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1 Summary  




2 Triple Crown winners  


2.1  Helen Hayes  




2.2  Thomas Mitchell  




2.3  Ingrid Bergman  




2.4  Shirley Booth  




2.5  Melvyn Douglas  




2.6  Paul Scofield  




2.7  Jack Albertson  




2.8  Rita Moreno  




2.9  Maureen Stapleton  




2.10  Jason Robards  




2.11  Jessica Tandy  




2.12  Jeremy Irons  




2.13  Anne Bancroft  




2.14  Vanessa Redgrave  




2.15  Maggie Smith  




2.16  Al Pacino  




2.17  Geoffrey Rush  




2.18  Ellen Burstyn  




2.19  Christopher Plummer  




2.20  Helen Mirren  




2.21  Frances McDormand  




2.22  Jessica Lange  




2.23  Viola Davis  




2.24  Glenda Jackson  






3 Two competitive awards  


3.1  Missing an Academy Award (Oscar)  




3.2  Missing an Emmy Award  




3.3  Missing a Tony Award  




3.4  Notes  






4 Three nominations  


4.1  Notes  






5 British Triple Crown  


5.1  Summary  




5.2  Judi Dench  




5.3  Virginia McKenna  




5.4  Peggy Ashcroft  




5.5  Nigel Hawthorne  




5.6  Julie Walters  




5.7  Albert Finney  




5.8  Helen Mirren  




5.9  Mark Rylance  






6 See also  




7 References  













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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 is related to other competitive areas, such as the Triple Crown of horse racing.

Only 24 people, 15 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, Maggie Smith, 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.[citation needed] 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[edit]

Actor Completed Years to
complete 		Oscar Emmy Tony Total
wins 		Ref.
Helen Hayes 1953 21 1932 1953 1947 5
Thomas Mitchell 1953 13 1940 1953 1953 3 [2]
Ingrid Bergman 1960 15 1945 1960 1947 6
Shirley Booth 1962 13 1953 1962 1949 6
Melvyn Douglas 1968 8 1964 1968 1960 4
Paul Scofield 1969 7 1967 1969 1962 3
Jack Albertson 1975 10 1969 1975 1965 4
Rita Moreno 1977 15 1962 1977 1975 4
Maureen Stapleton 1981 31 1982 1968 1951 4
Jason Robards 1988 29 1977 1988 1959 4
Jessica Tandy 1989 42 1990 1988 1948 5 [3]
Jeremy Irons 1997 13 1991 1997 1984 4 [4]
Anne Bancroft 1999 41 1963 1999 1958 4 [5]
Vanessa Redgrave 2003 25 1978 1981 2003 4 [6]
Maggie Smith 2003 33 1970 2003 1990 7 [7]
Al Pacino 2004 35 1993 2004 1969 5 [8]
Geoffrey Rush 2009 12 1997 2005 2009 3 [9]
Ellen Burstyn 2009 34 1975 2009 1975 4 [10]
Christopher Plummer 2011 38 2012 1977 1974 5 [11]
Helen Mirren 2015 19 2007 1996 2015 6 [12]
Frances McDormand 2015 18 1997 2015 2011 5 [13]
Jessica Lange 2016 33 1983 2009 2016 6 [14]
Viola Davis 2017 16 2017 2015 2001 4 [15]
Glenda Jackson 2018 47 1971 1972 2018 6 [16]

Triple Crown winners[edit]

Years given are the years of the respective ceremonies. Performers are listed in order of completing the Triple Crown.

Helen Hayes[edit]

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
  1. 1953: Best Actress
  1. 1947: Best Actress in a Play – Happy Birthday
  2. 1958: Best Leading Actress in a Play – Time Remembered

Thomas Mitchell[edit]

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[edit]

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 (Episode: "The Turn of the Screw")
  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[edit]

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[edit]

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 (Episode: "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night")
  1. 1960: Best Leading Actor in a Play – The Best Man

Paul Scofield[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 (Episode: "Rita Moreno")
  2. 1978: Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Comedy or Drama Series – The Rockford Files (Episode: "The Paper Palace")
  1. 1975: Best Featured Actress in a Play – The Ritz

Maureen Stapleton[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Note: Irons has an additional Emmy win in a non-acting category, winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narratorin2014 for Game of Lions.

Anne Bancroft[edit]

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

Note: Bancroft won an additional Emmy in 1970 in the category Outstanding Variety or Musical Program – Variety and Popular Music, as the star of the special Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man.

Vanessa Redgrave[edit]

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[edit]

English 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 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Swing")
  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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Note: 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: a BAFTA Film Award, a BAFTA Television Award, and a Olivier Award; Also she has an additional Emmy win in a non-acting category, winning the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Hostin2022 for Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses.

Frances McDormand[edit]

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

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[edit]

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 – American Horror Story: Murder House
  3. 2014: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – American Horror Story: Coven
  1. 2016: Best Leading Actress in a Play – Long Day's Journey into Night

Viola Davis[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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)[edit]

