Ranking · Alumni

Top schools by stage & screen laureates

Schools ranked by verified star-tier drama/film laureates: Academy Award (Oscar), Tony, Emmy, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and category-specific Olivier winners. Every count is a hard Wikidata record.

How we source this — every alumnus is a real Wikidata entity with a public Wikipedia article. The signal is a positive-lift floor on our composite ranking, never a downgrade.

Filter by domain

Filter by country

112 schools · showing top 112

Metric · Stage & Screen

1
Choate Rosemary Hall
United States · WTS rank 18
Jamie Lee Curtis(Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motio…) · Michael Douglas(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Acto…) · Paul Giamatti(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Acto…)
13
star-tier
2
Phillips Academy
United States · WTS rank 3
Christian Clemenson(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Act…) · Duncan Sheik(Tony Award for Best Original Score) · Humphrey Bogart(Oscar · Best Actor)
10
star-tier
3
Westminster School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 8
Helena Bonham Carter(International Emmy Award for Best Actress) · Peter Brook(Praemium Imperiale) · Peter Ustinov(Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor –…)
9
star-tier
4
Phillips Exeter Academy
United States · WTS rank 2
Greg Daniels(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Se…) · John Irving(Oscar · Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay…) · Jeffrey Toobin(Emmy Award)
9
star-tier
5
Stuyvesant High School
United States · WTS rank 57
Ben Gazzara(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supportin…) · Ron Silver(Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play) · George Segal(Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Pic…)
9
star-tier
6
Ethical Culture Fieldston School
United States · WTS rank 131
Stephen Sondheim(Tony Award for Best Original Score) · Sofia Coppola(Oscar · Best Writing, Original Screenplay…) · Jo Mielziner(Tony Award for Best Lighting Design)
9
star-tier
7
Harvard-Westlake School
United States · WTS rank 16
Candice Bergen(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actr…) · Jamie Lee Curtis(Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motio…) · Jake Gyllenhaal(BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Rol…)
9
star-tier
8
Harrow School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 74
George Arliss(Oscar · Best Actor) · Richard Curtis(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Televisio…) · Cecil Beaton(Tony Award for Best Costume Design)
8
star-tier
9
Hunter College High School
United States · WTS rank 159
Cynthia Nixon(Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play) · Ruby Dee(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supportin…) · Jane Dubin(Tony Awards)
8
star-tier
10
The Hotchkiss School
United States · WTS rank 25
Allison Janney(BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting R…) · John G. Avildsen(Oscar · Best Director) · Archibald MacLeish(Tony Award for Best Play)
5
star-tier
11
Alleyn's School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 103
Jude Law(BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Rol…) · Julian Glover(Olivier · Best Actor in a Supporting Role…) · Ray Cooney(Laurence Olivier Awards)
5
star-tier
12
Highgate School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 94
John Box(Oscar · Best Production Design) · Tom Hooper(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing…) · Andrew Ruhemann(Oscar · Best Animated Short Film)
4
star-tier
13
St Paul's Girls' School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 9
Rachel Weisz(Oscar · Best Supporting Actress) · Natasha Richardson(Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical) · Maggie Cheung(Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress)
4
star-tier
14
Latymer Upper School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 35
Alan Rickman(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Acto…) · Hugh Grant(BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role) · Michael Boyd(Laurence Olivier Awards)
4
star-tier
15
Milton Academy
United States · WTS rank 75
David Lindsay-Abaire(Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical) · Robert E. Sherwood(Oscar · Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay…) · T. S. Eliot(Tony Award for Best Play)
4
star-tier
16
Sidwell Friends School
United States · WTS rank 12
Davis Guggenheim(Oscar · Best Documentary Feature Film…) · Bill Nye(Daytime Emmy Award) · Ezra Edelman(Oscar · Best Documentary Feature Film…)
4
star-tier
17
Riverdale Country School
United States · WTS rank 190
Carly Simon(Oscar · Best Original Song) · Chevy Chase(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing f…) · David Yazbek(Tony Award for Best Original Score)
4
star-tier
18
The Dalton School
United States · WTS rank 179
Marian Seldes(Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play) · Christian Slater(Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor –…) · Chevy Chase(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing f…)
4
star-tier
19
Polytechnic School
United States · WTS rank 101
