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).

Notes

↑ 19 including the BAFTA Fellowship and Special Olivier Award
↑ 5 including a Special Olivier Award
↑ 6 including the Michael Balcon Award and Society of London Theatre Award
↑ 6 including the BAFTA Fellowship

References

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v t e British Academy Film Awards
Current awards	Actor Actress Animated Feature British Film Casting Cinematography Costume Design Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Director Documentary Editing Film Film Not in the English Language Makeup and Hair Music Production Design Rising Star Screenplay: Adapted Screenplay: Original Short Animation Short Film Sound Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Visual Effects
Special awards	Fellowship Award Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award
Retired awards	British Actor British Actress British Screenplay Foreign Actor Foreign Actress Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Screenplay
Ceremonies	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020–21 2021 2022 2023

v t e British Academy Television Awards
Current awards	Comedy Situation Comedy / Scripted Comedy Daytime Drama Series Single Drama Soap and Continuing Drama Mini-Series Entertainment Programme International Reality and Constructed Factual Factual Series or Strand Specialist Factual Sport Live Current Affairs News Coverage Single Documentary Features Short Form P&O Cruises Must-See Moment Actor Actress Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Female Comedy Performance Male Comedy Performance Entertainment Performance
Special awards	Fellowship Special Award
Retired awards	Audience Award Comedy Performance
Ceremonies	1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Laurence Olivier Awards
Drama	New Play New Comedy Revival Actor Actress Performance in a Supporting Role (Actor in a Supporting Role, Actress in a Supporting Role)
Musical	New Musical Musical Revival Actor in a Musical Actress in a Musical Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical (Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical, Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical) Achievement in Music
Production/Creatives	Director Theatre Choreographer Set Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design
Dance/Opera	New Dance Production New Opera Production Achievement in Dance Achievement in Opera
Special/Other	Special Award Entertainment and Family Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre Audience Award
Retired	Actor of the Year in a New Play Actress of the Year in a New Play Actor of the Year in a Revival Actress of the Year in a Revival Comedy Performance Performance in a Musical Supporting Artist of the Year Newcomer in a Play Most Promising Performer Company Performance Director of a Play Director of a Musical Set Designer Most Promising Playwright Achievement in a Musical
Ceremonies	1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 (none) 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Triple Crown (UK entertainment)

Contents

Triple Crown winners

Additional recipients (including non-competitive awards)

Two competitive awards

Missing a BAFTA Film Award

Missing a BAFTA Television Award

Missing a Laurence Olivier Award

Notes

Three nominations

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See also

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References

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