"Movie stars have careers — actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again."
Frances Louise McDormand (born June 23, 1957 in Gibson City, Illinois) is an award-winning American actor.
She is best known for her roles in The Coen Brothers' films, and has been married to Joel Coen since 1984.
She's won the Triple Crown of Acting (three Oscars, one Emmy, and one Tony), and a further Oscar and Emmy as a producer.
Her many screen credits include:
- Almost Famous
- Blood Simple
- Burn After Reading
- Darkman
- Fargo: She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Marge Gunderson.
- The French Dispatch
- Friends with Money
- The Good Dinosaur
- Good Omens (2019)
- Hail, Caesar!
- Hill Street Blues
- The Hudsucker Proxy
- Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
- Madeline
- The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
- Miller's Crossing
- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
- Mississippi Burning
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Nomadland: She won her third Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Fern.
- North Country
- Olive Kitteridge
- Paradise Road
- Primal Fear
- Raising Arizona
- Short Cuts
- Something's Gotta Give
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: She won her second Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Mildred Hayes.
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- Women Talking
- Wonder Boys
Tropes associated with her career include:
- Real-Life Relative: McDormand is married to Joel Coen and frequently stars in Coen Brothers films.
- "Sesame Street" Cred: She played a prominent role in the Sesame Street video Big Bird Gets Lost, which she recalled in that page's main quote as a "rewarding" experience.
