man for All Seasons
  1. 1969: Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Male of the Species
  1. 1962: Best Leading Actor in a Play – A Man for All Seasons

Jack Albertson

American actor, comedian, dancer and singer 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.

  1. 1969: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – The Subject Was Roses
  1. 1975: Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music – Cher
  2. 1976: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series – Chico and the Man
  1. 1965: Best Featured Actor in a Play – The Subject Was Roses

Rita Moreno

Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer 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. Moreno has won 4 TC qualifying awards. Moreno is the first Hispanic actor to win the Triple Crown and is one of only three Triple Crown winners who have also achieved EGOT status.

  1. 1962: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – West Side Story
  1. 1977: Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music – The Muppet Show
  2. 1978: Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Comedy or Drama Series – The Rockford Files
  1. 1975: Best Featured Actress in a Play – The Ritz

Maureen Stapleton

American actress Maureen Stapleton (1925–2006) completed the triple crown in 1982. 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.

  1. 1982: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Reds
  1. 1968: Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama – Among the Paths to Eden
  1. 1951: Best Featured Actress in a Play – The Rose Tattoo
  2. 1971: Best Leading Actress in a Play – The Gingerbread Lady

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.

  1. 1977: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – All the President's Men
  2. 1978: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Julia
  1. 1988: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special – Inherit the Wind
  1. 1959: Best Leading Actor in a Play – The Disenchanted

Jessica Tandy

British-American actress Jessica Tandy (1909–1994) completed the triple crown in 1990. 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.

  1. 1990: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Driving Miss Daisy
  1. 1988: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special – Foxfire
  1. 1947: Best Actress in a Play – A Streetcar Named Desire
  2. 1978: Best Leading Actress in a Play – The Gin Game
  3. 1983: Best Leading Actress in a Play – Foxfire

Jeremy Irons

English actor and activist 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 qualifying awards.

  1. 1991: Best Actor in a Leading Role – Reversal of Fortune
  1. 1997: Outstanding Voice-Over Performance – The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
  2. 2006: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie – Elizabeth I
  1. 1984: Best Leading Actor in a Play – The Real Thing

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 awards.

  1. 1963: Best Actress in a Leading Role – The Miracle Worker
  1. 1999: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Deep in My Heart
  1. 1958: Best Featured Actress in a Play – Two for the Seesaw
  2. 1960: Best Leading Actress in a Play – The Miracle Worker

Vanessa Redgrave

English actress and activist 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 TC qualifying awards.

  1. 1978: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Julia
  1. 1981: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special – Playing for Time
  2. 2000: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – If These Walls Could Talk 2
  1. 2003: Best Leading Actress in a Play – Long Day's Journey into Night

Maggie Smith

English actress Maggie Smith (1934–2024) completed the triple crown in 2003. She was a 9-time Emmy (4), 6-time Oscar (2), and 3-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of 18 TC nominations. Smith was the first and only Triple Crown winner to win seven TC qualifying awards.

  1. 1970: Best Actress in a Leading Role – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
  2. 1979: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – California Suite
  1. 2003: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – My House in Umbria
  2. 2011: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Downton Abbey
  3. 2012: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – Downton Abbey
  4. 2016: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – Downton Abbey
  1. 1990: Best Leading Actress in a Play – Lettice and Lovage

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 TC qualifying awards.

  1. 1993: Best Actor in a Leading Role – Scent of a Woman
  1. 2004: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie – Angels in America
  2. 2011: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie – You Don't Know Jack
  1. 1969: Best Featured Actor in a Play – Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?
  2. 1977: Best Leading Actor in a Play – The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel

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 TC qualifying awards.

  1. 1997: Best Actor in a Leading Role – Shine
  1. 2005: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie – The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
  1. 2009: Best Leading 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 TC qualifying awards.

  1. 1975: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
  1. 2009: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series –
  2. 2013: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Political Animals
  1. 1975: Best Leading Actress in a Play – Same Time, Next Year

Christopher Plummer

Canadian actor Christopher Plummer (1929–2021) completed the triple crown in 2012. 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. With his Oscar win in 2012, Plummer became the oldest person to complete the Triple Crown at the age of 82.

  1. 2012: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Beginners
  1. 1977: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series – The Moneychangers
  2. 1994: Outstanding Voice-Over Performance – Madeline
  1. 1974: Best Leading Actor in a Musical – Cyrano
  2. 1997: Best Leading Actor in a Play – Barrymore

Helen Mirren

English actor 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 TC qualifying awards.

