Frances Louise McDormand (born Cynthia Ann Smith, June , ) is an
American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades,
including two Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony
Award, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple
Crown of Acting." One of the most acclaimed actresses of her
generation, she is known for her portrayals of unique, quirky, and
headstrong characters.McDormand was educated at Bethany College and
Yale University. She has starred in a number of films by the Coen
brothers, including Blood Simple (), Raising Arizona (), Fargo (), The
Man Who Wasn't There (), Burn After Reading (), and Hail, Caesar! ().
For playing a police chief in Fargo, she won the Academy Award for
Best Actress. Her other film roles include Mississippi Burning (),
Almost Famous (), and North Country (), all of which earned her
nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In ,
she starred as a hardened woman seeking justice for her daughter's
murder in the crime-drama film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,
Missouri, which won her a second Academy Award for Best
Actress.McDormand made her Broadway debut in a revival of the drama
Awake and Sing!, and received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best
Actress in a Play for her acclaimed performance as Stella Kowalski in
a revival of A Streetcar Named Desire. She returned to Broadway in
with a revival of The Country Girl, leading to a Drama Desk Award
nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Play. In , she won the Tony
Award for Best Actress in a Play for playing a troubled single mother
in Good People. On television, McDormand played the titular
protagonist in the HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge (), which won her
the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited
Series or Movie.
American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades,
including two Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony
Award, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple
Crown of Acting." One of the most acclaimed actresses of her
generation, she is known for her portrayals of unique, quirky, and
headstrong characters.McDormand was educated at Bethany College and
Yale University. She has starred in a number of films by the Coen
brothers, including Blood Simple (), Raising Arizona (), Fargo (), The
Man Who Wasn't There (), Burn After Reading (), and Hail, Caesar! ().
For playing a police chief in Fargo, she won the Academy Award for
Best Actress. Her other film roles include Mississippi Burning (),
Almost Famous (), and North Country (), all of which earned her
nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In ,
she starred as a hardened woman seeking justice for her daughter's
murder in the crime-drama film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,
Missouri, which won her a second Academy Award for Best
Actress.McDormand made her Broadway debut in a revival of the drama
Awake and Sing!, and received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best
Actress in a Play for her acclaimed performance as Stella Kowalski in
a revival of A Streetcar Named Desire. She returned to Broadway in
with a revival of The Country Girl, leading to a Drama Desk Award
nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Play. In , she won the Tony
Award for Best Actress in a Play for playing a troubled single mother
in Good People. On television, McDormand played the titular
protagonist in the HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge (), which won her
the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited
Series or Movie.
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