Frances McDormand

Q: How many Academy Awards has Frances McDormand won?

Frances McDormand has won three Academy Awards for Best Actress, for 'Fargo' (1996), 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' (2017), and 'Nomadland' (2020).

Q: When did Frances McDormand start her acting career?

Frances McDormand began her acting career in the early 1980s, with her first film role in 'Blood Simple' (1984), directed by Joel Coen.

Q: What is Frances McDormand's estimated net worth?

Frances McDormand's estimated net worth is around $30 million, reflecting her successful career in film and theater.

Q: Has Frances McDormand worked with the Coen brothers?

Yes, Frances McDormand has collaborated with the Coen brothers multiple times, including in 'Fargo,' 'Raising Arizona,' and 'Burn After Reading.'

Q: What is Frances McDormand's acting style?

Frances McDormand's acting style is characterized by her emotional depth and authenticity, often bringing a strong presence to her characters.

Q: What are some notable awards Frances McDormand has received?

In addition to her three Academy Awards, Frances McDormand has received multiple Golden Globe Awards and a BAFTA Award for her performances.

Q: What is Frances McDormand's role in 'Macbeth' (2025)?

In 'Macbeth' (2025), Frances McDormand plays Lady Macbeth, delivering a powerful interpretation of the iconic character in this adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy.

Known for

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri poster

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

IMDb 8.1 / 10

2017 / Comedy, Crime / 115 min

After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into...

Fargo (2014–)

IMDb 8.9 / 10

2014– / Crime, Drama / 53 min

A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.

The Good Dinosaur (2015)

IMDb 6.7 / 10

2015 / Action, Adventure / 93mins

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

Name

Frances McDormand

Height

5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Born

23 June 1957, Gibson City, Illinois, USA

Spouses

Joel Coen (1984–present)