  1. 2007: Best Actress in a Leading Role – The Queen
  1. 1996: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special – Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness
  2. 1999: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – The Passion of Ayn Rand
  3. 2006: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Elizabeth I
  4. 2007: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Prime Suspect: The Final Act
  1. 2015: Best Leading Actress in a Play – The Audience

Frances McDormand

American actress and producer 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 TC qualifying awards.

  1. 1997: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Fargo
  2. 2018: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  3. 2021: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Nomadland
  1. 2015: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie – Olive Kitteridge
  1. 2011: Best Leading Actress in a Play – Good People

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 2-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of 18 TC nominations. Lange has won six TC qualifying awards.

  1. 1983: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Tootsie
  2. 1995: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Blue Sky
  1. 2009: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Grey Gardens
  2. 2012: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie –
  3. 2014: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie –
  1. 2016: Best Leading Actress in a Play – Long Day's Journey into Night

Viola Davis

American actress and producer Viola Davis (born 1965) completed the triple crown in 2017.[17] She is the youngest person and the first African American to achieve the triple crown.[17] [18] 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 TC qualifying awards. Davis is also one of only three Triple Crown winners who have also achieved EGOT status.

  1. 2017: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Fences
  1. 2015: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series – How to Get Away with Murder
  1. 2001: Best Featured Actress in a Play – King Hedley II
  2. 2010: Best Leading Actress in a Play – Fences

Glenda Jackson

English actress and former Member of Parliament (MP) Glenda Jackson (1936–2023) completed the triple crown in 2018. She was a 5-time Tony (1), 5-time Emmy (3), and 4-time Oscar (2) nominee, for a total of 14 TC nominations. Jackson won six awards. Her forty-eight-year completion is the longest of any triple crown recipient.

  1. 1971: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Women in Love
  2. 1974: Best Actress in a Leading Role – A Touch of Class
  1. 1972: Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Elizabeth R
  2. 1972: Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series – Elizabeth R
  1. 2020: Best Performance by an Actress – Elizabeth Is Missing
  1. 2018: Best Leading Actress in a Play – Three Tall Women

Two competitive awards

The following people have each won two out of the three major entertainment awards that honor acting in competitive categories.[19]

Missing an Academy Award (Oscar)

  1. Jane Alexander◊
  2. Mary Alice†
  3. Judith Anderson†, ◊
  4. Bea Arthur†
  5. Christine Baranski
  6. Ellen Barkin
  7. Gertrude Berg†
  8. Philip Bosco †
  9. Pamela Brown†
  10. David Burns†
  11. Stockard Channing◊
  12. Kristin Chenoweth
  13. Glenn Close◊
  14. Jodie Comer
  15. James Corden
  16. Bryan Cranston◊
  17. Hume Cronyn†, ◊
  18. Billy Crudup
  19. Alan Cumming
  20. Tyne Daly
  21. Blythe Danner
  22. André De Shields
  23. Colleen Dewhurst†
  24. Stephen Dillane
  25. Nanette Fabray†
  26. Laurence Fishburne◊
  27. Ed Flanders†
  28. Helen Gallagher †
  29. Vincent Gardenia†, ◊
  30. George Grizzard†
  31. Julie Harris†, ◊
  32. Neil Patrick Harris
  33. Rosemary Harris◊
  34. Sean Hayes
  35. George Hearn
  36. Edward Herrmann†
  37. Gregory Hines †
  38. Judd Hirsch◊
  39. Hal Holbrook †, ◊
  40. Ken Howard†
  41. Barnard Hughes†
  42. Hugh Jackman◊
  43. Derek Jacobi
  44. Michael Jeter†
  45. Cherry Jones
  46. James Earl Jones†, ◊, NCA
  47. Madeline Kahn †, ◊
  48. Shirley Knight†, ◊
  49. Richard Kiley†
  50. Swoosie Kurtz
  51. Nathan Lane
  52. Anthony LaPaglia
  53. John Larroquette
  54. Ron Leibman†
  55. Margaret Leighton†, ◊
  56. Judith Light
  57. John Lithgow◊
  58. Cleavon Little†
  59. Alfred Lunt†, ◊
  60. Mary Martin†
  61. Roddy McDowall†
  62. Laurie Metcalf◊
  63. Bette Midler◊
  64. Debra Monk
  65. Michael Moriarty
  66. Robert Morse†
  67. Donna Murphy
  68. Bebe Neuwirth
  69. Cynthia Nixon
  70. Mary-Louise Parker
  71. Mandy Patinkin
  72. Sarah Paulson
  73. David Hyde Pierce
  74. Amanda Plummer
  75. Billy Porter
  76. Diana Rigg†
  77. Tony Shalhoub
  78. Phil Silvers†
  79. Jeremy Strong
  80. Lily Tomlin◊
  81. Cicely Tyson †, ◊, NCA
  82. Dick Van Dyke
  83. Courtney B. Vance
  84. Eli Wallach †, NCA
  85. Jeffrey Wright◊

