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Frances McDormand
Frances Louise McDormand is an American actress and film producer. In a career spanning over four decades, McDormand has received numerous accolades, including four Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting". Additionally, she has received three British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and f…
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Born 23 June 1957 · Q204299
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 3 entries
The Guardian: Frances McDormand on her adult-sized cradle art project: ‘It’s not performative, it’s experiential’
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The New York Times: Frances McDormand
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AOL: A Look at Frances McDormand and Joel Coen's Relationship as the Long-Term Couple Marks Their 41st Anniversary
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2023· 1 entry
The Guardian: Frances McDormand’s 10 best performances – ranked!
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2022· 1 entry
McDormand produced and appeared in Women Talking
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2021· 9 entries
New York Daily News: Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand share their journey toward making ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’
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People: Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand Team Up in First Trailer for 'The Tragedy of Macbeth'
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Picture for Nomadland (2021).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Nomadland (2021).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Actress for Nomadland (2021).
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The Cheat Sheet: Who is Frances McDormand’s Husband, Joel Coen? Do They Have Any Kids?
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Yahoo: With 'Nomadland,' Frances McDormand now has more lead actress Oscars than Meryl Streep
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Yahoo: Frances McDormand’s Net Worth Proves She Doesn’t Have to Live the ‘Nomadland’ Lifestyle
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McDormand received further critical acclaim for her performances as Lady Macbeth in Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth and Lucinda Krementz in Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch
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2020· 1 entry
McDormand produced and starred in Chloé Zhao's Nomadland, playing Fern, a nomad in the American West
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2018· 4 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actress for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2018).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama (2018).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2018).
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McDormand voiced Interpreter Nelson in Wes Anderson's stop-motion animated film Isle of Dogs
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2017· 1 entry
McDormand starred in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Mildred Hayes, a grieving mother who rents three roadside billboards to call attention to her daughter's unsolved rape and murder
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2016· 1 entry
Starred in the Coen brothers' Hail, Caesar
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2015· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Olive Kitteridge (2015).
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McDormand voiced Momma Ida in the Pixar animated film The Good Dinosaur
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2011· 2 entries
Awarded Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (2011).
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Appeared alongside Sean Penn in This Must Be the Place, and alongside her Burn After Reading co-star John Malkovich in the action movie Transformers: Dark of the Moon, playing the US government's National Intelligenc
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2008· 1 entry
McDormand starred in the romantic comedy Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day alongside Amy Adams as governess Guinevere Pettigrew, and the black comedy Burn After Reading, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best A
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2007· 1 entry
McDormand won an Independent Spirit Award for her supporting role in Nicole Holofcener's dark comedy Friends with Money (2006)
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2005· 1 entry
McDormand co-starred alongside Charlize Theron in the true life drama North Country, which earned her Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress
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2003· 1 entry
The character of Marge Gunderson as portrayed by McDormand was ranked the 33rd greatest screen hero by AFI's 100 Years
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2002· 2 entries
"the game and talented" McDormand performed as Oenone in the Wooster Group's production of an "exhilarating dissection" of Racine's tragedy Phèdre entitled To You, the Birdie
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Starred alongside Robert De Niro in the crime drama City by the Sea, and as free-spirited record producer Jane in Laurel Canyon, which earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Female
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2001· 1 entry
McDormand was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of an overbearing mother in Almost Famous (2000)
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1998· 1 entry
McDormand played the strict but loving nun Miss Clara Clavel in the family film Madeline
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1997· 4 entries
Awarded Film Independent Spirit Awards (1997).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Actress for Fargo (1997).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (1997).
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McDormand received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Television Movie for her role as Gus in the television film Hidden in America (1996)
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1996· 2 entries
McDormand played Edward Norton's psychiatrist Dr
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McDormand starred as pregnant police Chief Marge Gunderson in Fargo, written and directed by the Coen brothers
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1995· 1 entry
Adopted a son from Paraguay when he was six months old
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1993· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for Short Cuts (1993).
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McDormand co-starred in Robert Altman's ensemble film Short Cuts, based on stories by Raymond Carver
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1992· 1 entry
Co-starred in the television film Crazy in Love with Holly Hunter and Gena Rowlands
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1990· 1 entry
McDormand teamed again with director Sam Raimi for Darkman, in which she co-starred alongside Liam Neeson
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1989· 1 entry
Was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Mississippi Burning (1988)
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1988· 1 entry
Played Stella Kowalski in a stage production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
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1987· 1 entry
Appeared as eccentric friend Dot in Raising Arizona, starring Holly Hunter and Nicolas Cage
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1985· 1 entry
McDormand appeared in Sam Raimi's Crimewave, as well as an episode of Hunter
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1984· 1 entry
Made her film debut in Blood Simple, the first film by her husband Joel Coen and brother-in-law Ethan Coen
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1982· 2 entries
Earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Yale School of Drama
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Studied at Yale School of Drama, Master of Fine Arts (1982).
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1979· 1 entry
Studied at Bethany College, Bachelor of Arts (1979).
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1957· 1 entry
Born 1957-06-23.
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