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 .
50-1737: (Redirected from Triple Crown Championship ) [REDACTED] Look up triple crown in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Triple Crown may refer to: Sports [ edit ] Horse racing [ edit ] Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States) Triple Crown Trophy Triple Crown Productions Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing Pacing Triple Crown Trotting Triple Crown Triple Crown of Hurdling Motor racing [ edit ] Triple Crown of Motorsport Triple Crown of endurance racing Triple Crown (IndyCar) Professional wrestling [ edit ] Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship , Japan Triple Crown (professional wrestling) , mainly United States Other endeavors [ edit ] Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing Triple Crown of American Football Triple Crown (baseball) Triple Crown (basketball) Triple Crown of Boxing Triple Crown of Brazilian Football Triple crown of bridge Triple Crown of Cycling Triple Crown (darts) Triple Crown (golf) Triple Crown of Hiking Triple Crown (poker) Triple Crown (rugby union) Triple Crown (snooker) Triple Crown (tennis) Triple Crown of Surfing Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming Triple Crown Tournament , cricket Triple Crown, of Nordic skiing Triple Crown Tour, of USA Ultimate Triple Crown of Canoe Racing Other uses [ edit ] Chiappa Triple Crown , Italian made triple-barrel shotguns Coat of arms of
100-474: A Tony Award to complete the American triple crown. 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. Note: Hawthorne had also been nominated for a Academy Award for Best Actor in 1995 for The Madness of King George and won
150-435: 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. 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
200-543: 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). 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. Note: McKenna has never been nominated for an Academy Award , an Emmy Award , or an Tony Award . English actress Peggy Ashcroft (1907–1991) completed
250-755: A $ 100,000 bonus for the winner of all three races. The Weight-For-Age Triple Crown The Sprint Triple Crown The Fillies And Mares Triple Crown In Germany, the Triple Crown ( Dreifache Krone ) consists of Only one horse has won the German Triple Crown: In East Germany , the Dreifache Krone consisted of: Three horses won the East German Triple Crown: The French Triple Crown consists of: Previously
300-991: A Laurence Olivier Award in acting categories Triple Crown Records , a record label Triple Crown of National High Adventure award, associated with High Adventure Bases of the Boy Scouts of America Triple Crown of Science Fiction, Nebula Award, Hugo Award, and Philip K. Dick Award; only once occurring towards William Gibson Triple Crown was the show title for the 2007 Carolina Crown Drum & Bugle Corps , and was, in fact, about horse racing. See also [ edit ] Grand Tour (cycling) Grand Slam (golf) Grand Slam (tennis) Three Crowns , an emblem of Sweden Three crowns (disambiguation) Three Kingdoms (disambiguation) Treble (association football) Treble (handball) , for example FC Barcelona Handbol Triple Gold Club in ice hockey Winston Million , in NASCAR Topics referred to by
350-704: 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
400-478: 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
450-551: A non-acting category, winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator in 2014 for Game of Lions . 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. Note: Bancroft won an additional Emmy in 1970 in the category Outstanding Variety or Musical Program – Variety and Popular Music , as
500-553: A singular horse. The Turf Trinity consists of: The Turf Tiara consists of: The Irish Triple Crown, modelled on the English equivalent, consists of: For a list of the annual individual race winners, see Irish Triple Crown race winners . Only two horses have won all three races since the Irish Two Thousand Guineas was first run in 1921: The Canadian Triple Crown consists of: The Canadian Triple Crown
550-447: 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. 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
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#1732780684403600-697: A total of 18 TC nominations. Mirren has won six TC qualifying awards. 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 . American actress and producer Frances McDormand (born 1957) completed
650-515: A total of eight TC nominations. Albertson won four awards. 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. American actress Maureen Stapleton (1925–2006) completed
700-490: 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. American actor and writer Thomas Mitchell (1892–1962) completed the triple crown in 1953, two months after Helen Hayes . He
750-578: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing , often shortened to Triple Crown , is a series of horse races for Thoroughbreds , often restricted to three-year-olds. Winning all three of these Thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment in Thoroughbred racing. The term originated in mid-19th-century England and nations where Thoroughbred racing
800-546: Is popular each have their own Triple Crown series. In England , where the term Triple Crown originated with West Australian 's three wins in 1853, it is made up of: Since the 2,000 Guineas was first run in 1809, fifteen horses (including three winners of substitute races at Newmarket during the First World War) have won the English Triple Crown. The most recent – and only winner since World War II –
850-408: Is said to be because of the impact it would have on a horse's stud value in a market where speed is preferred to stamina. For a list of the annual individual race winners, see English Triple Crown race winners . Triple Crown winners : †Wartime winners Pommern, Gay Crusader and Gainsborough are not counted, according to many judges, as the three races were all held at Newmarket and racing itself
900-594: Is the longest of any triple crown recipient. The following people have each won two out of the three major entertainment awards that honor acting in competitive categories. ^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. The following people have not won all three awards in competitive acting categories, but have received at least one nomination for each of them: The British entertainment industry has
950-464: 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
1000-442: The American and British Triple Crowns. Years given are the years of the respective ceremonies. Performers are listed in order of completing the Triple Crown. 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
1050-450: 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
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#17327806844031100-663: 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. English actress Judi Dench (born 1934) completed the triple crown in 1977, becoming
1150-486: The Drapers Company , 1439 emblem with three triple crowns Papal tiara , the three-tiered crown that was used by popes for centuries Triple accreditation , in business schools Triple Crown of Acting , for winners of an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award in acting categories Triple Crown (UK entertainment) , for winners of a British Academy Film Award, a British Academy Television Award, and