Missing an Emmy Award

  1. Alan Arkin†,◊
  2. Martin Balsam†,◊
  3. Ed Begley†,◊
  4. Yul Brynner†
  5. Judi Dench◊
  6. Sandy Dennis†
  7. José Ferrer†,◊
  8. Henry Fonda†,◊
  9. Joel Grey◊
  10. Alec Guinness†◊
  11. Marcia Gay Harden◊
  12. Rex Harrison†
  13. Audrey Hepburn†
  14. Judy Holliday†
  15. Lila Kedrova†
  16. Kevin Kline◊
  17. Vivien Leigh†
  18. Fredric March†,◊
  19. Walter Matthau†,◊
  20. Liza Minnelli
  21. Paul Muni†,◊
  22. Patricia Neal†,◊
  23. Eddie Redmayne
  24. Anne Revere†
  25. Mercedes Ruehl
  26. Mark Rylance◊
  27. Kevin Spacey◊
  28. Beatrice Straight†,◊
  29. Jo Van Fleet†
  30. Denzel Washington
  31. Catherine Zeta-Jones◊

Missing a Tony Award

  1. Julie Andrews◊
  2. Patricia Arquette
  3. Kathy Bates◊
  4. Halle Berry
  5. Marlon Brando†
  6. Jim Broadbent
  7. Art Carney†,◊
  8. Olivia Colman
  9. Jamie Lee Curtis
  10. Bette Davis†
  11. Laura Dern
  12. Michael Douglas
  13. Patty Duke†
  14. Faye Dunaway
  15. Robert Duvall
  16. Sally Field◊
  17. Jane Fonda◊
  18. Jodie Foster
  19. John Gielgud †,◊,NCA
  20. Ruth Gordon†,◊
  21. Louis Gossett Jr.†
  22. Lee Grant
  23. Anne Hathaway
  24. Eileen Heckart†,◊,NCA
  25. Katharine Hepburn†,◊
  26. Dustin Hoffman◊
  27. William Holden†
  28. Anthony Hopkins
  29. Helen Hunt
  30. Holly Hunter
  31. Allison Janney◊
  32. Nicole Kidman
  33. Regina King
  34. Cloris Leachman†
  35. Tommy Lee Jones
  36. Melissa Leo
  37. Jack Lemmon†,◊
  38. Karl Malden†
  39. Rami Malek
  40. Julianne Moore
  41. Paul Newman†,◊
  42. Lupita Nyong'o,◊
  43. Laurence Olivier†,◊
  44. Geraldine Page†,◊
  45. Jack Palance†
  46. Gwyneth Paltrow
  47. Cliff Robertson†
  48. Eva Marie Saint
  49. George C. Scott†,◊
  50. Simone Signoret†
  51. Meryl Streep◊
  52. Emma Thompson
  53. Claire Trevor†
  54. Peter Ustinov†,◊
  55. Dianne Wiest
  56. Robin Williams†
  57. Kate Winslet
  58. Shelley Winters†
  59. Joanne Woodward
  60. Loretta Young†

Notes

Won an Emmy in a non-acting category.
Nominated for an Emmy in a non-acting category.
Won a Daytime Emmy.
Won an International Emmy.
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:

