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Filmography
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Known For
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Mildred (2017) -
Fargo Marge Gunderson (1996) -
Moonrise Kingdom Mrs. Bishop (2012) -
Known For
Almost Famous Elaine Miller (2000) -
Actress
Nomadland Fern (2020) -
Good Omens Narrator (2019) -
Isle of Dogs Interpreter Nelson (2018) -
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Mildred (2017)
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Hail, Caesar! C.C. Calhoun (2016) -
The Good Dinosaur Momma (2015) -
Olive Kitteridge Olive Kitteridge (2014) -
Promised Land Sue Thomason (2012) -
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Captain Chantal Dubois (2012) -
Moonrise Kingdom Mrs. Bishop (2012)
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![Transformers: Dark of the Moon]( "Transformers: Dark of the Moon")
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Mearing (2011) -
![This Must Be the Place]( "This Must Be the Place")
This Must Be the Place Jane (2011) -
![Burn After Reading]( "Burn After Reading")
Burn After Reading Linda Litzke (2008) -
![Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day]( "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day")
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Miss Pettigrew (2008) -
![The Simpsons]( "The Simpsons")
The Simpsons Melanie Upfoot (2006) -
![Friends with Money]( "Friends with Money")
Friends with Money Jane (2006) -
![Æon Flux]( "Æon Flux")
Æon Flux Handler (2005) -
![North Country]( "North Country")
North Country Glory (2005) -
Last Night Marit Such (2004)
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![Something's Gotta Give]( "Something's Gotta Give")
Something's Gotta Give Zoe (2003) -
![State of Grace]( "State of Grace")
State of Grace Adult Hannah Rayburn (2001-2002) -
![City by the Sea]( "City by the Sea")
City by the Sea Michelle (2002) -
![Laurel Canyon]( "Laurel Canyon")
Laurel Canyon Jane (2002) -
![Upheaval]( "Upheaval")
Upheaval Anne (2001) -
![The Man Who Wasn't There]( "The Man Who Wasn't There")
The Man Who Wasn't There Doris Crane (2001) -
![American Experience]( "American Experience")
American Experience Victoria Price (2001) -
![Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big]( "Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big")
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big The Adult Fannie (2000) -
![Almost Famous]( "Almost Famous")
Almost Famous Elaine Miller (2000) -
![Wonder Boys]( "Wonder Boys")
Wonder Boys Sara Gaskell (2000) -
![Talk of Angels]( "Talk of Angels")
Talk of Angels Conlon (1998) -
![Madeline]( "Madeline")
Madeline Miss Clavel (1998) -
![Big Bird Gets Lost]( "Big Bird Gets Lost")
Big Bird Gets Lost Frances / Self (1998) -
![Johnny Skidmarks]( "Johnny Skidmarks")
Johnny Skidmarks Alice (1998) -
![Paradise Road]( "Paradise Road")
Paradise Road Dr. Verstak (1997) -
Plain Pleasures (1996)
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![Hidden in America]( "Hidden in America")
Hidden in America Gus (1996) -
![Primal Fear]( "Primal Fear")
Primal Fear Molly (1996) -
![Lone Star]( "Lone Star")
Lone Star Bunny (1996) -
![Fargo]( "Fargo")
Fargo Marge Gunderson (1996) -
![Palookaville]( "Palookaville")
Palookaville June (1995) -
![Beyond Rangoon]( "Beyond Rangoon")
Beyond Rangoon Andy Bowman (1995) -
![Great Performances]( "Great Performances")
Great Performances (1995) -
![The Good Old Boys]( "The Good Old Boys")
The Good Old Boys Eve Calloway (1995) -
![Bleeding Hearts]( "Bleeding Hearts")
Bleeding Hearts Woman on TV (1994) -
![Short Cuts]( "Short Cuts")
Short Cuts Betty Weathers (1993) -
![Crazy in Love]( "Crazy in Love")
Crazy in Love Clare (1992) -
![Passed Away]( "Passed Away")
Passed Away Nora Scanlan (1992) -
![Genesis Survivor Gaiarth]( "Genesis Survivor Gaiarth")
Genesis Survivor Gaiarth Pool Girl (1992) -
![The Butcher's Wife]( "The Butcher's Wife")
The Butcher's Wife Grace (1991) -
![Barton Fink]( "Barton Fink")
Barton Fink Stage Actress (1991) -
