Frances McDormand
Frances Louise McDormand (* 23. June 1957 in Chicago , Illinois as Cynthia Ann Smith ) is an American actress . She has been married to director Joel Coen since 1984 and starred in many of the films he made with his brother Ethan . In 1997 she received the Oscar for best actress for her role in Fargo . As part of the Golden Globe Awards 2018 McDormand was for her role as Mildred Hayes in the film Three billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as best actress award. Also for this role, McDormand received her second Oscar for best leading actress at the 2018 Academy Awards .
Life
Frances McDormand is an adopted child and grew up with other adoptive siblings in a devout family belonging to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) . She completed her education with a Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama .
With her first film Blood Simple (1984), the first film by the Coen brothers, she made her breakthrough in the role of the unfaithful wife. She then played a somewhat wacky neighbor in Arizona Junior (Raising Arizona , 1987), the mayor's secretary in Miller's Crossing (1990) and a cameo role as a stage actress in Barton Fink (1991) . She also had her greatest success so far with a film by the Coen brothers: In Fargo (1996) she played the heavily pregnant policewoman Marge Gunderson, who is supposed to solve three murders in a snow-covered American provincial nest. She has won numerous awards for her acting performance, including the Oscar for best actress . The brothers' films were followed by roles as the loveless wife of the main character in The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), as the gym worker dreaming of cosmetic surgery in Burn After Reading (2008), for which she won a Golden Globe Nomination, and as a film editor in Hail, Caesar! (2016).
In addition, McDormand also showed herself to be a successful actress in films by other directors, such as B. Sam Raimi's Die Killer-Akademie (Crimewave , 1985) and Darkman (1990). She received other Oscar nominations for the intimidated wife of a police officer and Ku Klux Klan member in Mississippi Burning (1988) by Alan Parker and as a worried mother in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous (2000). She was part of the acclaimed ensemble in Robert Altman's film Short Cuts (1993) and starred as a psychologist in the court thriller Twilight (Primal Fear , 1996) and as the secret lover and supervisor of a college professor in The WonderBoys (Wonder Boys , 2000) by Curtis Hanson and as head of the family in Laurel Canyon (2003).
McDormand and Joel Coen live in New York City ; they adopted a child from Paraguay in 1994 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1984: Blood Simple (Blood Simple)
- 1985: Deadly Headlines (Scandal Sheet , TV movie)
- 1985: The Killer Academy (Crimewave)
- 1986: Justice (Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo , TV movie)
- 1987: Arizona Junior (Raising Arizona)
- 1988: Mississippi Burning - The Root of Hate (Mississippi Burning)
- 1989: Chattahoochee
- 1990: Secret Protocol - Hidden Agenda (Hidden Agenda)
- 1990: Darkman
- 1990: Miller's Crossing
- 1991: Barton Fink (voice)
- 1991: The man of her dreams (The Butcher's Wife)
- 1992: A Crazy Funeral Feast (Passed Away)
- 1992: Crazy in Love ( TV movie)
- 1993: short cuts
- 1994: Bleeding Hearts
- 1995: Once a Cowboy, Always a Cowboy (The Good Old Boys , TV movie)
- 1995: Talking with (TV movie)
- 1995: Rangoon - Beyond Rangoon
- 1995: Little gangsters, big money (Palookaville)
- 1996: Plain Pleasures
- 1996: Fargo
- 1996: Twilight (Primal Fear)
- 1996: Lone Star
- 1996: Between the Worlds (Hidden in America , TV movie)
- 1997: Paradise Road
- 1998: Skidmarks - Traces of Blood (Johnny Skidmarks)
- 1998: Madeline
- 1998: Talk of Angels
- 2000: The WonderBoys (Wonder Boys)
- 2000: Almost Famous - Almost Famous (Almost Famous)
- 2001: The Man Who Wasn't There
- 2001: Upheaval (short film)
- 2002: Laurel Canyon
- 2002: City by the Sea
- 2003: Something's Gotta Give (Something's Gotta Give)
- 2004: Last Night (short film)
- 2005: Precinct Hollywood (TV movie)
- 2005: Cold Land (North Country)
- 2005: Æon Flux
- 2006: Friends with Money (Friends with Money)
- 2008: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
- 2008: Burn After Reading - Who is Burning Their Fingers Here? (Burn After Reading)
- 2011: Transformers 3 (Transformers: Dark of the Moon)
- 2011: Cheyenne - This Must Be the Place (This Must Be the Place)
- 2012: Moonrise Kingdom
- 2012: Promised Land
- 2014: Olive Kitteridge (Miniseries)
- 2015: Arlo & Spot (The Good Dinosaur) - voice of Momma Ida
- 2016: Hail, Caesar!
- 2017: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- 2018: Isle of Dogs - Ataris Reise ( Isle of Dogs , voice)
- 2019: Good Omens (miniseries, 6 episodes)
Awards (selection)
- 1988 : Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Mississippi Burning - The Root of Hate
- 1997 : Award as Best Actress for Fargo
- 2000 : Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Almost Famous
- 2005 : Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Kaltes Land
- 2018 : Award as Best Actress for Three billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- 1993 : Award for the best acting ensemble for short cuts
- 1997 : Nomination for Best Actress - Comedy or Musical for Fargo
- 2001 : Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Almost Famous
- 2006 : Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Kaltes Land
- 2009 : Nomination for Best Actress - Comedy or Musical for Burn After Reading - Who is Burning Their Fingers Here?
- 2015 : Nomination for Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie for Olive Kitteridge
- 2018 : Award for Best Actress - Drama for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- 1997 : Nomination for Best Actress for Fargo
- 2001 : Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Almost Famous
- 2006 : Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Kaltes Land
- 2018 : Award as Best Actress for Three billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- 1997 : Nomination for supporting actress in a miniseries or a TV movie for Hidden in America
- 2015 : Award for Best Miniseries (as a producer ) for Olive Kitteridge
- 2015: Award as Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Olive Kitteridge
- 1997 : Award as Best Actress for Fargo
- 2001 : Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Almost Famous
- 2001: Nomination for Best Acting Ensemble for Almost Famous
- 2006 : Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Kaltes Land
- 2015 : Award for Best Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries
- 2018 : Award as Best Actress for Three billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- 2018: Award for Best Acting Ensemble for Three billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- 1988: Nomination for Best Actress for A Streetcar Named Desire
- 2011: Award as Best Actress for Good People
London Critics Circle Film Awards
- 1997: Best Actress for Fargo
Chicago Film Critics Association
- 1988: Best Supporting Actress for Mississippi Burning - The Root of Hate
- 1996: Best Actress for Fargo
- 2000: Best Supporting Actress for Almost Famous
- 1997: Best Actress for Fargo
- 2004: nominated for Best Actress for Laurel Canyon
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award
- 1988: Best Supporting Actress for Mississippi Burning - The Root of Hate
National Board of Review Award
- 1988: Best Supporting Actress for Mississippi Burning - The Root of Hate
Individual evidence
Web links
- Frances McDormand in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Prisma Online - with TV notices
- Portrait on film-zeit.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | McDormand, Frances |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McDormand, Frances Louise (full name); Smith, Cynthia Ann (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1957 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois , United States |