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Frances McDormand

Birth name: Frances Louise McDormand

Birth date: 23.06.1957

Frances McDormand was born in Chicago in 1957, and was adopted by Canadian minister Vernan McDormand and his wife Noreen, who raised her in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. She earned her B.A. in Theater from Bethany College in 1979 and her MFA from Yale in 1982. Her career after graduation began onstage, and she has retained her association with the theater throughout her career. She soon obtained prominent roles in movies as well, first starring in Blood Simple. (1984), in which she worked with filmmaker Joel Coen, whom she married that year. She frequently collaborated with Coen and his brother Ethan Coen in their films. McDormand's skilled and versatile acting has been recognized by both the critics and the Academy and, in addition to many critics' awards, she has been nominated for an Academy award four times - for Mississippi Burning (1988), Fargo (1996) (for which she won the Best Actress award), Almost Famous (2000) and North Country (2005). Keenly intelligent and possessed of a sharp wit, McDormand is the antithesis of the Hollywood starlet - rather than making every role about Frances McDormand, Frances McDormand dissolves into the characters she plays. Accordingly, she has expressed some reservations about the iconic recognition she has gained from her touching and amusing portrayal of Police Chief Marge Gunderson, the quintessential Minnesota Scandinavian, in Fargo (1996). McDormand and Coen adopted a son, Pedro, who was born in Paraguay, in 1994. They live in Manhattan.

Filmography

# Burn After Reading (2008) .... Linda Litzke # Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) .... Miss Pettigrew # "The Simpsons" .... Melanie Upfoot (1 episode, 2006) - Girls Just Want to Have Sums (2006) TV episode (voice) .... Melanie Upfoot # Friends with Money (2006) .... Jane # Æon Flux (2005) .... Handler # North Country (2005) .... Glory # Precinct Hollywood (2005) (TV) .... Narrator # Last Night (2004/III) .... Marit Such # Something's Gotta Give (2003) .... Zoe # City by the Sea (2002) .... Michelle ... aka The Suspect (Philippines: English title) # Laurel Canyon (2002) .... Jane # Upheaval (2001) .... Anne # "State of Grace" (2001) TV series .... Adult Hannah / ... (unknown episodes) # The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) .... Doris Crane # Almost Famous (2000) .... Elaine Miller ... aka Untitled: Almost Famous the Bootleg Cut (USA: director's cut (DVD title)) # Wonder Boys (2000) .... Dean Sara Gaskell # Talk of Angels (1998) .... Conlon # Madeline (1998) .... Miss Clavel ... aka Madeline (France) # Johnny Skidmarks (1998) .... Alice ... aka The Killer Inside (UK: DVD title) # Paradise Road (1997) .... Dr. Verstak # Hidden in America (1996) (TV) .... Gus # Lone Star (1996) .... Bunny # Primal Fear (1996) .... Dr. Molly Arrington # Fargo (1996) .... Police Chief Marge Gunderson # Plain Pleasures (1996) # Palookaville (1995) .... June # Beyond Rangoon (1995) .... Andy Bowman # Talking with (1995) (TV) # The Good Old Boys (1995) (TV) .... Eve Calloway # Bleeding Hearts (1994) .... Woman on TV ... aka Fatal Destiny (USA) # Short Cuts (1993) .... Betty Weathers # Crazy in Love (1992) (TV) .... Clare # Passed Away (1992) .... Nora Scanlan # Sôsei kishi Gaiâsu (1992) (V) (voice: English version) .... Pool Girl ... aka Genesis Surviver Gaiarth # The Butcher's Wife (1991) .... Grace # Barton Fink (1991) (voice) (uncredited) .... Stage Actress # Hidden Agenda (1990) .... Ingrid Jessner # Miller's Crossing (1990) (uncredited) .... Mayor's Secretary # Darkman (1990) .... Julie Hastings # Chattahoochee (1989) .... Mae Foley # Mississippi Burning (1988) .... Mrs. Pell # "Leg Work" .... Willie Pipal (7 episodes, 1987) - Blind Trust (1987) TV episode .... Willie Pipal - All This and a Gold Card Too (1987) TV episode .... Willie Pipal - The Art of Murder (1987) TV episode .... Willie Pipal - The Best Couple I Know (1987) TV episode .... Willie Pipal - Things That Go Bump in the Night (1987) TV episode .... Willie Pipal (2 more) # Raising Arizona (1987) .... Dot # Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo (1986) (TV) .... Brigette # "The Twilight Zone" .... Amanda Strickland (segment 'Need to Know') (1 episode, 1986) ... aka The New Twilight Zone (Australia) - Need to Know/Red Snow (1986) TV episode .... Amanda Strickland (segment 'Need to Know') # Crimewave (1985) .... Nun # "Hill Street Blues" .... Connie Chapman (6 episodes, 1985) - Queen for a Day (1985) TV episode .... Connie Chapman - G.Q. (1985) TV episode .... Connie Chapman - The Life and Time of Dominic Florio Jr. (1985) TV episode .... Connie Chapman - Passage to Libya (1985) TV episode .... Connie Chapman - Washington Deceased (1985) TV episode .... Connie Chapman (1 more) # Scandal Sheet (1985) (TV) ... aka The Devil's Bed (USA: bootleg title) # "Hunter" .... Nina Sloan (1 episode, 1985) - The Garbage Man (1985) TV episode (as Fran McDormand) .... Nina Sloan # Blood Simple. (1984) .... Abby