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Frances McDormand's Essential Performances


Frances McDormand smiles on the red carpet at Rome Film Fest 2019. Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images hide caption
Frances McDormand smiles on the red carpet at Rome Film Fest 2019.
Mondadori Portfolio via Getty ImagesOver the course of her long, varied and distinguished career, actor Frances McDormand has been showered with accolades, including a Tony, an Emmy and two Oscars-- and with her grounded, unpretentious performance in Nomadland this year, she might pick up her third Oscar.
McDormand first came to a lot of people's attention as police chief Marge Gunderson in the Coen Brothers' 1996 black comedy Fargo. But she's done a lot of great work before and since that unforgettable role.
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