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Triple Crown (UK entertainment)

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.

Summary edit

  • 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 		Category Ref.
Judi Dench 1977 12 1966 1968 1977 17[a] Acting [3]
Virginia McKenna 1979 24 1957 1955 1979 3 Acting [4]
Peggy Ashcroft 1986 10 1986 1981 1976 4[b] Acting [5]
Nigel Hawthorne 1996 14 1996 1981 1992 7 Acting
Alan Bennett 1996 6 1996 1992 1990 7 Writing / producing / acting
Julie Walters 2002 18 1984 2002 2001 7 Acting
Albert Finney 2003 43 1961 2003 1986 3 Acting
Kenneth Branagh 2009 27 1990 2009 1982 5[c] Acting / directing / producing [6]
Helen Mirren 2013 21 2007 1992 2013 5 [d] Acting [7]
Mark Rylance 2016 21 2016 2006 1994 5 Acting
Stephen Daldry 2022 29 2001 2022 1993 5 Directing / producing

Non-competitive Triple Crown recipients edit

Actor 1st Award 2nd Award 3rd Award Year span
Anthony Hopkins 1973 BAFTA TV 1985 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement 1992 BAFTA Film 19
Vanessa Redgrave 1966 BAFTA TV 1984 Olivier 2010 BAFTA Fellowship for Film contributions 44
Maggie Smith 1970 BAFTA Film 1996 BAFTA Academy Fellowship 2010 The Society Special Olivier 41

Triple Crown winners edit

Judi Dench edit

 

English actress Judi Dench (born 1934) completed the triple crown in 1977, becoming the first person to complete the British triple crown. She completed her second triple crown in 1986, her third triple crown in 1988, and her fourth in 2001. She is a 12-time BAFTA TV (4), 15-time BAFTA Film (6), and 15-time Olivier (7) nominee, for a total of 42 TC nominations. Dench has won seventeen awards.

  • 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 7 triple crown awards, on either the British or American side. She also holds the records (though tied) for most BAFTA TV nominations, most BAFTA Film nominations, and most BAFTA Film awards; Dench has also won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1999 for Shakespeare in Love and a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Play in 1999 for Amy's View, but has yet to win an Emmy Award (after three nominations) to complete the American triple crown.

Virginia McKenna edit

 

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

  • 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

Peggy Ashcroft edit

 

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

  • 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).

Nigel Hawthorne edit

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 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 has also been nominated for an 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 he never won or was nominated for an Emmy Award.

Alan Bennett edit

 

English playwright, author, actor, and screenwriter Alan Bennett (born 1934) completed the triple crown in 1996. He is a 4-time BAFTA Film (1), 8-time BAFTA TV (1), and 7-time Olivier (5) nominee, for a total of 19 TC nominations. Bennett has won seven awards.

  • British Academy Film Awards
  1. 1996: Outstanding British Film – The Madness of King George
  • British Academy Television Awards
  1. 1992: Best Single Drama – Screen Two: A Question of Attribution
  • Laurence Olivier Awards
  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

Note: Bennett has also been nominated for an 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, but he never won or was nominated for an Emmy Award.

Julie Walters edit

 

English actress Julie Walters (born 1950) completed the triple crown in 2002. She is a 7-time BAFTA TV (4), 6-time BAFTA Film (2), and 2-time Olivier (1) nominee, for a total of 11 TC nominations. Walters has won seven awards.

  • 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 an 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 won or been nominated for an Emmy Award.

Albert Finney edit

 

English actor Albert Finney (1936–2019) completed the triple crown in 2003. He is a 4-time BAFTA TV (1), 9-time BAFTA Film (1), and 2-time Olivier (1) nominee, for a total of 15 TC nominations. Finney has won three awards.

  • 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 has also won an 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 edit

 

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 five awards.

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

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

Helen Mirren edit

 

English actor Helen Mirren (born 1945) completed the triple crown in 2013. She is a 6-time BAFTA TV (3), 5-time BAFTA Film (1), and 4-time Olivier (1) nominee, for a total of 15 TC nominations. Mirren has won five awards.

  • 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 an Academy Award, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.

Mark Rylance edit

 

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.

  • 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, but has yet to win an Emmy Award (after one nomination) to complete the American triple crown.

Stephen Daldry edit

 

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.

  • British Academy Film Awards
  1. 2001: Outstanding British Film – Billy Elliot
  • British Academy Television Awards
  1. 2022: Best Single Drama – Together
  • Laurence Olivier Awards
  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 edit

Three additional artists have received all three awards, though one was bestowed for an honorary or similar non-competitive distinction: 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.

