Frances McDormand

Movie Actress

Birthday June 23, 1957

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Chicago, IL

Age 66 years old

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About

Actress who won Academy Awards for her roles in the 1996 film Fargo and the 2017 film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. She won a Tony Award for her performance in Good People in 2011. Her many other film credits include Almost Famous, Mississippi Burning, Burn After Reading, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and The Man Who Wasn't There. 

Before Fame

She studied at Yale University and was roommates with fellow actress Holly Hunter.

Trivia

She voiced the character Captain Chantel DuBois in the 2012 film Madagascar 3.

Family Life

She married Joel Coen in 1984, and the couple adopted a son named Pedro in 1994.

Associated With

Jason Lee was her co-star in the film Almost Famous.