  1. Jane Alexander◊
  • Mary Alice†
  • Judith Anderson†,◊
  • Bea Arthur†
  • Christine Baranski
  • Ellen Barkin
  • Gertrude Berg†
  • Philip Bosco3 †
  • Pamela Brown†
  • David Burns†
  • Stockard Channing◊
  • Kristin Chenoweth
  • Glenn Close◊
  • Jodie Comer
  • 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◊
  • Sean Hayes
  • George Hearn
  • Edward Herrmann†
  • Gregory Hines3 †
  • Judd Hirsch◊
  • Hal Holbrook †, ◊
  • Ken Howard†
  • Barnard Hughes†
  • Hugh Jackman◊
  • Derek Jacobi
  • Michael Jeter†
  • Cherry Jones
  • James Earl Jones◊ NCA
  • Madeline Kahn3 †,◊
  • Shirley Knight†,◊
  • Richard Kiley†
  • Swoosie Kurtz
  • Nathan Lane
  • Anthony LaPaglia
  • John Larroquette
  • Ron Leibman†
  • Margaret Leighton†,◊
  • Judith Light
  • John Lithgow◊
  • Cleavon Little†
  • Alfred Lunt†,◊
  • 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
  • Sarah Paulson
  • David Hyde Pierce
  • Amanda Plummer
  • Billy Porter
  • Diana Rigg†
  • Tony Shalhoub
  • Phil Silvers†
  • Jeremy Strong
  • Lily Tomlin◊
  • Cicely Tyson †, ◊, NCA
  • Dick Van Dyke
  • Courtney B. Vance
  • Eli Wallach †, NCA
  • Jeffrey Wright◊

    • Missing an Emmy Award[edit]

    1. Alan Arkin†,◊
  • Martin Balsam†,◊
  • Ed Begley†,◊
  • Yul Brynner†
  • Judi Dench◊
  • Sandy Dennis†
  • José Ferrer†,◊
  • Henry Fonda†,◊
  • Joel Grey◊
  • Alec Guinness†◊
  • Marcia Gay Harden◊
  • 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 a Tony Award[edit]

    1. Julie Andrews◊
  • Patricia Arquette
  • Kathy Bates◊
  • Halle Berry
  • Marlon Brando†
  • Jim Broadbent4
  • 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
  • Eileen Heckart†,◊,NCA
  • 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[edit]

    ^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[edit]

    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
  • Jane Alexander
  • Joan Allen
  • Judith Anderson†
  • Julie Andrews
  • Alan Arkin†
  • Lauren Bacall†
  • Alec Baldwin
  • Martin Balsam†
  • Antonio BanderasN/A
  • Barbara BarrieN/A
  • Kathy Bates
  • Ed Begley†
  • Ralph Bellamy†
  • Annette BeningN/A
  • Cate Blanchett
  • Joan Blondell†,N/A
  • Richard Burton†
  • Diahann Carroll†
  • Art Carney†
  • Stockard Channing
  • Jessica Chastain
  • Don Cheadle
  • 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
  • Colman Domingo
  • 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†
  • Andrew Garfield
  • John Gielgud†
  • Jack Gilford†
  • Jackie Gleason†
  • Ruth Gordon†
  • Joel Grey
  • Alec Guinness†
  • Tom Hanks
  • Marcia Gay Harden
  • Ed HarrisN/A
  • Julie Harris†
  • Rosemary Harris
  • Eileen Heckart†
  • Brian Tyree HenryN/A
  • 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†
  • Diane Keaton
  • Anna KendrickN/A
  • Kevin Kline
  • Shirley Knight†
  • Angela Lansbury†
  • Eva Le Gallienne†
  • Margaret Leighton†
  • Jack Lemmon†
  • Laura Linney
  • John Lithgow
  • Alfred Lunt†
  • Walter Matthau†
  • Ian McKellen
  • Janet McTeer
  • Laurie Metcalf
  • Bette Midler
  • Paul Muni†
  • Mildred Natwick†
  • Patricia Neal†
  • Ruth NeggaN/A
  • 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†
  • Sam Rockwell
  • Mickey Rooney†
  • Mark Ruffalo
  • Mark Rylance
  • George C. Scott†
  • Michael ShannonN/A
  • 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
  • Jeffrey Wright

    • Notes[edit]

    † – 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[edit]

    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. 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[edit]

    Actor Completed Years to
    complete         		BAFTA Film BAFTA TV Olivier Total
    wins         		Ref.
    Judi Dench 1977 12 1966 1968 1977 17
    Virginia McKenna 1979 24 1957 1955 1979 3
    Peggy Ashcroft 1986 10 1986 1981 1976 4
    Nigel Hawthorne 1996 14 1996 1981 1992 7
    Julie Walters 2002 18 1984 2002 2001 7
    Albert Finney 2003 43 1961 2003 1986 3
    Helen Mirren 2013 21 2007 1992 2013 5 [20]
    Mark Rylance 2015 21 2016 2006 1994 5

    Judi Dench[edit]

    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

    Note: 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 for Best Supporting Actressin1999 for Shakespeare in Love and a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Playin1999 for Amy's View, but has yet to win an Emmy Award (after three nominations) to complete the American triple crown.

    Virginia McKenna[edit]

    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[edit]

    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

    Note: Ashcroft won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actressin1985 for A Passage to India (a year before winning the BAFTA Film Award).

    Nigel Hawthorne[edit]

    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

    Note: Hawthorne has also been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actorin1995 for The Madness of King George and won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Playin1991 for Shadowlands, but he never won or was nominated for an Emmy Award.

    Julie Walters[edit]

    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

    Note: Walters has also received an honorary BAFTA in 2003 and the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award in 2014. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actressin1984 for Educating Rita and a second nomination for Best Supporting Actressin2001 for Billy Elliot. She is the recipient of two International Emmy Awards for Best Performance by an Actress.

    Albert Finney[edit]

    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

    Note: Finney has also won an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Moviein2003 for The Gathering Storm and won two Tony Awards, but never won an Academy Award (after 5 nominations) to complete the American triple crown.

    Helen Mirren[edit]

    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

    Note: Mirren is the only person to have also won the American Triple Crown of Acting by being awarded the three equivalent honors in the American entertainment industry: an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award.

    Mark Rylance[edit]

    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

    Note: Rylance has also won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actorin2016 for Bridge of Spies and won three Tony Awards, but has yet to win an Emmy Award (after one nomination) to complete the American triple crown.

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