Triple Crown (UK entertainment)

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The Triple Crown [1] or the Grand Slam [2] are terms used in the entertainment industry to describe individuals who have won the three highest accolades recognised in British film, television, and theatre: a British Academy Film Award, a British Academy Television Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award respectively.

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Summary

ActorCompletedYears to
complete		BAFTA FilmBAFTA TVOlivierTotal competitive
wins		Total WinsCategoryRef.
Judi Dench 19771219661968197717 [a] 19Acting [3]
Virginia McKenna 19792419571955197933Acting [4]
Peggy Ashcroft 1986101986198119764 [b] 5Acting [5]
Nigel Hawthorne 19961419961981199288Acting
Alan Bennett 19962919961967199089Writing / producing / acting
Julie Walters 20021819842002200179Acting
Albert Finney 20034319612003198634Acting
Kenneth Branagh 2009271990200919825 [c] 7Acting / directing / producing [6]
Helen Mirren 2013212007199220135 [d] 6Acting [7]
Mark Rylance 20162120162006199455Acting
Stephen Daldry 20222920012022199355Directing / producing

Non-competitive Triple Crown recipients

Actor1st Award2nd Award3rd AwardYear span
Alec Guinness 1958BAFTA Film1980BAFTA TV1988The Society Special Olivier30
Anthony Hopkins 1973BAFTA TV1985Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement1992BAFTA Film19
Vanessa Redgrave 1966BAFTA TV1984Olivier2010BAFTA Fellowship for Film contributions44
Maggie Smith 1970BAFTA Film1996BAFTA Academy Fellowship2010The Society Special Olivier41

Triple Crown winners

Judi Dench

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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 nineteen 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. 2001: BAFTA Fellowship (non-competitive)
  7. 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. 2004: Society of London Theatre Special Award (non-competitive)
  8. 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 seven 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 a Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1999 for Shakespeare in Love and a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Play in 1999 for Amy's View . She has also been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards (short of completing the American triple crown).

Virginia McKenna

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British stage and screen actress, author, animal rights activist, and wildlife campaigner Virginia McKenna (born 1931) completed the triple crown in 1979. She is a 2-time BAFTA Film (1), 2-time BAFTA TV (1) and 1-time Olivier Award (1) nominee, with a total of 5 TC nominations. 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

Note: McKenna has never been nominated for an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, or an Tony Award to compete for the American triple crown.

Peggy Ashcroft

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English actress Peggy Ashcroft (1907–1991) completed the triple crown in 1986. She is a 4-time BAFTA Film (1), 5-time BAFTA TV (2) and 1-time Olivier (1) nominee, with a total of 10 TC nominations. Ashcroft has a total of five awards.

  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
  2. 1991: Society of London Theatre Special Award (non-competitive)

Note: Ashcroft won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1985 for A Passage to India (a year before winning the BAFTA Film Award). She was also nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, but never nominated for a Tony Award to complete the American triple crown.

Nigel Hawthorne

English actor Nigel Hawthorne (1929–2001) completed the triple crown in 1996. He is a 5-time BAFTA TV (5), 1-time BAFTA Film (1), and 5-time Olivier (2) nominee, for a total of 11 TC nominations. Hawthorne has won eight 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. 1988: Best Light Entertainment Performance - Yes, Prime Minister
  5. 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 had also been nominated for a Academy Award for Best Actor in 1995 for The Madness of King George and won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play in 1991 for Shadowlands , but never been nominated for any Emmy Award to complete the American triple crown.

Alan Bennett

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English playwright, author, actor, and screenwriter Alan Bennett (born 1934) completed the triple crown in 1996. He is a 4-time BAFTA Film (1), 10-time BAFTA TV (3), and 6-time Olivier (4) nominee, for a total of 20 TC nominations. Bennett has won nine awards.

  1. 1996: Outstanding British Film – The Madness of King George
  1. 1967: Best Light Entertainment Performance
  2. 1968: Best Light Entertainment Performance
  3. 1992: Best Single Drama – Screen Two: A Question of Attribution
  1. 1990: Comedy of the Year – Single Spies
  2. 1992: Best Entertainment – Talking Heads
  3. 1992: Best Actor in a Musical – Talking Heads
  4. 2005: Best New Play – The History Boys
  5. 2005: Society of London Theatre Special Award (non-competitive)

Note: Bennett has also been nominated for a Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1995 for The Madness of King George and won a Tony Award for Best Play in 2006 for The History Boys. He was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Performance in 1963 for Beyond the Fringe , but he has never been nominated for any Emmy Award to complete the EGOT.

