Frances McDormand

Frances Louise McDormand (born Cynthia Ann Smith; June 23, 1957) is an American film, stage and television actress. McDormand began her career on stage and made her screen debut in the 1984 film Blood Simple, having since appeared in several theatrical and television roles. McDormand has been recognized for her performances in 'Mississippi Burning' (1988), 'Short Cuts' (1993), 'Fargo' (1996), 'Wonder Boys' (2000), 'Almost Famous' (2000), 'North Country' (2005), 'Moonrise Kingdom' (2012), 'Hail, Caesar!' (2016), 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' (2017), 'Nomadland' (2020) and 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' (2021).

Casted

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Played Mildred Hayes

Average Rating

8.1

10564 votes

Release Date

Dec 01, 2017

8 years ago
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Played Mearing

Average Rating

6.2

8697 votes

Release Date

Jun 28, 2011

14 years ago
Fargo

Played Marge Gunderson

Average Rating

7.9

8672 votes

Release Date

Mar 08, 1996

30 years ago
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Played Captain Chantel DuBois (voice)

Average Rating

6.6

6383 votes

Release Date

Jun 06, 2012

14 years ago
Moonrise Kingdom

Played Mrs. Bishop

Average Rating

7.7

6135 votes

Release Date

May 16, 2012

14 years ago
The Good Dinosaur

Played Momma (voice)

Average Rating

6.7

5837 votes

Release Date

Nov 14, 2015

10 years ago
Isle of Dogs

Played Interpreter Nelson (voice)

Average Rating

7.8

5192 votes

Release Date

Mar 23, 2018

8 years ago
Burn After Reading

Played Linda Litzke

Average Rating

6.7

5008 votes

Release Date

Sep 05, 2008

17 years ago
Hail, Caesar!

Played C. C. Calhoun

Average Rating

5.9

3908 votes

Release Date

Feb 05, 2016

10 years ago
Primal Fear

Played Molly

Average Rating

7.7

3699 votes

Release Date

Mar 06, 1996

30 years ago
Nomadland

Played Fern

Average Rating

7.2

3197 votes

Release Date

Jan 29, 2021

5 years ago
Almost Famous

Played Elaine Miller

Average Rating

7.5

2978 votes

Release Date

Sep 15, 2000

25 years ago
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

Played Lucinda Krementz

Average Rating

7.0

2820 votes

Release Date

Oct 21, 2021

4 years ago
Æon Flux

Played Handler

Average Rating

5.6

2358 votes

Release Date

Nov 30, 2005

20 years ago
Raising Arizona

Played Dot

Average Rating

7.1

2236 votes

Release Date

Mar 13, 1987

39 years ago
Mississippi Burning

Played Mrs. Pell

Average Rating

7.7

1834 votes

Release Date

Dec 08, 1988

37 years ago
Barton Fink

Played Stage Actress (voice) (uncredited)

Average Rating

7.5

1791 votes

Release Date

Aug 01, 1991

35 years ago
Miller's Crossing

Played Mayor's Secretary (uncredited)

Average Rating

7.5

1769 votes

Release Date

Sep 21, 1990

36 years ago
Something's Gotta Give

Played Zoe

Average Rating

6.6

1691 votes

Release Date

Dec 12, 2003

22 years ago
The Man Who Wasn't There

Played Doris Crane

Average Rating

7.5

1679 votes

Release Date

Oct 26, 2001

24 years ago
Blood Simple

Played Abby

Average Rating

7.3

1548 votes

Release Date

Jan 18, 1985

41 years ago
Darkman

Played Julie Hastings

Average Rating

6.4

1448 votes

Release Date

Aug 24, 1990

36 years ago
Wolfs

Played Pam (voice)

Average Rating

6.5

1273 votes

Release Date

Sep 20, 2024

1 year ago
This Must Be the Place

Played Jane

Average Rating

7.0

1270 votes

Release Date

Aug 24, 2011

14 years ago
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Played Lady Macbeth

Average Rating

6.9

835 votes

Release Date

Dec 05, 2021

4 years ago
Promised Land

Played Sue Thomason

Average Rating

6.3

719 votes

Release Date

Sep 23, 2012

13 years ago
North Country

Played Glory

Average Rating

7.2

705 votes

Release Date

Feb 12, 2005

21 years ago
Women Talking

Played Scarface Janz

Average Rating

6.9

662 votes

Release Date

Dec 23, 2022

3 years ago
Short Cuts

Played Betty Weathers

Average Rating

7.2

649 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 1993

32 years ago
Wonder Boys

Played Sara Gaskell

Average Rating

6.8

630 votes

Release Date

Feb 22, 2000

26 years ago
Friends with Money

Played Jane

Average Rating

5.1

592 votes

Release Date

Apr 07, 2006

20 years ago
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Played Guinevere Pettigrew

