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Actors who have won the three main US competitive awards

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. The term "Triple Crown" is used in other competitive areas, such as the Triple Crown of Horse Racing.

Only 24 people, 15 women and 9 men, have achieved the Triple Crown.

Helen Hayes became the first actor to do so with her Emmy Award on February 5, 1953. Less than two months later, Thomas Mitchell became the first man to do so when he received a Tony Award on March 29, 1953. Hayes, Rita Moreno, and Viola Davis are the only Triple Crown winners in competitive acting categories who have also won a Grammy Award to complete the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony).

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

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

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

Summary

  • 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
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
Jeremy Irons 1997 13 1991 1997 1984 4
Anne Bancroft 1999 41 1963 1999 1958 4
Vanessa Redgrave 2003 25 1978 1981 2003 4
Maggie Smith 2003 33 1970 2003 1990 7
Al Pacino 2004 35 1993 2004 1969 5
Geoffrey Rush 2009 12 1997 2005 2009 3
Ellen Burstyn 2009 34 1975 2009 1975 4
Christopher Plummer 2011 38 2012 1977 1974 5
Helen Mirren 2015 19 2007 1996 2015 6
Frances McDormand 2015 18 1997 2015 2011 5
Jessica Lange 2016 33 1983 2009 2016 6
Viola Davis 2017 16 2017 2015 2001 4
Glenda Jackson 2018 47 1971 1972 2018 6

Triple Crown winners

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 Movie – 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 Supporting or 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 Supporting or 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 Supporting or 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 Supporting or 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 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 Supporting or 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 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 Supporting or 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 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. She is the youngest person and the first African American to achieve the triple crown. 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.

Missing an Academy Award (Oscar)

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

Missing an Emmy Award

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

Missing a Tony Award

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

Notes

  • † – 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
  11. Barbara Barrie
  12. Kathy Bates
  13. Ed Begley
  14. Ralph Bellamy
  15. Annette Bening
  16. Cate Blanchett
  17. Joan Blondell,
  18. Charles Boyer,
  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,
  32. Tom Courtenay
  33. Bryan Cranston
  34. Hume Cronyn
  35. Judi Dench
  36. Colman Domingo
  37. Adam Driver
  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
  59. Julie Harris
  60. Rosemary Harris
  61. Eileen Heckart
  62. Brian Tyree Henry
  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
  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
  95. Kate Nelligan
  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
  109. Lynn Redgrave,
  110. Lee Remick,
  111. Debbie Reynolds,
  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
  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
  132. Sigourney Weaver
  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
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

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