Triple Crown of Acting
The Triple Crown of Acting is the achievement of winning at least one competitive Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award.
Academy Awards: Annual awards recognizing achievements in feature films, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. An acting Oscar supplies the film award required for the Triple Crown.
Helen Hayes: American actress whose career spanned stage, film, and television. Her 1977 Tony made her the first person recognized as completing the acting trio.
Honorary Academy Award: An Academy Award recognizing distinguished film achievement outside the usual competitive categories. Honorary recognition is generally excluded from Triple Crown counts.
Cross-media acting: Acting work performed across multiple media, such as theatre, film, and television. The achievement makes movement among these three media its defining pattern.
Primetime Emmy Awards: Awards recognizing excellence in U.S. primetime television, presented by the Television Academy. A qualifying acting Emmy supplies the television award in the achievement.
Rita Moreno: Puerto Rican-American actress, singer, and dancer with a career spanning stage, film, and television. She became the first Latina performer to achieve the acting Triple Crown.
Special Tony Award: A Tony Award recognizing contributions to Broadway that do not fit standard competitive categories. Special awards can complicate whether a performer has a qualifying acting win.
Award eligibility: The rules determining which people, works, or achievements can compete for an award. Different eligibility rules shape the routes performers can take to each award.
Tony Awards: Annual awards recognizing excellence in Broadway theatre, presented by the American Theatre Wing and the Broadway League. A competitive acting Tony completes the theatre component.
John Gielgud: English actor and theatre director known for a long career on stage and screen. His 1991 Emmy completed an acting-award trio that included an Oscar and Tony.