Average Rating

6.8

410 votes

Release Date

Mar 07, 2008

18 years ago
Lone Star

Played Bunny

Average Rating

7.0

389 votes

Release Date

Jun 21, 1996

30 years ago
City by the Sea

Played Michelle

Average Rating

5.8

373 votes

Release Date

Sep 06, 2002

23 years ago
Madeline

Played Miss Clavel

Average Rating

6.2

237 votes

Release Date

Jul 10, 1998

28 years ago
Laurel Canyon

Played Jane

Average Rating

6.0

214 votes

Release Date

Mar 07, 2003

23 years ago
The Butcher's Wife

Played Grace

Average Rating

5.7

180 votes

Release Date

Oct 25, 1991

34 years ago
Crimewave

Played Nun

Average Rating

5.5

155 votes

Release Date

Apr 12, 1985

41 years ago
Hidden Agenda

Played Ingrid Jessner

Average Rating

6.9

98 votes

Release Date

Nov 21, 1990

35 years ago
Paradise Road

Played Dr. Verstak

Average Rating

6.4

91 votes

Release Date

Feb 11, 1997

29 years ago
Beyond Rangoon

Played Andy Bowman

Average Rating

6.6

83 votes

Release Date

Aug 25, 1995

31 years ago
Chattahoochee

Played Mae Foley

Average Rating

5.6

44 votes

Release Date

Apr 20, 1990

36 years ago
Palookaville

Played June

Average Rating

5.8

40 votes

Release Date

Sep 07, 1995

31 years ago
Talk of Angels

Played Conlon

Average Rating

5.4

21 votes

Release Date

Oct 30, 1998

27 years ago
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

Played Self (voice)

Average Rating

6.3

20 votes

Release Date

Mar 11, 2017

9 years ago
Johnny Skidmarks

Played Alice

Average Rating

5.4

19 votes

Release Date

Jan 18, 1998

28 years ago
Passed Away

Played Nora Scanlan

Average Rating

5.0

18 votes

Release Date

Apr 24, 1992

34 years ago
The Botany of Desire

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

6.4

15 votes

Release Date

Oct 28, 2009

16 years ago
Searching for Debra Winger

Played Self

Average Rating

6.3

15 votes

Release Date

Jul 13, 2002

24 years ago
The Good Old Boys

Played Eve Calloway

Average Rating

6.7

11 votes

Release Date

Mar 05, 1995

31 years ago
Crazy in Love

Played Clare

Average Rating

4.1

10 votes

Release Date

Aug 10, 1992

34 years ago
Hidden in America

Played Gus

Average Rating

5.1

9 votes

Release Date

Dec 01, 1996

29 years ago
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo

Played Brigette

Average Rating

6.0

8 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 1986

40 years ago
Minnesota Nice

Played Self

Average Rating

6.8

4 votes

Release Date

Apr 01, 2003

23 years ago
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

Played Self / Mrs. Bishop

Average Rating

6.1

4 votes

Release Date

Sep 22, 2015

10 years ago
Scandal Sheet

Average Rating

5.0

4 votes

Release Date

Jan 21, 1985

41 years ago
Bleeding Hearts

Played Woman on T.V.

Average Rating

3.8

4 votes

Release Date

Sep 22, 1995

30 years ago
Upheaval

Played Anne

Average Rating

6.5

2 votes

Release Date

Mar 07, 2002

24 years ago
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

Played Self

Average Rating

6.0

2 votes

Release Date

Mar 26, 1993

33 years ago
She's The Best Thing in It

Played Self

Average Rating

1.0

1 votes

Release Date

Mar 16, 2015

11 years ago
Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Big Bird Gets Lost

Played Herself

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jun 03, 2003

23 years ago
The Origins of Ebbing

Played Self

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jun 25, 2018

7 years ago
The Oedipus Project

Played Jocosta

Average Rating

10.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jun 24, 2020

5 years ago
Crafting the Tragedy of Macbeth

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 14, 2022

4 years ago
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

May 01, 1990

36 years ago
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big

Played The Adult Fannie (voice)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 17, 2000

25 years ago
Talking With

Played Caro (segment "Handler")

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Apr 19, 1995

31 years ago
Jack of Spades

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Apr 16, 2002

24 years ago
Finding the Burn

Played Self / Linda Litzke (archive footage)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 21, 2008

17 years ago
DC Insiders Run Amuck

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 21, 2008

17 years ago

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