Triple Crown (UK entertainment)

The Triple Crown or the Grand Slam 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

 * 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

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) 2001: BAFTA Fellowship (non-competitive)
 * 7) 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) 2004: Society of London Theatre Special Award (non-competitive)
 * 8) 2016: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – The Winter's Tale

Note: Dench is the only actor to complete multiple triple crowns of acting, on either the American or British side, and has completed four. She is the only person to have won more than 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


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


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

Note: Ashcroft won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1985 for A Passage to India (a year before winning the BAFTA Film Award).

Nigel Hawthorne
English actor Nigel Hawthorne (1929–2001) completed the triple crown in 1996. He is a 5-time BAFTA TV (5), 1-time BAFTA Film (1), and 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) 1988: Best Light Entertainment Performance - Yes, Prime Minister
 * 5) 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


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 (non-competitive)

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


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) 2003: Special Award (Non-competitive)
 * 4) 2004: Best Actress – The Canterbury Tales
 * 5) 2010: Best Actress – Mo
 * 6) BAFTA Fellowship (non-competitve)


 * 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


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
 * 2) 2001: BAFTA Fellowship (non-competitive)


 * 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


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 (non-competitive)

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


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
 * 2) 2014: BAFTA Fellowship (non-competitive)


 * 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


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


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
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.

Alec Guinness
English actor Alec Guinness (1914-2000) completed the triple crown in 1988. He won one competitive BAFTA Film Award, two competitive BAFTA TV Awards and a non-competitive Olivier Award, for a total of 8 TC nominations. Guinness has won five awards.


 * British Academy Film Awards


 * 1) 1958: Best British Actor - The Bridge over the River Kwai
 * 2) 1989: BAFTA Fellowship (non-competitive)


 * British Academy Television Awards


 * 1) 1980: Best Actor - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * 2) 1983: Best Actor - Smiley's People


 * Laurence Olivier Awards


 * 1) 1988: Society of London Theatre Special Award (non-competitive)

Anthony Hopkins


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 six 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


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


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

Missing a BAFTA Film Award

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

Missing a BAFTA Television Award

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

Missing a Laurence Olivier Award

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

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


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