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). 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". For her performance as a sheriff's wife in "Mississippi Burning" (1988), she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. 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". 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". 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". 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). 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. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance as a single mother in "Good People" (2011). 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. 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). 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.