Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand

Actor (b. 1957)
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The ThumbScore for Frances McDormand (73.8%) is the average audience approval rating across 34 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Frances's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

34
Movies
73.8%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Audiences rate Frances McDormand’s films higher than 69% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): Mississippi Burning (YouTube, Roku Channel, Tubi, Hoopla, Fawesome) · Fargo (Kanopy, Hoopla) · Almost Famous (Kanopy, Hoopla) · Primal Fear (Kanopy, Hoopla) · This Must Be the Place (YouTube, Plex, Prime Video (free), Tubi, Kanopy, Hoopla) · Wonder Boys (Kanopy, Hoopla) and 6 more.

Frequent Collaborators

Joel Coen (5)Tilda Swinton (4)George Clooney (3)Richard Jenkins (3)Woody Harrelson (2)

Frances Louise McDormand (born Cynthia Ann Smith; June 23, 1957) is an American film, stage and television actress. McDormand began her career on stage and made her screen debut in the 1984 film Blood Simple, having since appeared in several theatrical and television roles. McDormand has been recognized for her performances in 'Mississippi Burning' (1988), 'Short Cuts' (1993), 'Fargo' (1996), 'Wonder Boys' (2000), 'Almost Famous' (2000), 'North Country' (2005), 'Moonrise Kingdom' (2012), 'Hail, Caesar!' (2016), 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' (2017), 'Nomadland' (2020) and 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' (2021). Throughout her career, she has been nominated for eight Golden Globes, five Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, and three Emmy Awards. She is one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting", winning an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. She won her first Academy Award for Best Actress in 1997 for her role as Marge Gunderson in 'Fargo'.  She also won Best Supporting Actress from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Florida Film Critics Circle, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for her performance in 'Wonder Boys' (2000). McDormand returned to the stage in the David Lindsay-Abaire play Good People on Broadway from February 8, 2011 to April 24, 2011. In 2017, McDormand starred in 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' which earned her a second Academy Award for Best Actress. McDormand has been married to filmmaker Joel Coen since 1984, they reside in New York City along with their adopted son Pedro.

Born 1957-06-23 in Gibson City, Illinois, USA.

On ThumbScore, Frances McDormand appears in 34 films with an average audience score of 73.8%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Frances McDormand movie, ranked by audience score

Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning
1988
👍 90%
Moonrise Kingdom
Moonrise Kingdom
2012
👍 89%
Fargo
Fargo
1996
👍 88%
Almost Famous
Almost Famous
2000
👍 86%
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
👍 83%
Raising Arizona
Raising Arizona
1987
👍 82%
Primal Fear
Primal Fear
1996
👍 81%
This Must Be the Place
This Must Be the Place
2011
👍 81%
Darkman
Darkman
1990
👍 80%
Short Cuts
Short Cuts
1993
👍 80%
Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys
2000
👍 79%
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012
👍 79%
Something's Gotta Give
Something's Gotta Give
2003
👍 79%
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
👍 79%
Burn After Reading
Burn After Reading
2008
👍 78%
The Tragedy of Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
👍 78%
The Good Dinosaur
The Good Dinosaur
2015
👍 76%
Blood Simple
Blood Simple
1985
👍 75%
Nomadland
Nomadland
2021
👍 72%
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
👍 71%
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
2008
👍 71%
Crimewave
Crimewave
1985
👍 71%
Hidden Agenda
Hidden Agenda
1990
👍 71%
North Country
North Country
2005
👍 69%
The Man Who Wasn't There
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001
👍 69%
Madeline
Madeline
1998
👍 69%
The Butcher's Wife
The Butcher's Wife
1991
👍 67%
City by the Sea
City by the Sea
2002
👍 64%
Laurel Canyon
Laurel Canyon
2003
👍 64%
Hail, Caesar!
Hail, Caesar!
2016
👍 63%
Æon Flux
Æon Flux
2005
👍 62%
Promised Land
Promised Land
2012
👍 62%
Wolfs
Wolfs
2024
👍 56%
Friends with Money
Friends with Money
2006
👍 46%