Frances McDormand

Born: 1957-06-23

Frances Louise McDormand (born Cynthia Ann Smith; June 23, 1957) is an American film, stage and television actress. McDormand began her career on stage and made her screen debut in the 1984 film Blood Simple, having since appeared in several theatrical and television roles. McDormand has been recognized for her performances in 'Mississippi Burning' (1988), 'Short Cuts' (1993), 'Fargo' (1996), 'Wonder Boys' (2000), 'Almost Famous' (2000), 'North Country' (2005), 'Moonrise Kingdom' (2012), 'Hail, Caesar!' (2016), 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' (2017), 'Nomadland' (2020) and 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' (2021). Throughout her career, she has been nominated for eight Golden Globes, five Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, and three Emmy Awards. She is one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting", winning an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. She won her first Academy Award for Best Actress in 1997 for her role as Marge Gunderson in 'Fargo'.  She also won Best Supporting Actress from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Florida Film Critics Circle, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for her performance in 'Wonder Boys' (2000). McDormand returned to the stage in the David Lindsay-Abaire play Good People on Broadway from February 8, 2011 to April 24, 2011. In 2017, McDormand starred in 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' which earned her a second Academy Award for Best Actress. McDormand has been married to filmmaker Joel Coen since 1984, they reside in New York City along with their adopted son Pedro.


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as Marge Gunderson
Released: 1996-03-08

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a...

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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

as Captain Chantel DuBois (voice)
Released: 2012-06-06

Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still trying to make it back to New York's...

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as Handler
Released: 2005-11-30

400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except...

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The Good Dinosaur

as Momma (voice)
Released: 2015-11-14

An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely...

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Hail, Caesar!

as C. C. Calhoun
Released: 2016-02-05

When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their...

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

as Mildred Hayes
Released: 2017-12-01

After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes...

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Primal Fear

as Molly
Released: 1996-03-06

An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from...

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Almost Famous

as Elaine Miller
Released: 2000-09-15

In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock...

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Promised Land

as Sue Thomason
Released: 2012-09-23

A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small...

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Nomadland

as Fern
Released: 2021-01-29

A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing...

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as Lucinda Krementz
Released: 2021-10-21

The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories...

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Darkman

as Julie Hastings
Released: 1990-08-24

Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his...

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as Interpreter Nelson (voice)
Released: 2018-03-23

In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs...

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Moonrise Kingdom

as Mrs. Bishop
Released: 2012-05-16

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the...

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Mississippi Burning

as Mrs. Pell
Released: 1988-12-08

Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach...

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Blood Simple

as Abby
Released: 1984-09-07

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an...

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Barton Fink

as Stage Actress (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1991-08-01

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers...

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Raising Arizona

as Dot
Released: 1987-03-13

When a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another...

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as Linda Litzke
Released: 2008-09-05

When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees,...

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Women Talking

as Scarface Janz
Released: 2022-12-23

A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series...

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Short Cuts

as Betty Weathers
Released: 1993-09-05

Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond...

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North Country

as Glory
Released: 2005-02-12

A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United...

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Lone Star

as Bunny
Released: 1996-06-21

When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other...

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Madeline

as Miss Clavel
Released: 1998-07-10

Horrified at the prospect of her beloved school being sold, a young French girl named Madeline...

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Something's Gotta Give

as Zoe
Released: 2003-12-12

Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his...

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Wonder Boys

as Sara Gaskell
Released: 2000-02-22

Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote...

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The Tragedy of Macbeth

as Lady Macbeth
Released: 2021-12-05

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will...

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Hidden Agenda

as Ingrid Jessner
Released: 1990-11-21

In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to...

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The Man Who Wasn't There

as Doris Crane
Released: 2001-10-26

A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small...

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This Must Be the Place

as Jane
Released: 2011-08-24

A bored, retired rock star sets out to find his father's tormentor, an ex-Nazi war criminal who...

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Laurel Canyon

as Jane
Released: 2003-03-07

When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting...

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Miller's Crossing

as Mayor's Secretary (uncredited)
Released: 1990-09-21

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for...

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Paradise Road

as Dr. Verstak
Released: 1997-02-11

A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being...

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Passed Away

as Nora Scanlan
Released: 1992-04-24

Thrown for a loop by the unexpected news that Dad has suddenly gone to his reward, the grieving...

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Crimewave

as Nun
Released: 1985-04-12

Fed up of his business partner, Ernest Trend hires the services of two exterminators. When...

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Friends with Money

as Jane
Released: 2006-04-07

As she reaches her mid-thirties and quits her lucrative job, singleton Olivia finds herself...

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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

as Guinevere Pettigrew
Released: 2008-03-07

London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is...

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Chattahoochee

as Mae Foley
Released: 1990-04-20

In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a "maximum security" mental...

