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AKA:
Frances Louise McDormand
Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois
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An intelligent, versatile character actress who virtually disappears into each role, Frances McDormand earned a Best Actress Academy Award as Marge Gunderson, the pregnant deputy sheriff of the Coen brothers' "Fargo" (1996), her third film with husband Joel and brother-in-law Ethan. After graduating from Yale Drama School, McDormand hit NYC, appearing in several plays, notably "Painting Churches" and "Awake and Sing!" (both 1984). She also entered features as the dim, violent tart whose cuckold husband hires a hit man to kill her and her lover in "Blood Simple" (1984), the debut film of the
Before age eight, moved frequently with family, before settling in Pennsylvania
1980
Stage acting debut in "Winterset: Four New American Plays" at Yale Repertory Theater
Moved to NYC, initially sharing a Bronx apartment with friend and fellow Yale graduate Holly Hunter
First professional stage role, "Trinidad" written by Jamaican poet Derek Walcott
1984
New York stage debut, Tina Howe's "Painting Churches"
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