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Acting

Frances McDormand

Career: Active from 1985 to 2021, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 33
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: Olive Kitteridge
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 57 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Frances McDormand Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.8, average 4.8
Fantasy
0.9, average 1.7
Scare
2.0, average 2.6
Sports
0.1, average 0.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 7
Eccentric Characters 5
Character Study 4
Social Commentary 4
Sharp Dialogue 3
Romantic Comedy 3
Historical Drama 3
Intimate Drama 2
Social Realism 2
Crime Drama 2
Feel-Good 2
Revenge Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

69

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Producer

2020s

7 titles · average score 74

The Bend in the River

Executive Producer

Wolfs

62

as Pam (voice)

Women Talking

76

as Scarface Janz

Nomadland

81

as Fern

The Tragedy of Macbeth

80

as Lady Macbeth

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

73

as Lucinda Krementz

The Oedipus Project

as Jocosta

2010s

13 titles · average score 69

Good Omens

74

TV show · as God (voice)

Isle of Dogs

83

as Interpreter Nelson (voice)

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

85

as Mildred

Hail, Caesar!

68

as C. C. Calhoun

The Good Dinosaur

67

as Momma (voice)

Olive Kitteridge

87

TV show · as Olive Kitteridge

Every Secret Thing

44

Producer

Promised Land

56

as Sue Thomason

Moonrise Kingdom

84

as Mrs. Bishop

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

68

as Chantel DuBois (voice)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

48

as Mearing

This Must Be the Place

64

as Jane

2000s

16 titles · average score 67

The Botany of Desire

76

as Narrator (voice)

Burn After Reading

69

as Linda Litzke

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

70

as Guinevere Pettigrew

Friends with Money

61

as Jane

North Country

70

as Glory

Æon Flux

35

as Handler

Laurel Canyon

62

as Jane

Something's Gotta Give

68

as Zoe

City by the Sea

52

as Michelle

The Man Who Wasn't There

77

as Doris Crane

Almost Famous

86

as Elaine Miller

Wonder Boys

73

as Sara Gaskell

1990s

22 titles · average score 61

Madeline

61

as Miss Clavel

Talk of Angels

57

as Conlon

Johnny Skidmarks

45

as Alice

Paradise Road

57

as Dr. Verstak

Fargo

87

as Marge Gunderson

Primal Fear

71

as Molly

Beyond Rangoon

51

as Andy Bowman

The Good Old Boys

64

as Eve Calloway

The Butcher's Wife

38

as Grace

Darkman

68

as Julie Hastings

Hidden Agenda

69

as Ingrid Jessner

Chattahoochee

33

as Mae Foley

1980s

10 titles · average score 74

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Melanie Upfoot (voice)

Mississippi Burning

76

as Mrs. Pell

Raising Arizona

78

as Dot

Leg Work

TV show · as Willie Pipal

Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo

56

as Brigette

Blood Simple

83

as Abby

The Twilight Zone

79

TV show · as (segment "Need to Know")

Crimewave

49

as Nun

Hunter

70

TV show · as Nina Sloan

Hill Street Blues

90

TV show