The Crown is a historical drama streaming television series created by Peter Morgan for Netflix, and released on 4 November 2016. It portrays the reign of Queen Elizabeth II throughout the decades, changing the cast every two seasons. Queen Elizabeth II is portrayed by Claire Foy (season 1–2), Olivia Colman (season 3–4), and Imelda Staunton (season 5–6), while Prince Philip is portrayed by Matt Smith (season 1–2), Tobias Menzies (season 3–4), and Jonathan Pryce (season 5–6). Princess Margaret is portrayed by Vanessa Kirby (season 1–2), Helena Bonham Carter (season 3–4) and Lesley Manville (season 5–6). Season three introduced adult versions of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales, portrayed by Josh O'Connor and Emma Corrin respectively, and were succeeded by Dominic West, and Elizabeth Debicki in season five and six. Various UK Prime Ministers are also portrayed in the show, most notably Winston Churchill played by John Lithgow, and Margaret Thatcher played by Gillian Anderson.
The Crown has been praised for its acting, directing, writing, cinematography, and production values, and has received many awards and nominations. In 2021, the series won all seven drama categories at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards, becoming the first to do so. Prior to 2021, the series had been nominated three times for Outstanding Drama Series. It also won Best Drama Television Series twice at the 74th Golden Globe Awards and 78th Golden Globe Awards, and Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards and the 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards.
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards AARP's annual 'Movies for Grownups' awards program honors the movies, actors, actresses, and directors who made last year's best films. Year Category Nominee Result2021 Best Series The Crown Best ActressGillian Anderson 2024 Imelda Staunton 2025 Best Series The Crown
Actors and Actresses Union Awards Year Category Nominee Result2023Best Actor in an International Production
American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards Year Category Nominee Result2017 Best Edited One Hour Series for Non-Commercial Television Yan Miles (for "Assassins")
American Film Institute Awards Year Category Nominee Result 2016 Top 10 TV Programs of the YearThe Crown 2017 2019 2020 American Society of Cinematographers Awards Year Category Nominee Result 2017 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in an Episode of a One-Hour Television Series – Non-Commercial Adriano Goldman (for "Smoke and Mirrors") 2018 Adriano Goldman (for "Beryl") 2021 Adriano Goldman (for "Fairytale") Fabian Wagner (for "Imbroglio")
Art Directors Guild Awards The Art Directors Guild present the ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards for American film, television, and other media with outstanding production design. Year Category Nominee Result 2016One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Television Series Martin Childs 2017 Martin Childs (for "A Company of Men", "Beryl", "Dear Mrs. Kennedy") 2019 Martin Childs (for "Aberfan") 2020 Martin Childs (for "War") 2022 One-Hour Period Single-Camera Television Series Martin Childs 2023 Martin Childs
Artios Awards The Artios is awarded to those Casting Society of America (CSA) members who receive primary screen (or program) credit for casting on the winning project. Year Category Nominee Result 2017 Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Pilot and First Season Drama Nina Gold, Robert Sterne 2018 Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Drama Series 2025 Robert Sterne; Luci Lenox
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards The ASCAP Film & TV Awards are given since 1986 and honor (ASCAP) composers, lyricists and publishers of the most performed music from television and top box office movies. Year Category Nominee Result2021 Television Score of the Year Martin Phipps, The Crown
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Awards The AMPS Awards are presented annually for excellence in sound and are gaining increasing significance on the world stage. Year Category Nominee Result2017 Excellence in Sound for a Television Drama The Crown 2018 2020
Astra Television Awards Year Category Nominee Result 2023 Best Streaming Series, Drama The Crown Best Actor in a Streaming Series, Drama Dominic West Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series, Drama Jonathan Pryce Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Drama Elizabeth Debicki Lesley Manville Best Writing in a Streaming Series, Drama Peter Morgan 2024 Best Streaming Series, Drama The Crown Best Actress in a Streaming Series, Drama Imelda Staunton Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series, Drama Jonathan Pryce Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Drama Elizabeth Debicki Best Guest Actress in a Drama series Claire Foy Best Writing in a Streaming Series, Drama Peter Morgan
Astra Creative Arts Television Awards Year Category Nominee Result 2023 Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series Timothy Dalton Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series Vanessa Kirby Best Casting in a Drama Series The Crown Best Period Costumes
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) International Awards The awards recognise excellence in the film and television industry, both locally and internationally, including the producers, directors, actors, writers, and cinematographers. It is the most prestigious awards ceremony for the Australian film and television industry. They are generally considered to be the Australian counterpart of the Academy Awards for the U.S. and the BAFTA Awards for the U.K. Year Category Nominee Result2020 Best Drama Series The Crown 2022 Best Actress in a Series Elizabeth Debicki 2023 Best Drama Series The Crown Best Actress in a Series Elizabeth Debicki 2024 Best Actress in a Series Elizabeth Debicki
