Frances McDormand

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1957 age 0

   Born

2. 1984 age 27

   CreditBlood Simple

3. 1987 age 30

   CreditRaising Arizona

4. 1988 age 31

   CreditMississippi Burning

5. 1990 age 33

   CreditMiller's Crossing

6. 1993 age 36

   CreditShort Cuts

7. 1996 age 39

   CreditFargo

   CreditPrimal Fear

8. 2000 age 43

   CreditAlmost Famous

   CreditWonder Boys

9. 2001 age 44

   CreditThe Man Who Wasn't There

10. 2003 age 46

    CreditSomething's Gotta Give

11. 2004 age 47

    CreditCatwoman

12. 2005 age 48

    CreditNorth Country

    CreditÆon Flux

13. 2008 age 51

    CreditBurn After Reading

14. 2011 age 54

    CreditTransformers: Dark of the Moon

15. 2012 age 55

    CreditMoonrise Kingdom

16. 2016 age 59

    CreditHail, Caesar!

17. 2017 age 60

    CreditThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

18. 2020 age 63

    CreditNomadland

    CreditNomadlandproducer

19. 2021 age 64

    CreditThe French Dispatch

• CBCarter Burwell8 titles
• ECEthan Coen7 titles
• JCJoel Coen7 titles
• TSTilda Swinton4 titles
• CBCoen brothers4 titles
• RDRoger Deakins3 titles
• ENEdward Norton3 titles
• SRScott Rudin3 titles
• RJRichard Jenkins3 titles
• TBTim Bevan3 titles

• Spouse

  • JCJoel Coen

Nothing recorded for: Partner, Parents, Children, Siblings, Influenced by, Studied under, Taught.

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• It is impossible to maintain one's composure in this situation. What am I doing here? — especially considering the extraordinary group of women with whom I was nominated. We five women were fortunate to have the choice, not just the opportunity but the choice, to play such rich, complex female characters. And I congratulate producers like Working Title and Polygram for allowing directors to make autonomous casting decisions based on qualifications and not just market value. And I encourage writers and directors to keep these really interesting female roles coming — and while you're at it you can throw in a few for the men as well.

  Frances McDormand, CC BY-SA 4.0

• We are a bunch of hooligans and anarchists but we do clean up nice. I want to thank every single person in this building. And my sister Dorothy. I love you, Dot. And I especially want to thank my clan, Joel and Pedro "McCoen." These two stalwart individuals were well-raised by their feminist mother. They value themselves, each other and those around them. I know you are proud of me and that fills me with everlasting joy. <br /> And now I want to get some perspective. If I may be so honored to have all the female nominees in every category stand with me in this room tonight, the actors — Meryl, if you do it, everybody else will, c'mon — the filmmakers, the producers, the directors, the writers, the cinematographer, the composers, the songwriters, the designers. C'mon! Okay, look around everybody. Look around, ladies and gentlemen, because we all have stories to tell and projects we need financed. Don't talk to us about it at the parties tonight. Invite us into your office in a couple da

  Frances McDormand, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I just found out about this last week. There is — has always been available to all — everybody … that does a negotiation on a film, an "inclusion rider" which means that you can ask for and/or demand at least 50 percent diversity in not only the casting, but also the crew. And so, the fact that we — that I just learned that after 35 years of being in the film business … we're not going back. So the whole idea of women "trending" — no. No "trending". African Americans "trending" — no. No "trending". It changes now, and I think the inclusion rider will have something to do with that.

  Frances McDormand, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I don't show up all the time. I only show up when I can and when I want to, but I was there at the Golden Globes and it's almost like there was an arc that started there. It doesn't end here. But I think publicly — as a commercial (because that's what we are, this is not a — this is not — this is not a novel — this is a TV show after all) — but I think that the message that we're getting to send to the public is that we're going to be one of the small industries that try to make a difference.

  Frances McDormand, CC BY-SA 4.0

• We’re avant-garde. It doesn’t mean we have to be unhygienic.

  Frances McDormand, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I was never that involved in the machine of press and publicity as an actor because I’ve always kind of worked on the margins of my profession … And then when my son was younger and it did get a little bit more intrusive, I tried to come to terms with how I was personally going to handle someone coming up to me on the street and wanting some part of my time. … Now what I do — because this is how I live — when someone approaches me and says, "Can I have your autograph," I say: "No, I’ve retired from that part of the business. I just act now." … I say: "What’s your name?" … I touch them. I look at them. I have a real exchange … I’m not an actor because I want my picture taken. I’m an actor because I want to be part of the human exchange.

  Frances McDormand, CC BY-SA 4.0