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Fargo is a 1996 black comedy crime film written, directed, produced and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen. Frances McDormand stars as Marge Gunderson, a pregnant Minnesota police chief investigating a triple homicide that takes place after a desperate car salesman (William H. Macy) hires two dim-witted criminals (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife in order to extort a hefty ...
Frances Louise McDormand (born Cynthia Ann Smith; June 23, 1957) is an American actress and producer. In a career spanning over four decades, she has gained acclaim for her roles in small-budget independent films .
Produced on a small budget of $7 million, Fargo was a critical and commercial success, with particular praise for its dialogue and McDormand's performance. The film received several awards, including a BAFTA award and Cannes award for direction, and two Oscars: a Best Original Screenplay and a Best Actress Oscar for McDormand.
Coen participated in a Q&A conversation with his wife and star of “Fargo,” Frances McDor. While the famous opening text in “Fargo” states that the story of the film was based on true ...
Frances McDormand may forever be associated with the extremely pregnant, wonderfully uncool Minnesotan police chief of 1996’s Fargo, but the 21st century has seen her age into a giant of the ...
McDormand on the set of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day in 2007. Frances McDormand is an American actress and producer who made her film debut in the Coen brothers' neo-noir Blood Simple (1984) and also made her Broadway debut in the revival Awake and Sing! in the same year.
Frances McDormand won twice for Fargo (1996) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). Helen Hunt won for As Good as It Gets (1997). Gwyneth Paltrow won for Shakespeare in Love (1998).
The following is a list of awards, honors, and nominations received by American actress and producer Frances McDormand.Among her numerous accolades for acting and producing, McDormand has won a Tony Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards (one for acting, one for producing), and four Academy Awards (three for acting, one for producing), making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple ...