Frances McDormand

 Frances McDormand recently won her third Academy Award for Best Actress for "Nomadland" (2020). In Hollywood history, that puts her just behind Katharine Hepburn, who won four of them. HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano devote this podcast episode to McDormand's impressive career. She made her screen debut in the Coen Brothers' "Blood Simple" (1984) and, indeed, she married Joel Coen that same year. McDormand won her first Oscar for her iconic role as a pregnant sheriff who brings criminals to justice in the Coen Brothers' "Fargo" (1996) and her second Oscar for ferociously embodying the mother of a murder victim in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" (2017). She often plays tough characters and is not interested in looking like a conventional movie star. It's all about immersing herself in non-glamorous roles.