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Beyond Rangoon

as Andy Bowman
Released: 1995-05-24

Dr. Laura Bowman is a young widow who's unwittingly drawn into political turmoil while...

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The Butcher's Wife

as Grace
Released: 1991-10-25

A clairvoyant woman thinks that she's met her future husband because she's seen him in a dream....

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as Mearing
Released: 2011-06-28

The Autobots continue to work for NEST, now no longer in secret. But after discovering a strange...

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Johnny Skidmarks

as Alice
Released: 1998-01-18

Johnny Scardino is working for blackmailers, photographing wealthy guys in seedy motels. One...

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City by the Sea

as Michelle
Released: 2002-09-06

Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police detective who has gone to...

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Bleeding Hearts

as Woman on T.V.
Released: 1995-09-22

An ill-fated, tender romance between an adult, male, white tutor (Mark Evan Jacobs) and his...

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Palookaville

as June
Released: 1995-09-07

Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break...

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Upheaval

as Anne
Released: 2002-03-07

A neurotic and overly-presumptuous mother accuses her family's au pair of stealing a cherished...

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Minnesota Nice

as Self
Released: 2003-04-01

A collection of cast interviews and behind-the-scenes clips from the Coen brother's Academy...

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The Good Old Boys

as Eve Calloway
Released: 1995-03-05

An aging cowboy must choose between his desire to remain free and the responsibilities of...

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Scandal Sheet

as uncredited
Released: 1985-01-21

The publisher of a celebrity gossip tabloid sets out to destroy an aging actor, whose career is...

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Searching for Debra Winger

as Self
Released: 2002-07-13

Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in...

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Hidden in America

as Gus
Released: 1996-12-01

Story of a man whose pride in being the head of his family won't let him accept help from his...

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American Cinema

as Narrator
Released: 1995-01-23

The history of Hollywood and filmmaking comes alive in this spectacular nine hour celebration of...

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Talk of Angels

as Conlon
Released: 1998-10-30

This is the story of a young Irish woman who comes to Spain to escape from the pressures she...

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The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

as Self (voice)
Released: 2017-03-11

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin celebrates one of the world’s most beloved storytellers,...

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Moonrise Kingdom: Welcome to the Island of New Penzance

as Self
Released: 2012-10-16

Narrator Bob Balaban briefly profiles Murray, Willis, Norton, and Anderson. There's some lovely...

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Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big

as The Adult Fannie (voice)
Released: 2000-11-17

Edwurd Fudwupper spends all his time cooking up big fibs. But one day, he tells such a humdinger...

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Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

as Self
Released: 1993-03-26

A documentary insight behind the scenes of Roberts Altman's Short Cuts.

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The Botany of Desire

as Narrator
Released: 2009-10-28

Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book, this special takes viewers on an...

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Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo

as Brigette
Released: 1986-11-01

A true story of the lives of a family from South Carolina torn apart after the murder of Bill...

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Crazy in Love

as Clare
Released: 1992-08-10

Three generations of women live on a small island off the coast of Washington state with their...

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Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

as Self / Mrs. Bishop
Released: 2015-09-22

Martin Scali, who was Wes Anderson's assistant on "Fantastic Mr. Fox", shot this short...

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She's The Best Thing in It

as Self
Released: 2015-03-16

Mary Louise Wilson is the most accomplished character actor you've never heard of. While...

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The Origins of Ebbing

as Self
Released: 2018-06-25

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Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Big Bird Gets Lost

as Herself
Released: 2003-06-03

When Big Bird and Maria go to the ABCD-Mart to buy some skates for Snuffy's birthday, Big Bird...

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The Oedipus Project

as Jocosta
Released: 2020-06-24

The Oedipus Project is an innovative new digital initiative by Theater of War Productions that...

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The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'

as Self
Released: 1990-05-01

Documentary looking at the making-of and real-life stories behind the award-winning conspiracy...

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Crafting the Tragedy of Macbeth

as Self
Released: 2022-01-14

This behind the scenes documentary split across five chapters focuses on the many aspects of the...

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Hill Street Blues

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-01-15

A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

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The Simpsons

as Melanie Upfoot (voice)
First aired: 1989-12-17

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday...

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The Twilight Zone

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-09-27

This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Winner
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Good Omens

as God (voice)
First aired: 2019-05-31

Aziraphale, an angel, and Crowley, a demon, join forces to find the Antichrist and stop Armageddon.

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Great Performances

as Self
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Hunter

as Nina Sloan
First aired: 1984-09-18

Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred...

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Olive Kitteridge

as Olive Kitteridge
First aired: 2014-11-02

A look at a seemingly placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs,...

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Leg Work

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-10-03

Leg Work is an American detective drama television series created by Frank Abatemarco that...

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