![Miller's Crossing]( "Miller's Crossing")
Miller's Crossing Mayor's Secretary (1990) -
![Darkman]( "Darkman")
Darkman Julie Hastings (1990) -
![Hidden Agenda]( "Hidden Agenda")
Hidden Agenda Ingrid Jessner (1990) -
![Chattahoochee]( "Chattahoochee")
Chattahoochee Mae Foley (1989) -
![Mississippi Burning]( "Mississippi Burning")
Mississippi Burning Mrs. Pell (1988) -
![Leg Work]( "Leg Work")
Leg Work Willie Pipal (1987) -
![Raising Arizona]( "Raising Arizona")
Raising Arizona Dot (1987) -
![Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo]( "Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo")
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo Brigette (1986) -
![The Twilight Zone]( "The Twilight Zone")
The Twilight Zone Amanda Strickland (segment "Need to Know") (1986) -
![Spenser: For Hire]( "Spenser: For Hire")
Spenser: For Hire Mary (1986) -
![Crimewave]( "Crimewave")
Crimewave Nun (1985) -
![Hill Street Blues]( "Hill Street Blues")
Hill Street Blues Connie Chapman (1985) -
![Scandal Sheet]( "Scandal Sheet")
Scandal Sheet (1985) -
![Hunter]( "Hunter")
Hunter Nina Sloan (1985) -
Actress
![Blood Simple]( "Blood Simple")
Blood Simple Abby (1984) -
Producer
![Nomadland]( "Nomadland")
Nomadland (2020) -
![Olive Kitteridge]( "Olive Kitteridge")
Olive Kitteridge (2014) -
Producer
![Every Secret Thing]( "Every Secret Thing")
Every Secret Thing (2014) -
Soundtrack
![Olive Kitteridge]( "Olive Kitteridge")
Olive Kitteridge (2014) -
![Promised Land]( "Promised Land")
Promised Land (2012) -
Soundtrack
![Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted]( "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted")
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Archive footage
![TheQuartering]( "TheQuartering")
TheQuartering (2021) -
![The Ben Shapiro Show]( "The Ben Shapiro Show")
The Ben Shapiro Show (2021) -
![Josiah Rises]( "Josiah Rises")
Josiah Rises (2021) -
![Pseudo-Intellectual with Lauren Chen]( "Pseudo-Intellectual with Lauren Chen")
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![Nerdrotic]( "Nerdrotic")
Nerdrotic (2021) -
![Paul Murray Live]( "Paul Murray Live")
Paul Murray Live (2021) -
![Entertainment Tonight]( "Entertainment Tonight")
Entertainment Tonight (2018-2021) -
![No Small Parts]( "No Small Parts")
No Small Parts (2021) -
![Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time]( "Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time")
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![Hollywood's Stories]( "Hollywood's Stories")
Hollywood's Stories (2019) -
![Access Hollywood]( "Access Hollywood")
Access Hollywood (2018) -
![Extra with Billy Bush]( "Extra with Billy Bush")
Extra with Billy Bush (2018) -
![Lorraine]( "Lorraine")
Lorraine (2018) -
![Hoy nos toca]( "Hoy nos toca")
Hoy nos toca (2018) -
![Sky World News]( "Sky World News")
Sky World News (2018) -
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![America's Top Sleuths]( "America's Top Sleuths")
America's Top Sleuths (2006) -
![Corazón de...]( "Corazón de...")
Corazón de... (2005-2006) -
![... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]( "... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood")
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![Cinema mil]( "Cinema mil")
Cinema mil (2005) -
Archive footage
![Sendung ohne Namen]( "Sendung ohne Namen")
Sendung ohne Namen (2003) -
![The Movie Show]( "The Movie Show")
The Movie Show (1997)
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Trivia
During her ecstatic Best Actress Oscar acceptance speech for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), McDormand mentioned the term "inclusion rider" that left many scratching their heads. Apparently "inclusion rider" is a clause that an ...
Quotes
On playing 'mothers': "Those roles weren't just mothers in a story about a male protagonist. First they were specific, three-dimensional people."
Nickname
Fran
Star Sign
Cancer
Personal Details
Born
Frances Louise McDormand
Gibson City, Illinois, USA
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