Anthony Hopkins edit

 

Welsh actor, director, and producer Anthony Hopkins (born 1937) completed the triple crown in 1992. He won three competitive BAFTA Film Award, one BAFTA TV Award, and a non-competitive Olivier Award, for a total of 11 TC nominations. Hopkins has won five awards.

  • British Academy Film 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
  • British Academy Television Awards
  1. 1973: Best Actor – War & Peace
  • Laurence Olivier Awards
  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 won or been nominated for an 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 edit

 

English actress and activist Vanessa Redgrave (born 1937) completed the triple crown in 2010. She won one Olivier Award, one BAFTA TV Award, and a non-competitive BAFTA Film Award, for a total of 7 TC nominations. Redgrave has won three awards.

  • British Academy Film Awards
  1. 2010: BAFTA Fellowship Award (non-competitive)
  • British Academy Television Awards
  1. 1966: Best Actress
  • Laurence Olivier Awards
  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 an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.

Maggie Smith edit

 

English actress Maggie Smith (born 1934) completed the triple crown in 2010. She won five competitive BAFTA Film Awards, two non-competitive BAFTA TV Awards, and a non-competitive Olivier Award, for a total of 24 TC nominations. Smith has won eight awards.

  • British Academy Film 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
  • British Academy Television Awards
  1. 1993: BAFTA Special Award (non-competitive)
  2. 1996: BAFTA Fellowship Award (non-competitive)
  • Laurence Olivier Awards
  1. 2010: Society of London Theatre Award (non-competitive)

Note: Smith has 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 edit

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

Missing a BAFTA Film Award edit

  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. David Hare◊
  11. Francis Essex†
  12. Michael Gambon†
  13. Derek Jacobi◊
  14. Toby Jones
  15. Penelope Keith◊
  16. Dennis Kelly◊
  17. Stewart Lee
  18. Robert Lindsay
  19. Paul Mescal◊
  20. Warren Mitchell†
  21. John Napier
  22. Vanessa Redgrave◊ NCA
  23. Beryl Reid†
  24. Andrew Scott
  25. Fiona Shaw
  26. Ned Sherrin†
  27. Sheridan Smith
  28. Tom Stoppard◊
  29. Jack Thorne◊
  30. Margaret Tyzack†
  31. Gwen Watford†
  32. Tim Whitnall

Missing a BAFTA Television Award edit

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

Missing a Laurence Olivier Award edit

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

Notes edit

  • † – Person is deceased.
  • ◊ – Person has been nominated at least once for a competitive category of the missing award, but has failed to win.
  • NCA – Person won a Non-Competitive Award in this category.

Three nominations edit

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

  1. Eileen Atkins
  2. Jenny Beavan
  3. Benedict Cumberbatch
  4. Frances de la Tour
  5. Anne-Marie Duff
  6. Rupert EverettN/A
  7. Andrew Garfield
  8. Alec Guinness†
  9. Ian Holm†
  10. Anthony Hopkins
  11. Glenda Jackson†
  12. Derek Jacobi
  13. Penelope Keith
  14. Nicole Kidman
  15. Rosemary Leach†
  16. Robert Lindsay
  17. Jack Lowden
  18. Lesley Manville
  19. Ian McKellen
  20. Alfred MolinaN/A
  21. Peter Morgan
  22. Sam Mendes
  23. Paul Mescal
  24. Vanessa Redgrave
  25. Miranda Richardson
  26. Lesley SharpN/A
  27. Michael SheenN/A
  28. Maggie Smith
  29. Imelda Staunton
  30. Juliet Stevenson
  31. Dorothy Tutin†
  32. Zoë Wanamaker
  33. Emily Watson
  34. Ben Whishaw

Notes edit

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

See also edit

Notes edit

  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

References edit

  1. ^ Kennedy, Maeve (15 February 2003). "Triple crown for Mendes at Oliviers". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  2. ^ Sawer, Patrick (2 April 2016). "Can Mark Rylance be the first to do the 'Grand Slam' of TV, theatre and film awards?". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Dame Judi Dench receives BFI fellowship". BBC News. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Television in 1955". BAFTA. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  5. ^ Flint, Peter B. (15 June 1991). "Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Acclaimed British Actress, Is Dead at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  6. ^ Bowie-Sell, Daisy (2 March 2017). "Kenneth Branagh announced as Special Award winner at the Olivier Awards". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  7. ^ Appelo, Tim (December 6, 2017). "Helen Mirren: AARP Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Winner". AARP. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
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