[1] The concept began in 1976 with the introduction of the Society of London Theatre's Laurence Olivier Award.
She is the only person to have won more than seven triple crown awards, on either the British or American side.
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.
English playwright, author, actor, and screenwriter Alan Bennett (born 1934) completed the triple crown in 1996.
English actress Julie Walters (born 1950) completed the triple crown in 2002.
British actor and filmmaker Kenneth Branagh (born 1960) completed the triple crown in 2009.
English actor Helen Mirren (born 1945) completed the triple crown in 2013.
British actor, playwright and theatre director Mark Rylance (born 1960) completed the triple crown in 2016.
He has been nominated for one Primetime Emmy Award (short of completing the American triple crown).
English director and producer Stephen Daldry (born 1960) completed the triple crown in 2022.
He was also nominated for two competitive Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year for The Old Country in 1977 and for A Walk in the Woods in 1988.
Welsh actor, director, and producer Anthony Hopkins (born 1937) completed the triple crown in 1992.
He was also nominated for a competitive Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year for Pravda in 1985.
English actress and activist Vanessa Redgrave (born 1937) completed the triple crown in 2010.
She was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children in 2002 for Oscar Wilde: The Selfish Giant & The Nightingale and the Rose (short of completing the EGOT).