Frances McDormand
- Born: 23 Jun, 1957
An intelligent, versatile character actress who virtually disappears into each role, Frances McDormand "You betcha"'d her way to 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 Coen brothers. She then appeared as a nun in Sam Raimi's "Crimewave" (1985), a slapstick crime comedy co-written by the Coe...
FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- father Vernon McDormand: member of the Disciples of Christ denomination; Canadian by birth
- mother Noreen McDormand: Canadian
- brother-in-law Ethan Coen:
- son Pedro McDormand Coen: adopted; born c. November 1994 in Paraguay
- husband Joel Coen: directed McDormand in films "Blood Simple" and "Fargo"; together from 1984; married c. 1994; his second marriage
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