British Academy Television Awards The British Academy Television Awards are presented in an award show hosted by the BAFTA. They have been awarded annually since 1955. Year Category Nominee Result2017 Best Drama Series The Crown Best Actress Claire Foy Best Supporting Actor Jared Harris John Lithgow Best Supporting Actress Vanessa Kirby 2018 Best Drama Series The Crown Best Actress Claire Foy Best Supporting Actress Vanessa Kirby 2020 Best Drama Series The Crown Best Supporting Actor Josh O'Connor Best Supporting Actress Helena Bonham Carter 2021 Best Drama Series The Crown Best Actor Josh O'Connor Best Supporting Actor Tobias Menzies Best Supporting Actress Helena Bonham Carter 2023 Best Actress Imelda Staunton Best Supporting Actor Salim Daw 2024 Best Actor Dominic West Best Supporting Actor Salim Daw Best Supporting Actress Elizabeth Debicki Lesley Manville
British Academy Television Craft Awards The British Academy Television Craft Awards are accolades presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, established in 2000 as a way to spotlight technical achievements. Year Category Nominee Result2017 Best Costume Design Michele Clapton Best Director: Fiction Stephen Daldry Best Writer: Drama Peter Morgan Best Photography & Lightning: Fiction Adriano Goldman Best Production Design Martin Childs Best Special, Visual & Graphic Effects One of Us and Molinare Best Titles and Graphic Identity Patrick Clair and Raoul Marks 2018 Best Writer: Drama Peter Morgan Best Editing: Fiction Pia Di Ciaula Best Costume Design Jane Petrie Best Production Design Martin Childs and Alison Harvey Best Photography & Lighting: Fiction Adriano Goldman Best Special, Visual & Graphic Effects One of Us, Asa Shoul and Christopher Reynolds Best Sound: Fiction Sound Team 2020 Best Production Design Martin Childs and Alison Harvey Best Photography & Lighting: Fiction Adriano Goldman Best Special, Visual & Graphic Effects Ben Turner, Chris Reynolds, and Asa Should Best Sound: Fiction Sound Team 2021 Best Costume Design Amy Roberts Best Director: Fiction Benjamin Caron (for "Aberfan") Best Make-Up & Hair Design Cate Hall Best Original Music Martin Phipps Best Sound: Fiction Sound Team Best Special, Visual & Graphic Effects Ben Turner, Reece Ewing, Chris Reynolds, Asa Shoul, Framestore, Untold Studios 2023Best Costume DesignAmy Roberts Best Sound: FictionSound Team Best Editing: FictionCelia Haining 2024Best Costume Design Amy RebertsBest Make-Up & Hair DesignCate Hall, Emile Yong-Mills, Fiona RogersBest Sound: FictionSound TeamBest Special, Visual & Graphic EffectsBen Turner, Reece Ewing, Framestore, Rumble Vfx, Asa Shoul, Chris Reynolds
British Film Designers Guild Awards The BFDG Awards celebrate and congratulate the members of the guild and the wealth of talent within the British Art Department. Year Category Nominee Result2017 Best Production Design - International TV Drama including Mini Series, TV Movie or Limited Series Martin Childs, The Crown
British Screenwriters Awards The awards continue to celebrate the ones that they believe are the very best in screenwriting and talented people in UK TV and film. Year Category Nominee Result2017 Best British TV Drama Writing Peter Morgan, The Crown
British Society of Cinematographers Awards Year Category Nominee Result2017 Television Drama Stuart Howell, The Crown Best Cinematography in a Television Drama Adriano Goldman, The Crown (for "Smoke and Mirrors") 2018 Adriano Goldman, The Crown (for "Beryl") Stuart Howell, The Crown (for "Misadventure") 2020 Adriano Goldman, The Crown (for "Fairytale") Television Drama Chris Bain, The Crown
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards These recognise outstanding UK programmes and performances seen or heard in the preceding year. All but three of the 16 Awards are voted for by the membership. The rest are decided by specialist panels. Year Category Nominee Result2017 Best Online First / Streaming The Crown Best Actor Matt Smith Best Actress Claire Foy Best Writer Peter Morgan 2018 Best Digital First Streaming The Crown Best Actress Claire Foy Best Actor Matt Smith Best Writer Peter Morgan 2020 BPG Breakthrough Award Erin Doherty, The Crown 2021 BPG Breakthrough Award Emma Corrin, The Crown
The C21 International Drama Awards The awards are judged by more than 100 of the world's leading drama commissioners and buyers, making them unique in being The Business on The Business awards for scripted television. Year Category Nominee Result 2017 Best Casting of a Drama Series The Crown Best English Language Drama Series The Crown Female Performance in a Drama Series Claire Foy Male Performance in a Drama Series John Lithgow 2018 Casting of a Drama Series The Crown Best Female Performance in a Drama Series Claire Foy 2020 Best Returning Drama Series The Crown Best Individual Performance in a Drama Series Olivia Colman, The Crown Best Casting of a Drama Series The Crown 2021Best Returning Drama SeriesThe Crown
Camerimage Festival Awards Year Category Nominee Result 2016 Best Pilot Adriano Goldman, The Crown (for "Wolferton Splash")
Canadian Cinema Editors Awards Year Category Nominee Result 2019 Best Editing in TV Drama Pia Di Ciaula, The Crown (for "Paterfamilias"")
Cinema Audio Society Awards Year Category Nominee Result 2018 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series – One Hour Chris Ashworth, Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker, Martin Jensen, Rory de Carteret, and Philip Clements (for "Misadventure") 2021 Chris Ashworth, Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker, Martin Jensen, Gibran Farrah and Catherine Thoma (for "Gold Stick") 2023 Chris Ashworth, Stuart Hilliker, Lee Walpole, Martin Jensen, Ben Tisdall, Anna Wright
Costume Designers Guild Awards Year Category Nominee Result 2017 Excellence in Period Television Michele Clapton 2018 Jane Petrie 2020 Amy Roberts (for "Cri De Coeur") 2021 Amy Roberts (for "Terra Nullius") 2023 Amy Roberts 2024 Amy Roberts
Critics' Choice Television Awards The Critics' Choice Television Awards are presented annually since 2011 by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association. The awards were launched "to enhance access for broadcast journalists covering the television industry".