Julie Walters

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English actress Julie Walters (born 1950) completed the triple crown in 2002. She is a 9-time BAFTA TV (4), 6-time BAFTA Film (2), and 4-time Olivier (1) nominee, for a total of 19 TC nominations. Walters has won nine awards.

  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. 2003: Special Award (Non-competitive)
  4. 2004: Best Actress – The Canterbury Tales
  5. 2010: Best Actress – Mo
  6. BAFTA Fellowship (non-competitve)
  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 a Academy Award for Best Actress in 1984 for Educating Rita and a second nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 2001 for Billy Elliot. She is the recipient of two International Emmy Awards for Best Performance by an Actress, but she has never been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.

Albert Finney

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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 four awards.

  1. 1961: Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles – Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
  2. 2001: BAFTA Fellowship (non-competitive)
  1. 2003: Best Actor – The Gathering Storm
  1. 1986: Best Actor – Orphans

Note: Finney also won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie in 2003 for The Gathering Storm and won two Tony Awards, but never won an Academy Award (after 5 nominations) to complete the American triple crown.

Kenneth Branagh

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British actor and filmmaker Kenneth Branagh (born 1960) completed the triple crown in 2009. He's a 6-time BAFTA Film (2), 5-time BAFTA TV (2), and 6-time Olivier (1) nominee, for a total of 17 TC nominations. Branagh has won seven awards.

  1. 1990: Best Direction – Henry V
  2. 1994: Michael Balcon Award (non-competitive)
  3. 2022: Outstanding British Film – Belfast
  1. 2009: Best Drama Series – Wallander
  2. 2010: Best Leading Actor – Wallander
  1. 1982: Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre – Another Country
  2. 2017: Society of London Theatre Award (non-competitive)

Note: Branagh also won a Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2022 for Belfast and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie in 2001 for Conspiracy and a International Emmy Award for Best Actor in 2017 for Wallander. He was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album in 1995 for Hamlet , but he has never been nominated for a Tony Award, to complete the American triple crown (for not winning a Academy Award for acting) or the EGOT.

Helen Mirren

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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 six awards.

  1. 2007: Best Actress in a Leading Role – The Queen
  2. 2014: BAFTA Fellowship (non-competitive)
  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: winning a Academy Award, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.

Mark Rylance

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British actor, playwright and theatre director Mark Rylance (born 1960) completed the triple crown in 2016. 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 Actor in 2016 for Bridge of Spies and won three Tony Awards. He has been nominated for one Primetime Emmy Award (short of completing the American triple crown).

Stephen Daldry

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English director and producer Stephen Daldry (born 1960) completed the triple crown in 2022. He won one competitive BAFTA Film Award, one BAFTA TV Award, and three Olivier Awards, for a total of 15 TC nominations. Daldry has won five awards.

  1. 2001: Outstanding British Film – Billy Elliot
  1. 2022: Best Single Drama – Together
  1. 1993: Best Director of a Play – An Inspector Calls
  2. 1994: Best Director of a Play – Machinal
  3. 2019: Best Director – The Inheritance

Note: Daldry has also won two Primetime Emmy Awards for The Crown and won three Tony Awards. He has also been nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Director.

Non-competitive Triple Crown

Four additional artists have received all three awards, though one was bestowed for an honorary or similar non-competitive distinction: Alec Guinness has no competitive Olivier Award, Anthony Hopkins has no competitive Olivier Award, Vanessa Redgrave has no competitive BAFTA Film Award, and Maggie Smith has no competitive BAFTA TV Award or Olivier Award.

Alec Guinness

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English actor Alec Guinness (1914–2000) completed the triple crown in 1988. He is a 3-time BAFTA Film (1), 3-time BAFTA TV (2) and 2-time Olivier Award nominee (0), for a total of 8 TC nominations. Guinness has won five awards.