1200-627: The French Triple Crown consisted of: Two horses have swept the French Triple Crown: Triple Crown of Acting Only twenty-four people, fifteen women and nine 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
1250-820: The Kentucky Oaks and Black-Eyed Susan is generally considered too short for fillies. The most commonly accepted version of the Triple Tiara is the American Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing which uses three races from New York. From 1957 to 2002, and 2007 to 2009, these three races were the Acorn Stakes , the Mother Goose Stakes , and the Coaching Club American Oaks . Eight fillies won this version of
1300-709: The New York Triple Tiara: In 2010, the NYRA changed the configuration of the Triple Tiara to include the Alabama Stakes instead of the Mother Goose. As of 2022, no filly has won the reconfigured Triple Tiara. The New York Handicap Triple is a series of three handicap races run in New York. Although historically notable, the series is now essentially defunct, as two of the races are run on
1350-599: The Triple Crown are: There have been several different versions of the Triple Tiara (sometimes known as the Filly Triple Crown) in the United States. One of them was a national version that consisted of undercard events on the same weekends as the associated Triple Crown races: Only one filly won this version of the Triple Tiara, Davona Dale in 1979. Few have even tried as the short time between
1400-803: The Two-Year-Old Grand Slam, consists of: Winners of the Two-Year-Old Triple Crown: The New Zealand Triple Crown consists of: The New Zealand Triple Crown is also known as the Hawke's Bay Triple Crown or Hastings Triple Crown as all three races are run there. The only horse to win the New Zealand Triple Crown is Melody Belle in 2019. Three new Triple Crown series were announced for the 2019/2020 season. Each series consists of three prestigious Group races with
1450-807: The Western Canadian Triple Crown. The Western Canadian Triple Crown consists of: The Australian Triple Crown comprises the following races: The Australian Triple Crown initially included the Canterbury Guineas , which was replaced with the Randwick Guineas. The Spring Grand Slam for older horses consists of: The only horse to win the Spring Grand Slam was the New Zealand bred Rising Fast in 1954. The Two-Year-Old Triple Crown, also known as
1500-584: The best fillies would often run in the Derby and Two Thousand Guineas. As this is no longer the case, the Fillies' Triple Crown would now be considered as comparable as the original. Winners of the Fillies Triple Crown are: The so-called Stayers Triple Crown consists of the most prestigious long-distance races in the British flat racing season: In the United States, the three races that make up
1550-403: 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. Note: Dench is the only actor to complete multiple triple crowns of acting, on either
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1600-523: 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
1650-608: The race after suffering a setback and never raced again. Since Nijinsky, only Nashwan (1989), Sea the Stars (2009), and Camelot (2012) have won both the Guineas and the Derby. Between Reference Point in 1987 and Camelot in 2012, no Derby winner (not even the potential Triple Crown winners Nashwan and Sea the Stars) even entered the St. Leger. This reluctance to compete in the St. Leger
1700-683: The same day, making a sweep impossible. In addition, only the Metropolitan Handicap maintains a top-level designation and continues to be run as a handicap. The series consists of: The triple has been won by four horses: In 2019, the New York Racing Association established two series of races for three-year-olds on the turf: the Turf Trinity and the Turf Tiara. As of 2022, neither has been swept by
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1800-502: The star of the special Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man. 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. English actress Maggie Smith (1934–2024) completed the triple crown in 2003. She
1850-427: 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. 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. English actor Paul Scofield (1922–2008) completed
1900-421: 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. 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
1950-436: 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. 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. British-American actress Jessica Tandy (1909–1994) completed
2000-461: 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. 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
2050-451: 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. 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. Note: Irons has an additional Emmy win in
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2100-470: 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. 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. Canadian actor Christopher Plummer (1929–2021) completed
2150-423: 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. 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
2200-513: 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. 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 . American actress Jessica Lange (born 1949) completed
2250-434: 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. 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
2300-423: Was Nijinsky , in 1970. For many years, it was considered unlikely that any horse would ever win the English Triple Crown again. In the winter of 2006/2007, however, trainer Jim Bolger was training his unbeaten colt Teofilo for the Triple Crown and bookmaker William Hill plc was offering odds of only 12/1 against Teofilo winning the 2007 Triple Crown. The horse was withdrawn from the 2000 Guineas two days before
2350-403: 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. 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. American actress Shirley Booth (1898–1992) completed
2400-469: 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. 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. Australian actor Geoffrey Rush (born 1951) completed
2450-563: Was established in 1959 and since then seven horses have won it. In 2014, the Hall of Fame decided to honor the five horses who had won the three races before 1959, meaning 12 horses are now officially recognized as winning the Canadian Triple Crown. The Canadian Triple Tiara consists of: As of 2022, only one filly has won it: On May 9, 2023, it was announced that Western Canada would have their own Triple Crown, also dubbed
2500-488: Was too disrupted. By this reckoning, there were only 12 triple crown winners, and only three in the 20th century. The following horses won the 2000 Guineas and Derby but were beaten in the St Leger: Additionally: There is also a Fillies Triple Crown for a filly winning the 1,000 Guineas Stakes , Epsom Oaks and St. Leger Stakes . In the past, this was not considered a true Triple Crown as
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