Julia Child(Daytime Emmy Award) · Stephen J. Cannell(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Ser…) · Rebecca Eaton(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Televisio…)
4
star-tier
20
Lycée Henri-IV
France · WTS rank 42
Éric Rohmer(Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix) · Camille(Oscar · Best Original Song) · Bertrand Tavernier(Cannes Best Director Award)
3
star-tier
21
Manchester Grammar School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 52
Ben Kingsley(Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Pic…) · Nicholas Hytner(Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical) · Robert Bolt(BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay)
3
star-tier
22
The Bronx High School of Science
United States · WTS rank 157
Jon Cryer(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Acto…) · Mark Boal(Oscar · Best Writing, Original Screenplay…) · Ronald Lauder(International Emmy Directorate Award)
3
star-tier
23
Abingdon School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 156
Toby Jones(Olivier · Best Actor in a Supporting Role…) · Theo Green(Oscar · Best Sound) · Toby Marlow(Tony Award for Best Original Score)
3
star-tier
24
University College School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 47
Ronald Neame(BAFTA Fellowship) · Leslie Bricusse(Oscar · Best Original Song) · Roger Hall(Laurence Olivier Awards)
3
star-tier
25
Kent School
United States · WTS rank 86
Seth MacFarlane(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original …) · Ted Danson(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Acto…) · Peter Farrelly(Oscar · Best Writing, Original Screenplay…)
3
star-tier
26
Horace Mann School
United States · WTS rank 73
Betty White(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supportin…) · Johnny Green(Oscar · Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel…) · Paul Francis Webster(Oscar · Best Original Song)
3
star-tier
27
Haberdashers' Boys' School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 53
Matt Lucas(International Emmy Award for best comedy serie…) · Sacha Baron Cohen(Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Pic…) · Adam Gee(Emmy Award)
3
star-tier
28
Oundle School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 624
Jim Clark(Oscar · Best Film Editing) · Howard Stringer(International Emmy Founders Award) · Cecil Arthur Lewis(Oscar · Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay…)
3
star-tier
29
Sevenoaks School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 49
Daniel Day-Lewis(Oscar · Best Actor) · Paul Greengrass(BAFTA Award for Best Direction) · Brett Goldstein(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supportin…)
3
star-tier
30
The Brearley School
United States · WTS rank 60
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi(Oscar · Best Documentary Feature Film…) · Niki de Saint Phalle(Praemium Imperiale) · Anne Baxter(Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress…)
3
star-tier
31
Pine Crest School
United States · WTS rank 583
Kelsey Grammer(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Acto…) · Jeff Marx(Tony Award for Best Original Score) · David L. Cook(Emmy Award)
3
star-tier
32
The Thacher School
United States · WTS rank 114
Noah Wyle(Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television…) · Michael E. Knight(Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting …) · James Newton Howard(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original …)
3
star-tier
33
Cate School
United States · WTS rank 144
Q706993(Oscar · Best Cinematography) · Terry Sanders(Oscar · Best Short Subject, Two-reel) · Werner Klemperer(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supportin…)
3
star-tier
34
Delbarton School
United States · WTS rank 401
Peter Dinklage(Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor –…) · Christopher Durang(Tony Award for Best Play) · Kary Antholis(Oscar · Best Documentary (Short Subject)…)
3
star-tier
35
Rugby School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 600
Anthony Quayle(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supportin…) · David Haig(Laurence Olivier Awards)
2
star-tier
36
Marlborough College
United Kingdom · WTS rank 562
James Mason(Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Pic…) · Emerald Fennell(Oscar · Best Writing, Original Screenplay…)
2
star-tier
37
Collège Stanislas de Paris
France · WTS rank 134
Jacques Cousteau(Oscar · Best Documentary Feature Film…) · Albert Lamorisse(Oscar · Best Writing, Original Screenplay…)
2
star-tier
38
Lycée Janson-de-Sailly
France · WTS rank 856
Philippe Noiret(BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role) · Preston Sturges(Oscar · Best Writing, Original Screenplay…)
2
star-tier
39
Stowe School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 318
David Niven(Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Pic…) · Michael Deeley(Oscar · Best Picture)
2
star-tier
40
Upper Canada College
Canada · WTS rank 55
Brendan Fraser(Oscar · Best Actor) · Melvyn Douglas(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Acto…)
2
star-tier
41
Deerfield Academy
United States · WTS rank 17
Nestor Carbonell(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Act…) · Budd Schulberg(Oscar · Best Writing, Original Screenplay…)
2
star-tier
42
