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.

Triple Crown winners
  • 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 1965 1968 1977 17[lower-alpha 1] Acting [3]
Virginia McKenna 1979 24 1957 1955 1979 3 Acting [4]
Peggy Ashcroft 1986 10 1986 1981 1976 4[lower-alpha 2] Acting [5]
Nigel Hawthorne 1995 14 1995 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 1960 2003 1986 3 Acting
Kenneth Branagh 2009 27 1990 2009 1982 4[lower-alpha 3] Acting / directing / producing [6]
Helen Mirren 2013 21 2006 1992 2013 5 [lower-alpha 4] Acting
Mark Rylance 2015 21 2015 2006 1994 5 Acting
Stephen Daldry 2022 29 2000 2022 1993 5 Directing / producing

Additional recipients (including non-competitive awards)
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 1969 BAFTA Film 1996 BAFTA Academy Fellowship 2010 The Society Special Olivier 41

Two competitive awards

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

Missing a BAFTA Film Award

Missing a BAFTA Television Award

Missing a Laurence Olivier Award

Notes
  • † – 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

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

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

See also

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

References
  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.
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