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Birth Name:Frances Louise McDormand
Famous As: Actress
Date of Birth: June 23, 1957
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Height: 5' 6
Nationality: American
Hair Color: Blonde
Father: Vernon McDormand
Mother: Noreen McDormand
Sister(s): Dorothy A. McDormand (older, ordained Disciples of Christ minister and chaplain)
Spouse: Joel Coen (film director, since 1984)
Son(s): Pedro McDormand Coen (adopted in 1994)
Education: Graduated from Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia with a BA degree in theater in 1979
Graduated from Yale University School of Drama, New Haven, Connecticut with an MFA degree in 1982
Claim to Fame: As Mrs. Pell in Mississippi Burning (1988)

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Frances McDormand

On the set of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, May 2007
Born Frances Louise McDormand
June 23, 1957 (1957-06-23) (age 51)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Years active 1984-present
Spouse(s) Joel Coen
(1984–present)

Frances Louise McDormand1 (born June 23, 1957) is an Academy Award-winning American film, stage, and television actress.

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Biography

Early life

McDormand was born in Chicago, Illinois, the adoptive daughter of Canadians Noreen, a now retired registered nurse and receptionist, and Vernon McDormand, a Disciples of Christ pastor. McDormand has said that her natural mother may have been one of the parishioners at her adoptive father's church.2 McDormand has an adoptive sister, Dorothy A. McDormand, who is an ordained Disciples of Christ minister and chaplain,3 as well as two other siblings, all of whom were adopted by the McDormands, who had no natural children. As her adoptive father specialized in restoring congregations,2 he frequently moved their family, and McDormand lived in several small towns in Illinois, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee,4 before settling in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area town of Monessen, where she graduated from high school in 1975. She attended Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia, and earned a B.A. in Theater in 1979.

In 1982, McDormand earned an M.F.A. from the Yale University School of Drama. She was roommates with Holly Hunter at the time. Her first professional acting job was in Trinidad and Tobago, performing in a play written by poet Derek Walcott and funded by the MacArthur Foundation.

Career

McDormand's film debut was in Joel and Ethan Coen's first film, 1984's Blood Simple. In 1985, McDormand, the Coen brothers, Holly Hunter, and director Sam Raimi shared a house in the Bronx.

In addition to her early film roles, McDormand played "Connie Chapman" in the fifth season of the television police drama Hill Street Blues. In 1988, she played Stella Kowalski in a stage production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. Frances McDormand is an associate member of the experimental theater company The Wooster Group.

McDormand as "Marge Gunderson" in Fargo (1996)

McDormand appeared in several theatrical and television roles during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. She has gained renown and critical acclaim for her dramatic work, and is a respected actress, having been nominated for Academy Awards four times. In 1988, she was nominated for a Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Mississippi Burning; in 1996, she won the Academy award for Best Actress for her performance as police chief Marge Gunderson in Fargo; in 2000, she earned her second nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of a concerned mother in Almost Famous. Also for Almost Famous, she won the Best Supporting Actress nod from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Chicago Film Critics Association, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, San Diego Film Critics Society, Southeastern Film Critics Association, and the Florida Film Critics Circle. For her role in Wonder Boys (2000), she won Best Supporting Actress from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Florida Film Critics Circle, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

In 2006, McDormand received her third Best Supporting Actress nod for her performance in 2005's North Country, although she lost to Rachel Weisz. She also had a role in the film Friends with Money, a dark comedy co-starring Jennifer Aniston, Catherine Keener and Joan Cusack, and directed by Nicole Holofcener. She recently received an Independent Spirit Award for her role in Friends with Money. She also voiced the role of the lady principal Melanie Upfoot in the Simpsons episode Girls Just Want to Have Sums, which aired on April 30, 2006. McDormand has recently starred in the films Burn After Reading andMiss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.

Personal life

McDormand has been married to director Joel Coen since 1984, and the two adopted a son from Paraguay, Pedro McDormand Coen, in 1994. They live in New York City. McDormand has starred in six of the Coen Brothers films, including a minor appearance in Miller's Crossing, a secondary role in Raising Arizona and lead roles in Blood Simple, The Man Who Wasn't There, Fargo, for which she won an Academy Award, and more recently Burn After Reading.

Filmography

Year Film Role Other notes
1984 Blood Simple Abby
1985 Crimewave Nun
1987 Raising Arizona Dot
1988 Mississippi Burning Mrs. Pell Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1989 Chattahoochee Mae Foley
1990 Miller's Crossing Mayor's secretary uncredited
Darkman Julie Hastings
Hidden Agenda Ingrid Jessner
1991 The Butcher's Wife Grace
1992 Passed Away Nora Scanlan
1993 Short Cuts Betty Weathers
1994 Bleeding Hearts Woman on TV
1995 Palookaville June
Beyond Rangoon Andy Bowma
1996 Primal Fear Dr. Molly Arrington
Plain Pleasures
Fargo Marge Gunderson Academy Award for Best Actress; WON - BAFTA Award;
Nominated - Golden Globe
Lone Star Bunny
Hidden in America Gus
1997 Paradise Road Dr. Verstak
1998 Madeline Miss Clavel
Talk of Angels Conlon
Johnny Skidmarks Alice
2000 Wonder Boys Dean Sara Gaskell
Almost Famous Elaine Miller Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress;
Nominated - BAFTA Award; Nominated - Golden Globe
2001 The Man Who Wasn't There Doris Crane
Upheaval Anne
2002 City by the Sea Michelle
Laurel Canyon Jane
Searching for Debra Winger Herself
2003 Something's Gotta Give Zoe Barry
2004 Last Night Marit Such
2005 North Country Glory Dodge Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress;
Nominated - BAFTA Award; Nominated - Golden Globe
Æon Flux The Handler
2006 Friends with Money Jane
The Simpsons Melanie Upfoot Voice-over performance
2008 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Guinevere Pettigrew
Burn After Reading Linda Litzke
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Susan Sarandon
for Dead Man Walking		 Academy Award for Best Actress
1996
for Fargo		 Succeeded by
Helen Hunt
for As Good as It Gets
Preceded by
Susan Sarandon
for Dead Man Walking		 Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture
1996
for Fargo		 Succeeded by
Helen Hunt
for As Good as It Gets

References

  1. ^ Crowe, Cameron. Frances McDormand interview. Interview. October 2000. FindArticles.com. 25 December 2007.
  2. ^ a b Naked ambition. theage.com.au. 25 October 2003.
  3. ^ Disciples "PK" wins best actress' award. Disciples News Service Release. 31 March 2007.
  4. ^ I'd love to play a psycho killer. film.guardian.co.uk. 26 January 2001.

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NAME McDormand, Frances
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McDormand, Frances Louise
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago, Illinois, United States
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH