Frances McDormand

Also Credited As:

Frances Louise McDormand
Photo of Frances McDormand

Biography

Prior to her award-winning performance, McDormand essayed a variety of roles, but mainly focused on put-upon wives or classic femme fatales in films like "Blood Simple" (1984) and "Mississippi Burning" (1988). Later in her career, she branched off into more diverse leading and supporting roles for "Lone Star" (1996), "Wonder Boys" (2000) and "Almost Famous" (2000), though she continued to make her strongest appearances in husband Joel Coens' …
Read More »

Job Title

Actor, Producer

Born

Frances Louise McDormand on June 23, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

LATEST CREDITS

The Sisters Rosensweig

Actor (has been mentioned to reprise her stage role. )

Madeline

Miss Clavel

Fargo

Marge Gunderson

Gourmet Adventures With Ruth

Actor

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Miss Pettigrew

Hidden Agenda

Ingrid Jessner

Almost Famous

Elaine Miller

The Botany of Desire

Narrator

This Must Be the Place

Jane

Scottsboro: An American Tragedy

Voice

Paradise Road

Doctor Verstak

The Man Who Wasn't There

Doris Crane

Burn After Reading

Linda Litzke

Johnny Skidmarks

Alice

Darkman

Julie Hastings

North Country

Glory

Blood Simple

Abby

Aeon Flux

Handler

Leg Work

Willie Pipal

City by the Sea

Michelle

Laurel Canyon

Jane

Mississippi Burning

Mrs Pell

Beyond Rangoon

Andy Bowman

Wonder Boys

Sara Gaskell

Primal Fear

Dr Molly Arrington