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 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.^{[ 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

• 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	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

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.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1932: Best Actress in a Leading Role – The Sin of Madelon Claudet
2. 1971: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Airport

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1953: Best Actress

• Tony Awards:

1. 1947: Best Actress in a Play – Happy Birthday
2. 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.

• Academy Awards:

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

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1953: Best Actor

• Tony Awards:

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.

• Academy 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

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

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

• Tony Awards:

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.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1953: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Come Back, Little Sheba

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

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

• Tony Awards:

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.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1964: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Hud
2. 1979: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Being There

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

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")

• Tony Awards:

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.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1967: Best Actor in a Leading Role – A Man for All Seasons

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1969: Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Male of the Species

• Tony Awards:

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.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1969: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – The Subject Was Roses

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

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

• Tony Awards:

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.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1962: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – West Side Story

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

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")

• Tony Awards:

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.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1982: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Reds

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1968: Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama – Among the Paths to Eden

• Tony Awards:

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.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1977: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – All the President's Men
2. 1978: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Julia

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1988: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special – Inherit the Wind

• Tony Awards:

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.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1990: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Driving Miss Daisy

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1988: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special – Foxfire

• Tony Awards:

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.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1991: Best Actor in a Leading Role – Reversal of Fortune

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

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

• Tony Awards:

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 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 awards.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1963: Best Actress in a Leading Role – The Miracle Worker

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1999: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Deep in My Heart

• Tony Awards:

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

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.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1978: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Julia

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

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

• Tony Awards:

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.

• Academy 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

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

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

• Tony Awards:

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.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1993: Best Actor in a Leading Role – Scent of a Woman

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

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

• Tony Awards:

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.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1997: Best Actor in a Leading Role – Shine

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 2005: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie – The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

• Tony Awards:

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.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1975: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

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

• Tony Awards:

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.

• Academy Awards:

1. 2012: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Beginners

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 1977: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series – The Moneychangers
2. 1994: Outstanding Voice-Over Performance – Madeline

• Tony Awards:

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.

• Academy Awards:

1. 2007: Best Actress in a Leading Role – The Queen

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

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

• Tony Awards:

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 Host in 2022 for Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses .

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.

• Academy 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

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 2015: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie – Olive Kitteridge

• Tony Awards:

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

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.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1983: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Tootsie
2. 1995: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Blue Sky

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

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

• Tony Awards:

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.

• Academy Awards:

1. 2017: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Fences

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

1. 2015: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series – How to Get Away with Murder

• Tony Awards:

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.

• Academy Awards:

1. 1971: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Women in Love
2. 1974: Best Actress in a Leading Role – A Touch of Class

• Primetime Emmy Awards:

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

• International Emmy Awards:

1. 2020: Best Performance by an Actress – Elizabeth Is Missing

• Tony Awards:

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 ^{3 †}
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 ⁴
25. Nanette Fabray ^†
26. Laurence Fishburne ^◊
27. Ed Flanders ^†
28. Helen Gallagher ^{3 †}
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 ^{3 †}
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 ^{3 †}, ^◊
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 ³
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 ^{† 1}
14. Judy Holliday ^†
15. Lila Kedrova ^†
16. Kevin Kline ^◊
17. Vivien Leigh ^†
18. Fredric March ^†,^◊
19. Walter Matthau ^†,^◊
20. Liza Minnelli ¹
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 ²
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 ⁴
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 ^{5 †},^◊,^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 ³ ,^◊
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

• † – 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:

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 Banderas ^N/A
11. Barbara Barrie ^N/A
12. Kathy Bates
13. Ed Begley ^†
14. Ralph Bellamy ^†
15. Annette Bening ^N/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 Courtenay ^N/A
33. Bryan Cranston
34. Hume Cronyn ^†
35. Judi Dench
36. Colman Domingo
37. Adam Driver ^N/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 Harris ^N/A
59. Julie Harris ^†
60. Rosemary Harris
61. Eileen Heckart ^†
62. Brian Tyree Henry ^N/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 Kendrick ^N/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 Negga ^N/A
95. Kate Nelligan ^N/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 Rea ^N/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 Shannon ^N/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 Waterston ^N/A
132. Sigourney Weaver ^N/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

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

• 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.
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

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.

• British Academy Film 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

• British Academy Television Awards

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

• Laurence Olivier Awards

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 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

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.

• British Academy Film Awards

1. 1957: Best British Actress – A Town Like Alice

• British Academy Television Awards

1. 1955: Best Actress

• Laurence Olivier Awards

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.

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.

• British Academy Film Awards

1. 1986: Best Actress in a Leading Role – A Passage to India

• British Academy Television Awards

1. 1981: Best Actress – Cream in My Coffee and Caught on a Train
2. 1985: Best Actress – The Jewel in the Crown

• Laurence Olivier Awards

1. 1976: Actress of the Year in a New Play – Old World

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 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.

• British Academy Film Awards

1. 1996: Best Actor in a Leading Role – The Madness of King George

• British Academy Television Awards

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

• Laurence Olivier Awards

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.

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.

• British Academy Film Awards

1. 1984: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Educating Rita
2. 2001: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Billy Elliot

• British Academy Television Awards

1. 2002: Best Actress – My Beautiful Son
2. 2003: Best Actress – Murder
3. 2004: Best Actress – The Canterbury Tales
4. 2010: Best Actress – Mo

• Laurence Olivier Awards

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

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.

• British Academy Film Awards

1. 1961: Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles – Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

• British Academy Television Awards

1. 2003: Best Actor – The Gathering Storm

• Laurence Olivier Awards

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 a Academy Award (after 5 nominations) to complete the American triple crown.

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.

• British Academy Film Awards

1. 2007: Best Actress in a Leading Role – The Queen

• British Academy Television Awards

1. 1991: Best Actress – Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness
2. 1992: Best Actress – Prime Suspect 2
3. 1993: Best Actress – Prime Suspect 3

• Laurence Olivier Awards

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

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.

• British Academy Film Awards

1. 2016: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Bridge of Spies

• British Academy Television Awards

1. 2006: Best Actor – The Government Inspector
2. 2016: Best Leading Actor – Wolf Hall

• Laurence Olivier Awards

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).

See also

• Academy Awards
• Emmy Awards
  • Children's and Family Emmy Awards
  • Daytime Emmy Awards
  • International Emmy Awards
  • Primetime Emmy Awards
• Tony Awards
• EGOT
• British Triple Crown

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