Children

1, Pedro McDormand Coen

Parents

Nina McDormand, Vernon McDormand

Estimated Net Worth

$30 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie Armani and the Birth of Italian Fashion In his first—and final—on-screen interview, Giorgio Armani reflects on a life that reshaped global fashion. Armani and the Birth of...	Unknown character	Not rated
2024	Movie Wolfs Hired to cover up a high-profile crime, a fixer soon finds his night spiralling out of control when he's forced...	Pam (voice)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2022	Movie Women Talking A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults...	Scarface Janz	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2022	Movie Crafting the Tragedy of Macbeth This behind the scenes documentary split across five chapters focuses on the many aspects of the filmmaking journey and includes...	Self	Not rated
2021	Movie The Tragedy of Macbeth Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King...	Lady Macbeth	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2021	Movie The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced...	Lucinda Krementz	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2021	Movie Nomadland A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great...	Fern	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2020	Movie The Oedipus Project The Oedipus Project is an innovative new digital initiative by Theater of War Productions that will present acclaimed actors performing...	Jocosta	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2019	TV Good Omens Aziraphale and Crowley, of Heaven and Hell respectively, have grown rather fond of the Earth. So it's terrible news that...	God (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2018	Movie The Origins of Ebbing	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2018	Movie Isle of Dogs In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to...	Interpreter Nelson (voice)	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2017	Movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting...	Mildred	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2017	Movie The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin celebrates one of the world’s most beloved storytellers, following his evolution from a conservative...	Self (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2016	Movie Hail, Caesar! When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.	C. C. Calhoun	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2015	Movie The Good Dinosaur An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.	Momma (voice)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2015	Movie Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' Martin Scali, who was Wes Anderson's assistant on "Fantastic Mr. Fox", shot this short documentary in Newport, Rhode Island, during...	Self / Mrs. Bishop	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	Movie Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton. 18 minutes, 16 seconds of the actor’s phone-shot footage from the set. Essentially a collection of “home movies”, Norton’s material...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2015	Movie She's The Best Thing in It Mary Louise Wilson is the most accomplished character actor you've never heard of. While teaching skeptical young students, she examines...	Self	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2014	TV Olive Kitteridge A look at a seemingly placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, all...	Olive Kitteridge	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2012	Movie Promised Land A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants...	Sue Thomason	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2012	Movie Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still trying to make it back to New York's Central Park Zoo....	Captain Chantel DuBois (voice)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2012	Movie Moonrise Kingdom Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story...	Mrs. Bishop	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2011	Movie This Must Be the Place A bored, retired rock star living in Ireland sets out to find his dead father's tormentor, an ex-Nazi war criminal...	Jane	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2011	Movie Transformers: Dark of the Moon The Autobots continue to work for NEST, now no longer in secret. But after discovering a strange artifact during a...	Mearing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2009	Movie The Botany of Desire Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book, this special takes viewers on an exploration of the human relationship...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2008	Movie DC Insiders Run Amuck A featurette about Burn After Reading featuring an interview with Joel and Ethan Coen and cast interviews about their characters...	Self	Not rated
2008	Movie Finding the Burn A featurette about the making of Burn After Reading, featuring cast and crew interviews.	Self / Linda Litzke (archive footage)	Not rated
2008	Movie Burn After Reading When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad,...	Linda Litzke	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2008	Movie Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a...	Guinevere Pettigrew	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2006	Movie Friends with Money As she reaches her mid-thirties and quits her lucrative job, singleton Olivia finds herself unsure about her future and her...	Jane	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2005	Movie Æon Flux 400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one walled city, Bregna,...	Handler	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2005	Movie North Country A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States — Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines,...	Glory	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2003	Movie Something's Gotta Give When perpetually single, aging music industry exec Harry Sanborn, and his latest trophy girlfriend, Marin, arrive at her mother's beach...	Zoe	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2003	Movie Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Big Bird Gets Lost When Big Bird and Maria go to the ABCD-Mart to buy some skates for Snuffy's birthday, Big Bird forgets all...	Herself	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2003	Movie Minnesota Nice A collection of cast interviews and behind-the-scenes clips from the Coen brother's Academy Award-winning film "Fargo." Produced for the "Fargo"...	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2003	Movie Laurel Canyon When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes...	Jane	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2002	Movie City by the Sea Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police detective who has gone to great lengths to distance...	Michelle	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2002	Movie Searching for Debra Winger Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in the entertainment industry.	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2002	Movie Making "The Man Who Wasn't There" Making of "The Man Who Wasn't There".	Self	Not rated
2002	Movie Upheaval A neurotic and overly-presumptuous mother accuses her family's au pair of stealing a cherished heirloom, much to the chagrin of...	Anne	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2001	Movie The Man Who Wasn't There A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small...	Doris Crane	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2001	TV State of Grace The adventures of twelve-year-old Hannah Rayburn, a young middle-class Jewish girl living in 1965 North Carolina, and her upper-class Catholic...	Adult Hannah (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2000	Movie Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big Edwurd Fudwupper spends all his time cooking up big fibs. But one day, he tells such a humdinger that the...	The Adult Fannie (voice)	Not rated
