Frances McDormand on screen and stage
Frances McDormand is an American actress and producer who made her film debut in the Coen brothers' neo-noir Blood Simple (1984).[1] She also made her Broadway debut in the revival Awake and Sing! in the same year. In 1985, she played a police officer on the television series Hill Street Blues.[2] For her performance as a sheriff's wife in Mississippi Burning (1988), she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.[3][4] In the same year, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for playing Stella Kowalski in the revival A Streetcar Named Desire.[5]
McDormand received critical acclaim and won her first Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of a pregnant Minnesotan police chief in the Coen brothers' black comedy Fargo.[6][7] In the same year, she played a psychiatrist in legal thriller Primal Fear. In 1997, McDormand garnered a nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her role as a mechanic in the television film Hidden in America.[8] She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as an overprotective mother in Cameron Crowe-directed comedy-drama Almost Famous (2000).[9]
She starred in drama North Country and science fiction action film Æon Flux with Charlize Theron (both in 2005). For the former, McDormand received a nomination for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.[10] She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance as a single mother in Good People (2011).[11] McDormand garnered critical acclaim and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for playing the title character of an abrasive schoolteacher in Olive Kitteridge (2014) which she also produced.[8][12]
McDormand garnered her second Best Actress Oscar as well as the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for playing a mother striving for justice for the unsolved murder of her daughter in Martin McDonagh-directed crime drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).[13][14][15] For her performance as a vandwelling nomad in Chloe Zhao's 2020 drama Nomadland she received her third Best Actress Oscar and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She also produced the film and received the Academy Award for Best Picture and the BAFTA Award for Best Film.[16][17]
Film[]
Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1984 | Blood Simple | Abby | [18][19] | |
1985 | Crimewave | Nun | [20] | |
1987 | Raising Arizona | Dot | [20] | |
1988 | Mississippi Burning | Mrs. Pell | [20] | |
1989 | Chattahoochee | Mae Foley | [20] | |
1990 | Darkman | Julie Hastings | [20] | |
1990 | Miller's Crossing | Mayor's Secretary | Uncredited | [20] |
1990 | Hidden Agenda | Ingrid Jessner | [21] | |
1991 | Barton Fink | Stage Actress (voice) | Uncredited | [22] |
1991 | The Butcher's Wife | Grace | [23] | |
1992 | Passed Away | Nora Scanlan | [20] | |
1993 | Short Cuts | Betty Weathers | [20] | |
1994 | Bleeding Hearts | Woman on TV | [24] | |
1995 | Beyond Rangoon | Andy Bowman | [25] | |
1995 | Palookaville | June | [20] | |
1996 | Fargo | Marge Gunderson | [26] | |
1996 | Primal Fear | Dr. Molly Arrington | [27] | |
1996 | Lone Star | Bunny | [28] | |
1997 | Paradise Road | Dr. Verstak | [29] | |
1998 | Johnny Skidmarks | Alice | [30] | |
1998 | Madeline | Miss Clavel | [31] | |
1998 | Talk of Angels | Conlon | [32] | |
2000 | Wonder Boys | Dean Sara Gaskell | [33] | |
2000 | Almost Famous | Elaine Miller | [34] | |
2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Doris Crane | [35] | |
2002 | Laurel Canyon | Jane | [20] | |
2002 | City by the Sea | Michelle | [36] | |
2003 | Something's Gotta Give | Zoe Barry | [37] | |
2005 | North Country | Glory | [20] | |
2005 | Æon Flux | The Handler | [38] | |
2006 | Friends with Money | Jane | [20] | |
2008 | Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day | Guinevere Pettigrew | [20] | |
2008 | Burn After Reading | Linda Litzke | [20] | |
2011 | This Must Be the Place | Jane | [20] | |
2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Charlotte Mearing | [20] | |
2012 | Moonrise Kingdom | Mrs. Bishop | [20] | |
2012 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Captain Chantal Dubois (voice) | [20] | |
2012 | Promised Land | Sue Thomason | [20] | |
2014 | Every Secret Thing | N/A | Producer | [39] |
2015 | The Good Dinosaur | Momma (voice) | [40] | |
2016 | Hail, Caesar! | C. C. Calhoun | [41] | |
2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Mildred Hayes | [42] | |
2018 | Isle of Dogs | Interpreter Nelson (voice) | [43] | |
2020 | Nomadland | Fern | Also producer | [44] |
2021 | The French Dispatch | Lucinda Krementz | [45] | |
2021 | The Tragedy of Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Also producer | [46] |
TBA | Women Talking | TBA | Post-production Also producer |
[47] |
Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Television[]
Year(s) | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1985 | Hunter | Nina Sloan | Episode: "The Garbage Man" | [48] |
1985 | Hill Street Blues | Connie Chapman | 6 episodes | [2] |
1986 | Spenser: For Hire | Mary | Episode: "A Day's Wages" | [49] |
1986 | The Twilight Zone | Amanda Strickland | Segment: "Need to Know" | [50] |
1986 | Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo | Brigette | Television film | [51] |
1987 | Leg Work | Willie Pipal | 10 episodes | [20] |
1992 | Crazy in Love | Clare | Television film | [52] |
1995 | The Good Old Boys | Eve Calloway | Television film | [53] |
1996 | Hidden in America | Gus | Television film | [54] |
1998 | Sesame Street: Kids' Guide to Life: Big Bird Gets Lost | Herself | Short film | [55] |
2001 | American Experience | Victoria Price (voice) | Documentary Episode: "Scottsboro: An American Tragedy" |
[56] |
2001–2002 | State of Grace | Narrator / Adult Hannah (voice) | 39 episodes | [57] |
2006 | The Simpsons | Melanie Upfoot (voice) | Episode: "Girls Just Want to Have Sums" | [58] |
2014 | Olive Kitteridge | Olive Kitteridge | Miniseries (4 episodes); also producer | [59] |
2019 | Good Omens | God (voice) | 6 episodes | [60] |
Stage[]
Year(s) | Title | Theater | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1983–1984 | Painting Churches | Lamb's Theatre | Margaret Church | Understudy; November 22, 1983 – May 20, 1984 | [61] |
1984 | Awake and Sing! | Circle in the Square Theatre | Hennie Berger | March 8 – April 29 | [62] |
1988 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Circle in the Square Theatre | Stella Kowalski | February 20 – April 17 | [62] |
1992–1993 | The Sisters Rosensweig | Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater | Pfeni Rosensweig | October 22, 1992 – February 28, 1993 | [61] |
1993 | The Swan | The Public Theater | Dora | November 9 – December 12 | [61] |
2002–2003 | Far Away | New York Theatre Workshop | Harper | November 11, 2002 – January 18, 2003 | [61] |
2006–2007 | An Oak Tree | Barrow Street Theatre | Father | November 4, 2006 – January 14, 2007 | [61] |
2008 | A Country Girl | Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre | Georgie Elgin | April 27 – July 20 | [62] |
2011 | Good People | Samuel J. Friedman Theatre | Margaret | March 3 – May 29 | [62] |
2016 | Macbeth | Berkeley Repertory Theatre | Lady Macbeth / Weird Sister | February 19 – April 10 | [63] |
See also[]
References[]
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