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Frances McDormand

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Recent Role:
Herself on The Academy Awards
Gender:
Female
Born:
6-23-1957
Birthplace:
Chicago,llinois, USA
Frances Louise McDormand is not your typical Hollywood actress. The roles that she has chosen have been unusual and quirky. McDormand's most famous character portrayal to date is Marge, the small town of Fargo's pregnant police chief. In a word, brilliant.

McDormand was born on June 23, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. She was adopted by Noreen and Vernon McDormand. Her father was a Disciples of Christ pastor, and her mother worked as a registered nurse and receptionist.
The McDormands also adopted three other children. Frances is the youngest. The family


More moved around quite a bit due to the nature of Vernon McDormand's work. They lived in several states such as, Illinois, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee. The McDormands finally settled down in a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania suburb, Monessen. Frances attended high school there and graduated in 1975.
She went on to earn her BA in Theatre from Bethany College in 1979 and her MFA from Yale in 1982. She began her career on stage shortly after graduation. She has continued her relationship with theatre throughout her career.

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    Frances McDormand's skilled and versatile acting has been recognized by both the critics and the Academy and, in addition to many critics' awards, she has been nominated for an Academy award four times - for Mississippi Burning (1988), Fargo (1996) (for which she won the Best Actress award), Almost Famous (2000) and North Country (2005). Keenly intelligent and possessed of a sharp wit, McDormand is the antithesis of the Hollywood starlet - rather than making every role about Frances McDormand, she dissolves into the characters she plays. Accordingly, she has expressed some reservations about the iconic recognition she has gained from her touching and amusing portrayal of Police Chief Marge Gunderson, the quintessential Minnesota Scandinavian, in Fargo (1996). francesmcdormand dot com.

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    Not Good... Very Very Formaly Actor.

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    Frances McDormand is really a talented actress. In every role she really makes you believe that she actually is the character she's portraying. This sense of realism is what makes her really stand out above the masses of the rest of actresses today. My favorite movie of her's is "Fargo."

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