  1. 1958: Best British Actor – The Bridge on the River Kwai
  2. 1989: BAFTA Fellowship Award (non-competitive)
  1. 1980: Best Actor – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  2. 1983: Best Actor – Smiley's People
  1. 1988: Society of London Theatre Special Award (non-competitive)

Note: Guinness also won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1958 for The Bridge on the River Kwai and the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play in 1964 for Dylan . He was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Grammy Awards (short of completing the American triple crown and the EGOT). He was also nominated for two competitive Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year for The Old Country in 1977 and for A Walk in the Woods in 1988.

Anthony Hopkins

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Welsh actor, director, and producer Anthony Hopkins (born 1937) completed the triple crown in 1992. He is a 7-time BAFTA Film (3), 2-time BAFTA TV (1) and 1-time Olivier Award (0) nominee, for a total of 10 TC nominations. Hopkins has won six awards.

  1. 1992: Best Actor in a Leading Role – The Silence of the Lambs
  2. 1994: Best Actor in a Leading Role – The Remains of the Day
  3. 2008: BAFTA Fellowship Award (non-competitive)
  4. 2021: Best Actor in a Leading Role – The Father
  1. 1973: Best Actor – War & Peace
  1. 1985: The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement – Pravda (non-competitive)

Note: Hopkins has also won two Academy Awards for Best Actor and won two Primetime Emmy Awards, but he has never been nominated for a Tony Award, to complete the American triple crown. He was also nominated for a competitive Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year for Pravda in 1985.

Vanessa Redgrave

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English actress and activist Vanessa Redgrave (born 1937) completed the triple crown in 2010. She is a 2-time BAFTA Film (0), 2-time BAFTA TV (1) and 4-time Olivier Award nominee, with a total of 8 TC nominations. Redgrave has won three awards.

  1. 2010: BAFTA Fellowship Award (non-competitive)
  1. 1966: Best Actress
  1. 1984: Actress of the Year in a Revival – The Aspern Papers

Note: Redgrave has also won the American Triple Crown of Acting by being awarded the three equivalent honors in the American entertainment industry: winning a Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. She was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children in 2002 for Oscar Wilde: The Selfish Giant & The Nightingale and the Rose (short of completing the EGOT).

Maggie Smith

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English actress Maggie Smith (1934–2024) completed the triple crown in 2010. She is a 13-time BAFTA Film (5), 5-time BAFTA TV (0) and 6-time Olivier Award nominee (0), with a total of 24 TC nominations. Smith has won eight awards.

  1. 1970: Best Actress in a Leading Role – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
  2. 1985: Best Actress in a Leading Role – A Private Function
  3. 1987: Best Actress in a Leading Role – A Room with a View
  4. 1989: Best Actress in a Leading Role – The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
  5. 2000: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Tea with Mussolini
  1. 1993: BAFTA Special Award (non-competitive)
  2. 1996: BAFTA Fellowship Award (non-competitive)
  1. 2010: Society of London Theatre Award (non-competitive)

Note: Smith also won the American Triple Crown of Acting by being awarded the three equivalent honors in the American entertainment industry: winning two Academy Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.

Two competitive awards

The following individuals have each won two out of the three major awards in competitive categories:

Missing a BAFTA Film Award

  1. Eileen Atkins ◊
  2. Rowan Atkinson
  3. Simon Russell Beale
  4. David Bradley
  5. Cheryl Campbell
  6. Michaela Coel
  7. Jodie Comer
  8. Benedict Cumberbatch ◊
  9. Monica Dolan
  10. Francis Essex †
  11. Michael Gambon †
  12. Mark Gatiss
  13. David Hare ◊
  14. Derek Jacobi ◊
  15. Toby Jones
  16. Penelope Keith ◊
  17. Dennis Kelly ◊
  18. Stewart Lee
  19. Robert Lindsay
  20. Paul Mescal ◊
  21. Warren Mitchell †
  22. John Napier
  23. Vanessa Redgrave ◊ NCA
  24. Beryl Reid †
  25. Andrew Scott
  26. Fiona Shaw
  27. Ned Sherrin †
  28. Sheridan Smith
  29. Tom Stoppard ◊
  30. Jack Thorne ◊
  31. Margaret Tyzack †
  32. Phoebe Waller-Bridge ◊
  33. Gwen Watford †
  34. Tim Whitnall

