The Big Picture: Frances McDormand Career & Biographical Notes: Received Masters in Fine Arts from Yale Made film debut in Coen Brothers' Blood Simple Once lived in an apartment with Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Sam Raimi, Scott Spiegel and Holly Hunter Prestigious acting awards aside, she really wants to do porn.

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Frances McDormand Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• Almost Famous
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Raising Arizona
• Something's Gotta Give
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
Burn After Reading	9/12/08	N/A
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day	3/7/08	PG-13			3.14	Info
Friends With Money	4/7/06	R	28	0.59	13.01	Info
Aeon Flux	12/2/05	PG-13	2608	12.66	25.86	Info
North Country	10/21/05	R	2555	6.42	18.32	Info
Something's Gotta Give	12/12/03	PG-13	2677	16.06	124.59	Info
Laurel Canyon	3/7/03	R	10	0.15	3.66	Info
City by the Sea	9/6/02	R	2575	8.94	22.43	Info
The Man Who Wasn't There	10/31/01	R	169	1.02	7.49	Info

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Awards:

2008
Burn After Reading

• Nominee: Best Actress - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes

2006
Friends with Money

• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Spirit Awards

2005
North Country

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Las Vegas Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Screen Actors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress - Drama, Golden Satellites
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Broadcast Film Critics Association

2003
Laurel Canyon

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Spirit Awards

2000
Almost Famous

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Chicago Film Critics
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Boston Film Critics
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Los Angeles Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Screen Actors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Online Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, BOP's Calvin Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Las Vegas Film Critics

Wonder Boys

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, BOP's Calvin Awards

1996
Fargo

• Win: Best Actress, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actress, Screen Actors' Guild
• Win: Best Actress, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Actress, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Actress - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes

1988
Mississippi Burning

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Academy Awards

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