Triple Crown of Acting

Hayes, Rita Moreno, and Viola Davis are 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.

American actress Helen Hayes (1900–1993) was the first performer to achieve the triple crown of acting, doing so in 1953.

She won two Oscars, two Tonys and an Emmy for a total of five competitive triple crown awards.

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.

American actor, comedian, dancer and singer Jack Albertson (1907–1981) completed the triple crown in 1975.

Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer Rita Moreno (born 1931) completed the triple crown in 1977.

English actor and activist Jeremy Irons (born 1948) completed the triple crown in 1997.

English actress and activist Vanessa Redgrave (born 1937) completed the triple crown in 2003.

American actor Al Pacino (born 1940) completed the triple crown in 2004.

Australian actor Geoffrey Rush (born 1951) completed the triple crown in 2009.

American actress Ellen Burstyn (born 1932) completed the triple crown in 2009.

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.

American actress and producer Frances McDormand (born 1957) completed the triple crown in 2015.

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 and producer Viola Davis (born 1965) completed the triple crown in 2017.

English actress and former Member of Parliament (MP) Glenda Jackson (1936–2023) completed the triple crown in 2018.

The following people have each won two out of the three major entertainment awards that honor acting in competitive categories.