Missing a BAFTA Television Award

  1. Jenny Beavan ◊
  2. Dora Bryan †
  3. Tim Chappel
  4. Deirdre Clancy
  5. Noel Clarke
  6. Pauline Collins ◊
  7. Chiwetel Ejiofor
  8. Bob Fosse †
  9. Lizzy Gardiner
  10. John Gielgud נ
  11. Philip Glass
  12. Christopher Hampton
  13. John Hodge
  14. Ian Holm ◊ †
  15. Ayub Khan Din
  16. Martin McDonagh
  17. Anthony Minghella †
  18. Sam Mendes ◊
  19. Eddie Redmayne
  20. Danny Rubin
  21. Kristin Scott Thomas
  22. Kevin Spacey
  23. Imelda Staunton ◊
  24. Rachel Weisz

Missing a Laurence Olivier Award

  1. Robert Altman †
  2. Michael Apted †
  3. Jim Broadbent
  4. Peter Capaldi
  5. John Cleese
  6. Olivia Colman
  7. Steve Coogan
  8. Tom Courtenay ◊
  9. John Crowley
  10. Denholm Elliott †
  11. Edward Fox ◊
  12. Dede Gardner
  13. Hildur Guðnadóttir
  14. Alec Guinness ◊NCA†
  15. Anthony Hopkins ◊ NCA
  16. John Hurt †
  17. Glenda Jackson ◊ †
  18. Celia Johnson †
  19. Jeremy Kleiner
  20. Ken Loach
  21. Ray McAnally ◊
  22. Adam McKay
  23. Vivien Merchant †
  24. Peter Morgan ◊
  25. Bill Nighy ◊
  26. Alan Parker †
  27. Peter Straughan
  28. Emma Thompson
  29. Tracey Ullman
  30. Billie Whitelaw נ
  31. Kate Winslet

Notes

Three nominations

The following individuals have not won all three awards in competitive categories, but have received at least one nomination for each of them:

  1. Joss Ackland N/A†
  2. Eileen Atkins
  3. Alan Bates †
  4. Jenny Beavan
  5. Colin Blakely N/A†
  6. Brenda Blethyn
  7. Pauline Collins
  8. Tom Courtenay
  9. Benedict Cumberbatch
  10. Michael Crawford
  11. Frances de la Tour
  12. Anne-Marie Duff
  13. Jennifer Ehle
  14. Rupert Everett N/A
  15. Frank Finlay †
  16. Edward Fox
  17. Andrew Garfield
  18. John Gielgud †
  19. Alec Guinness †
  20. Tom Hardy
  21. Wendy Hiller N/A†
  22. Ian Holm †
  23. Anthony Hopkins
  24. Michael Hordern †
  25. Bob Hoskins †
  26. Glenda Jackson †
  27. Derek Jacobi
  28. Penelope Keith
  29. Nicole Kidman
  30. Ben Kingsley
  31. Rosemary Leach †
  32. Maureen Lipman
  33. Jack Lowden
  34. Lesley Manville
  35. Ian McKellen
  36. Paul Mescal
  37. Alfred Molina N/A
  38. Peter Morgan
  39. Sam Mendes
  40. Kate Nelligan
  41. Bill Nighy
  42. Laurence Olivier †
  43. Vanessa Redgrave
  44. Miranda Richardson
  45. Paul Scofield †
  46. Lesley Sharp N/A
  47. Michael Sheen N/A
  48. Maggie Smith
  49. Kevin Spacey
  50. Timothy Spall N/A
  51. Imelda Staunton
  52. Juliet Stevenson
  53. David Suchet N/A
  54. Janet Suzman N/A
  55. Frances de la Tour
  56. Dorothy Tutin †
  57. Peter Ustinov N/A†
  58. Phoebe Waller-Bridge
  59. Zoë Wanamaker
  60. Emily Watson
  61. Ben Whishaw
  62. Billie Whitelaw †
  63. Tom Wilkinson †
  64. Lia Williams N/A
  65. Nicol Williamson N/A†

Notes

† – Person is deceased.
N/A – Person has not won any of the three awards (excluding non-competitive awards).

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 19 including the BAFTA Fellowship and Special Olivier Award
  2. ↑ 5 including a Special Olivier Award
  3. ↑ 6 including the Michael Balcon Award and Society of London Theatre Award
  4. ↑ 6 including the BAFTA Fellowship

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