Tony Winner Frances McDormand Wins SAG Award for Best Female Actor in a Leading Role

Tony winner Frances McDormand won the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for her performance in THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI. The Broadway alum was up against strong competition in the category, including fellow stage actors Judi Dench, for VICTORIA & ABDUL, and Saoirse Ronan for LADY BIRD. The actress recently won a Golden Globe Award for the role.

McDormand won a Tony Award for 2011's GOOD PEOPLE. Her other Broadway credits include THE COUNTRY GIRL, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE and AWAKE AND SING! The actress won the Academy Award for the black comedy film FARGO (1996), and an Emmy Award for the HBO miniseries OLIVE KITTERIDGE.

She has been married to filmmaker Joel Coen since 1984 and has starred in various films by the Coen brothers, including Blood Simple (1984), Raising Arizona (1987), Fargo (1996), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), Burn After Reading (2008), and Hail, Caesar! (2016). She has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Mississippi Burning (1988), Almost Famous (2000), and North Country (2005). Her other notable films include Short Cuts (1993), Primal Fear (1996), Wonder Boys (2000), Something's Gotta Give (2003), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), and The Good Dinosaur (2015).

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