2000	Movie Almost Famous In 1973, a precocious 15-year-old aspiring rock journalist lands a dream assignment from Rolling Stone to tour with a rising...	Elaine Miller	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2000	Movie Wonder Boys Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning...	Sara Gaskell	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1998	Movie Talk of Angels This is the story of a young Irish woman who comes to Spain to escape from the pressures she feels...	Conlon	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1998	Movie Madeline Horrified at the prospect of her beloved school being sold, a young French girl named Madeline uses her wit and...	Miss Clavel	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1998	Movie Johnny Skidmarks Johnny Scardino is working for blackmailers, photographing wealthy guys in seedy motels. One such assignment turns the wrong way and...	Alice	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1997	Movie Paradise Road A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being imprisoned in a Japanese POW...	Dr. Verstak	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1996	Movie Hidden in America Story of a man whose pride in being the head of his family won't let him accept help from his...	Gus	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1996	Movie Palookaville Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out...	June	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1996	Movie Lone Star When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas...	Bunny	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1996	Movie Primal Fear Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His...	Molly	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1996	Movie Fargo Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going...	Marge Gunderson	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1995	Movie Bleeding Hearts An ill-fated, tender romance between an adult white male tutor and his 17-year-old African-American female student.	Woman on T.V.	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1995	Movie Beyond Rangoon Dr. Laura Bowman is a young widow who's unwittingly drawn into political turmoil while vacationing in Burma in the late...	Andy Bowman	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1995	Movie Talking With Adapted from the group of stage monologues by the pseudononymous "Jane Martin," this is a series of characters snake handler,...	Caro (segment "Handler")	Not rated
1995	Movie The Good Old Boys An aging cowboy must choose between his desire to remain free and the responsibilities of maintaining a family.	Eve Calloway	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1993	Movie Short Cuts Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally...	Betty Weathers	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1993	Movie Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country A documentary insight behind the scenes of Roberts Altman's Short Cuts.	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1992	Movie Crazy in Love Three generations of women live on a small island off the coast of Washington state with their men with whom...	Clare	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1992	Movie Passed Away Thrown for a loop by the unexpected news that Dad has suddenly gone to his reward, the grieving eccentric Scanian...	Nora Scanlan	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1991	Movie The Butcher's Wife A clairvoyant woman thinks that she's met her future husband because she's seen him in a dream. They marry and...	Grace	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1991	Movie Barton Fink A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of...	Stage Actress (voice) (uncredited)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1990	Movie Hidden Agenda In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British...	Ingrid Jessner	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1990	Movie Miller's Crossing Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for...	Mayor's Secretary (uncredited)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1990	Movie Darkman Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed...	Julie Hastings	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1990	Movie The Making of 'Hidden Agenda' Documentary looking at the making-of and real-life stories behind the award-winning conspiracy thriller starring Oscar-winner Frances McDormand and Brian Cox	Self	Not rated
1990	Movie Chattahoochee In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a "maximum security" mental health prison, where...	Mae Foley	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Melanie Upfoot (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1988	Movie Mississippi Burning Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence...	Mrs. Pell	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1987	TV Leg Work Leg Work is an American detective drama television series created by Frank Abatemarco that premiered on CBS on October 3,...	Willie Pipal	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1987	Movie Raising Arizona When a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their...	Dot	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1986	Movie Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo A true story of the lives of a family from South Carolina torn apart after the murder of Bill and...	Brigette	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1985	TV The Twilight Zone This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells...	(segment "Need to Know")	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1985	Movie Crimewave A pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them,...	Nun	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1985	Movie Scandal Sheet The publisher of a celebrity gossip tabloid sets out to destroy an aging actor, whose career is foundering and who...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1985	Movie Blood Simple The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his...	Abby	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1984	TV Hunter Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter...	Nina Sloan	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1981	TV Hill Street Blues A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1971	TV Great Performances The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Winner	Not rated
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
TBA	Movie Jack of Spades A gothic mystery unfolds in the atmospheric setting of 1880s Scotland.	Unknown character	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2025	Movie The Bend in the River Filmmaker Robb Moss has filmed his close friends for over forty years. The Bend in the River is the third...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2022	Movie Women Talking A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2021	Movie The Tragedy of Macbeth Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2021	Movie Nomadland A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2014	TV Olive Kitteridge A look at a seemingly placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, all...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2014	Movie Every Secret Thing One clear summer day in a Baltimore suburb, a baby goes missing from her front porch. Two young girls serve...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2001	Movie The Grey Zone The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" of Jewish prisoners placed by the...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 6.6 / 10
TBA	Movie Jack of Spades A gothic mystery unfolds in the atmospheric setting of 1880s Scotland.	Producer Production	Not rated

Armani and the Birth of Italian Fashion

2026

Wolfs

2024 / TMDB 6.5

Women Talking

2022 / TMDB 6.8

Crafting the Tragedy of Macbeth

2022

The Tragedy of Macbeth

2021 / TMDB 6.9

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

2021 / TMDB 7.0

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