  1. Alan Alda
  2. Jane Alexander
  3. Joan Allen
  4. Judith Anderson†
  5. Julie Andrews
  6. Alan Arkin†
  7. Lauren Bacall†
  8. Alec Baldwin
  9. Martin Balsam†
  10. Antonio BanderasN/A
  11. Barbara BarrieN/A
  12. Kathy Bates
  13. Ed Begley†
  14. Ralph Bellamy†
  15. Annette BeningN/A
  16. Cate Blanchett
  17. Joan Blondell†,N/A
  18. Charles Boyer†,N/A
  19. Richard Burton†
  20. Diahann Carroll†
  21. Art Carney†
  22. Stockard Channing
  23. Jessica Chastain
  24. Don Cheadle
  25. Patricia Clarkson
  26. Glenn Close
  27. James Coco†
  28. Claudette Colbert†
  29. Toni Collette
  30. Chris Cooper
  31. Gladys Cooper†,N/A
  32. Tom CourtenayN/A
  33. Bryan Cranston
  34. Hume Cronyn†
  35. Judi Dench
  36. Colman Domingo
  37. Adam DriverN/A
  38. Charles Durning†
  39. Cynthia Erivo
  40. José Ferrer†
  41. Sally Field
  42. Ralph Fiennes
  43. Albert Finney†
  44. Laurence Fishburne
  45. Henry Fonda†
  46. Jane Fonda
  47. Morgan Freeman
  48. Vincent Gardenia†
  49. Andrew Garfield
  50. John Gielgud†
  51. Jack Gilford†
  52. Jackie Gleason†
  53. Ruth Gordon†
  54. Joel Grey
  55. Alec Guinness†
  56. Tom Hanks
  57. Marcia Gay Harden
  58. Ed HarrisN/A
  59. Julie Harris†
  60. Rosemary Harris
  61. Eileen Heckart†
  62. Brian Tyree HenryN/A
  63. Katharine Hepburn†
  64. Judd Hirsch
  65. Dustin Hoffman
  66. Philip Seymour Hoffman†
  67. Hal Holbrook†
  68. Ian Holm†
  69. Tom Hulce
  70. William Hurt†
  71. Hugh Jackman
  72. Allison Janney
  73. James Earl Jones†
  74. Madeline Kahn†
  75. Diane Keaton
  76. Anna KendrickN/A
  77. Kevin Kline
  78. Shirley Knight†
  79. Angela Lansbury†
  80. Eva Le Gallienne†
  81. Margaret Leighton†
  82. Jack Lemmon†
  83. Laura Linney
  84. John Lithgow
  85. Alfred Lunt†
  86. Walter Matthau†
  87. Ian McKellen
  88. Janet McTeer
  89. Laurie Metcalf
  90. Bette Midler
  91. Paul Muni†
  92. Mildred Natwick†
  93. Patricia Neal†
  94. Ruth NeggaN/A
  95. Kate NelliganN/A
  96. Paul Newman†
  97. Lupita Nyong'o
  98. Leslie Odom Jr.
  99. Sophie Okonedo
  100. Laurence Olivier†
  101. Geraldine Page†
  102. Joan Plowright
  103. Sidney Poitier†
  104. Jonathan Pryce
  105. Anthony Quayle†
  106. Anthony Quinn†
  107. Da'Vine Joy Randolph
  108. Stephen ReaN/A
  109. Lynn Redgrave†,N/A
  110. Lee Remick†,N/A
  111. Debbie Reynolds†,N/A
  112. Beah Richards†
  113. Thelma Ritter†
  114. Sam Rockwell
  115. Mickey Rooney†
  116. Mark Ruffalo
  117. Mark Rylance
  118. George C. Scott†
  119. Michael ShannonN/A
  120. Gary Sinise
  121. Kevin Spacey
  122. Kim Stanley†
  123. Beatrice Straight†
  124. Meryl Streep
  125. Lily Tomlin
  126. Rip Torn†
  127. Cicely Tyson†
  128. Stanley Tucci
  129. Peter Ustinov†
  130. Christopher Walken
  131. Sam WaterstonN/A
  132. Sigourney WeaverN/A
  133. James Whitmore†
  134. Michelle Williams
  135. Mare Winningham
  136. Jeffrey Wright
  137. Catherine Zeta Jones

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

See main article: Triple Crown (UK entertainment). The British entertainment industry has a Triple Crown of its own, consisting of the BAFTA Film Award, the BAFTA Television Award, and the Laurence Olivier Award, for film, television, and theatre respectively. Eight actors have completed the British Triple Crown: Judi Dench, Virginia McKenna, Peggy Ashcroft, Nigel Hawthorne, Julie Walters, Albert Finney, Helen Mirren, and Mark Rylance. Only Mirren has completed both the American and British Triple Crowns.