Northfield Mount Hermon
United States · WTS rank 297
Uma Thurman(Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseri…) · Laura Linney(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Act…)
2
star-tier
43
Cheltenham Ladies' College
United Kingdom · WTS rank 45
Kristin Scott Thomas(Olivier · Best Actress) · Susan-Ann Lloyd-Roberts(Emmy Award)
2
star-tier
44
Punahou School
United States · WTS rank 13
Barack Obama(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator) · Rap Reiplinger(Emmy Award)
2
star-tier
45
The Hill School
United States · WTS rank 500
Oliver Stone(Golden Globe Awards) · James Cromwell(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supportin…)
2
star-tier
46
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
United States · WTS rank 140
Anthony Perkins(Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – …) · Eleanor Sanger(Emmy Award)
2
star-tier
47
Colchester Royal Grammar School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 88
James Acheson(Oscar · Best Costume Design) · Jan Pinkava(Oscar · Best Animated Short Film)
2
star-tier
48
St. Mark's School of Texas
United States · WTS rank 59
Tommy Lee Jones(Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor –…) · Q5081366(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documenta…)
2
star-tier
49
Woodberry Forest School
United States · WTS rank 519
Johnny Mercer(Oscar · Best Original Song) · Angus Wall(Oscar · Best Film Editing)
2
star-tier
50
Groton School
United States · WTS rank 37
Sam Waterston(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hosted No…) · Alex Gansa(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing f…)
2
star-tier
51
Friends Seminary
United States · WTS rank 325
Kyra Sedgwick(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actr…) · Liev Schreiber(Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play)
2
star-tier
52
Detroit Country Day School
United States · WTS rank 305
Robin Williams(Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Pic…) · Courtney B. Vance(Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play)
2
star-tier
53
Middlesex School
United States · WTS rank 143
Steve Carell(Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television…) · William Damaged(Oscar · Best Actor)
2
star-tier
54
Brunswick School
United States · WTS rank 201
Peter Fonda(Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Pic…) · Chris Jenkins(Oscar · Best Sound)
2
star-tier
55
Ransom Everglades School
United States · WTS rank 501
Bruce Weitz(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supportin…) · Phil Lord(Oscar · Best Animated Feature)
2
star-tier
56
École Jeannine Manuel
France · WTS rank 248
Charlotte Gainsbourg(Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress) · Sophia Loren(BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role)
2
star-tier
57
Cranbrook Schools
United States · WTS rank 246
Michael Moriarty(Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play) · Renée Elise Goldsberry(Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musi…)
2
star-tier
58
Maret School
United States · WTS rank 332
Yeardley Smith(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Ove…) · Luka Garza(Oscar Robertson Trophy)
2
star-tier
59
Radley College
United Kingdom · WTS rank 534
Tony Walton(Tony Award for Best Scenic Design)
1
star-tier
60
Auckland Grammar School
New Zealand · WTS rank 773
Russell Crowe(Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Pic…)
1
star-tier
61
Christ's Hospital
United Kingdom · WTS rank 999
Roger Allam(Olivier · Best Actor in a Supporting Role…)
1
star-tier
62
Fettes College
United Kingdom · WTS rank 582
Tilda Swinton(BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting R…)
1
star-tier
63
Boston Latin School
United States · WTS rank 68
Mark Driscoll(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing f…)
1
star-tier
64
Brooklyn Technical High School
United States · WTS rank 214
Albert S. Ruddy(Oscar · Best Picture)
1
star-tier
65
Whitgift School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 172
Derren Brown(Laurence Olivier Awards)
1
star-tier
66
City of London School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 23
Daniel Radcliffe(Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musica…)
1
star-tier
67
École Alsacienne
France · WTS rank 161
Michel Piccoli(Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor)
1
star-tier
68
UWC Atlantic
United Kingdom · WTS rank 935
Henry Bromell(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing f…)
1
star-tier
69
Gordonstoun
United Kingdom · WTS rank 759
Duncan Jones(BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer)
1
star-tier
70
North London Collegiate School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 39
Rachel Weisz(Oscar · Best Supporting Actress)
1
star-tier
71
The Lawrenceville School
United States · WTS rank 11
Edward Albee(Tony Award for Best Play)
1
star-tier
72
University of Toronto Schools
Canada · WTS rank 71
Graham Yost(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited M…)
1
star-tier
73
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
United States · WTS rank 113
Graham Moore(Oscar · Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay…)
1
star-tier
74
The King's School, Canterbury
United Kingdom · WTS rank 533