Other actors have won all of the awards, but not in competitive acting categories. 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. There had been confusion about whether or not Ashcroft qualifies for the British Triple Crown in competitive categories because her winning the Actress of the Year in a New Play Olivier Award for Old World in the inaugural year of the Olivier Awards in 1976 had been overlooked.

Other winners include actors Alan Bennett and Kenneth Branagh, but some of their awards weren't in acting categories.

Summary

ActorCompletedYears to
complete		BAFTA FilmBAFTA TVOlivierTotal
wins
Judi Dench19771219661968197717
Virginia McKenna1979241957195519793
Peggy Ashcroft1986101986198119764
Nigel Hawthorne1996141996198119927
Julie Walters2002181984200220017
Albert Finney2003431961200319863
Helen Mirren2013212007199220135[20]
Mark Rylance2015212016200619945

Judi Dench

English 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.

  1. 1966: Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles – Four in the Morning
  2. 1987: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – A Room with a View
  3. 1989: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – A Handful of Dust
  4. 1998: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Mrs Brown
  5. 1999: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Shakespeare in Love
  6. 2002: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Iris
  1. 1968: Best Actress – Talking to a Stranger
  2. 1982: Best Actress – Going Gently, A Fine Romance (Series 1), and The Cherry Orchard
  3. 1985: Best Light Entertainment Performance – A Fine Romance (Series 4)
  4. 2001: Best Actress – The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
  1. 1977: Actress of the Year in a Revival – Macbeth
  2. 1980: Actress of the Year in a Revival – Juno and the Paycock
  3. 1983: Actress of the Year in a New Play – Pack of Lies
  4. 1987: Best Actress – Antony and Cleopatra
  5. 1996: Best Actress – Absolute Hell
  6. 1996: Best Actress in a Musical – A Little Night Music
  7. 2016: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – The Winter's Tale

Virginia McKenna

British stage and screen actress, author, animal rights activist, and wildlife campaigner Virginia McKenna (born 1931) completed the triple crown in 1979. McKenna has won three awards.

  1. 1957: Best British Actress – A Town Like Alice
  1. 1955: Best Actress
  1. 1979: Best Actress in a Musical – The King and I

Peggy Ashcroft

English actress Peggy Ashcroft (1907–1991) completed the triple crown in 1986. She won one competitive Olivier Award, two BAFTA TV Awards and one BAFTA Film Award. Ashcroft won four awards over a period of ten years.

  1. 1986: Best Actress in a Leading Role – A Passage to India
  1. 1981: Best Actress – Cream in My Coffee and Caught on a Train
  2. 1985: Best Actress – The Jewel in the Crown
  1. 1976: Actress of the Year in a New Play – Old World

Nigel Hawthorne

English 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.

  1. 1996: Best Actor in a Leading Role – The Madness of King George
  1. 1982: Best Light Entertainment Performance – Yes Minister
  2. 1983: Best Light Entertainment Performance – Yes Minister
  3. 1987: Best Light Entertainment Performance – Yes, Prime Minister
  4. 1997: Best Actor – The Fragile Heart
  1. 1977: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Privates on Parade
  2. 1992: Best Actor – The Madness of George III

Julie Walters

English 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.

  1. 1984: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Educating Rita
  2. 2001: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Billy Elliot
  1. 2002: Best Actress – My Beautiful Son
  2. 2003: Best Actress – Murder
  3. 2004: Best Actress – The Canterbury Tales
  4. 2010: Best Actress – Mo
  1. 2001: Best Actress – All My Sons

Albert Finney

English 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.

  1. 1961: Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles – Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
  1. 2003: Best Actor – The Gathering Storm
  1. 1986: Best Actor – Orphans

Helen Mirren

English actor 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.

  1. 2007: Best Actress in a Leading Role – The Queen
  1. 1991: Best Actress – Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness
  2. 1992: Best Actress – Prime Suspect 2
  3. 1993: Best Actress – Prime Suspect 3
  1. 2013: Best Actress – The Audience

Mark Rylance

British actor, playwright and theatre director 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.

  1. 2016: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Bridge of Spies
  1. 2006: Best Actor – The Government Inspector
  2. 2016: Best Leading Actor – Wolf Hall
  1. 1994: Best Actor – Much Ado About Nothing
  2. 2010: Best Actor – Jerusalem

See also

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