Carol Reed(Oscar · Best Director)
1
star-tier
75
Peddie School
United States · WTS rank 163
Leslie Caveny(Emmy Award)
1
star-tier
76
Benenden School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 967
Rachel Weisz(Oscar · Best Supporting Actress)
1
star-tier
77
Shady Side Academy
United States · WTS rank 358
Christian Borle(Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play)
1
star-tier
78
Tiffin School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 90
Jonny Lee Miller(Laurence Olivier Awards)
1
star-tier
79
Poly Prep Country Day School
United States · WTS rank 1104
Dan Fogler(Tony Awards)
1
star-tier
80
The Latymer School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 110
Eileen Atkins(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supportin…)
1
star-tier
81
Georgetown Day School
United States · WTS rank 247
Sean Fine(Oscar · Best Documentary (Short Subject)…)
1
star-tier
82
John Burroughs School
United States · WTS rank 295
Jon Hamm(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Acto…)
1
star-tier
83
Wimbledon High School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 147
Margaret Rutherford(Oscar · Best Supporting Actress)
1
star-tier
84
St Mary's School Ascot
United Kingdom · WTS rank 61
Pamela Brown(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supportin…)
1
star-tier
85
James Allen's Girls' School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 208
Sally Hawkins(66th Golden Globe Awards)
1
star-tier
86
The Spence School
United States · WTS rank 169
Gwyneth Paltrow(Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motio…)
1
star-tier
87
Emma Willard School
United States · WTS rank 151
Jane Fonda(Emmy Award)
1
star-tier
88
Jakarta Intercultural School
Indonesia · WTS rank 145
Angela Kinsey(Daytime Emmy Award)
1
star-tier
89
Princeton Day School
United States · WTS rank 469
Christopher Reeve(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hosted No…)
1
star-tier
90
St. Andrew's School (Delaware)
United States · WTS rank 336
Will McCormack(Oscar · Best Animated Short Film)
1
star-tier
91
Karachi Grammar School
Pakistan · WTS rank 195
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy(Oscar · Best Documentary (Short Subject)…)
1
star-tier
92
King's Hospital
Ireland · WTS rank 165
Tom Murphy(Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play)
1
star-tier
93
The Kinkaid School
United States · WTS rank 229
Jeff Martin(Emmy Award)
1
star-tier
94
International School Bangkok
Thailand · WTS rank 242
Mary-Louise Parker(Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play)
1
star-tier
95
The College Preparatory School
United States · WTS rank 181
Chris Tashima(Oscar · Best Live Action Short Film)
1
star-tier
96
St. John's School (Houston)
United States · WTS rank 84
Wes Anderson(Golden Globe Awards)
1
star-tier
97
Havergal College
Canada · WTS rank 473
Margot Kidder(Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer i…)
1
star-tier
98
Ibstock Place School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 1106
Emily Blunt(Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress…)
1
star-tier
99
The American School in Japan
Japan · WTS rank 183
Joan Fontaine(Oscar · Best Actress)
1
star-tier
100
Rye Country Day School
United States · WTS rank 218
Edward Albee(Tony Award for Best Play)
1
star-tier
101
San Francisco University High School
United States · WTS rank 237
Ali Wong(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actr…)
1
star-tier
102
International School of the Sacred Heart
Japan · WTS rank 441
Joan Fontaine(Oscar · Best Actress)
1
star-tier
103
The Branson School
United States · WTS rank 296
Julia Child(Daytime Emmy Award)
1
star-tier
104
The Edron Academy
Mexico · WTS rank 1269
Gael García Bernal(Golden Globe Awards)
1
star-tier
105
The Nueva School
United States · WTS rank 65
Shemar Moore(Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting …)
1
star-tier
106
Badminton School
United Kingdom · WTS rank 475
Rosamund Pike(Olivier · Best Actress)
1
star-tier
107
Marymount School of New York
United States · WTS rank 577
Cher Calvin(Emmy Award)
1
star-tier
108
Greenwich Academy
United States · WTS rank 968
Jane Fonda(BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role)
1
star-tier
109
Grace Church School
United States · WTS rank 545
David Duchovny(Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television…)
1
star-tier
110
Roland Park Country School
United States · WTS rank 1061
Julie Bowen(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supportin…)
1
star-tier
111
International School of Düsseldorf
Germany · WTS rank 593
Carey Mulligan(BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role)
1
star-tier
112
Newton Country Day School
United States · WTS rank 366
Jane Curtin(Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actr…)
1
star-tier

Coverage note: Wikidata's alumni catalogue is uneven — English-language and older Western schools tend to have deeper structured data. Schools with strong genuine alumni pipelines that don't yet appear here should read our positive-lift-only guardrail: we never mark a school down for silent Wikidata coverage.

Alumni Density methodology

The full pipeline + guardrails

Overall ranking

The composite eight-category score

How we rank

Full ranking methodology