McDormand dididik di Bethany College dan Universitas Yale. Dia telah menikah dengan Joel Coen dari Coen bersaudara sejak 1984. McDormand telah muncul di sejumlah film Coens, termasuk Blood Simple (1984), Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991), Fargo (1996), The Man Who Wasnt There (2001), Burn After Reading (2008), dan Hail, Caesar! (2016). Untuk perannya sebagai Marge Gunderson di Fargo, McDormand memenangkan Academy Award pertamanya untuk Aktris Terbaik. Peran film lainnya termasuk Mississippi Burning (1988), Almost Famous (2000), dan North Country (2005), yang semuanya mendapatkan nominasi untuk Academy Award untuk Aktris Pendukung Terbaik. Pada tahun 2017, ia berperan sebagai seorang wanita yang mencari keadilan atas pembunuhan putrinya dalam film drama kriminal Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, yang memenangkan Academy Award kedua untuk Aktris Terbaik. Pada tahun 2020, ia membintangi film drama independen terkenal Nomadland, mendapatkan Academy Award ketiga untuk Aktris Terbaik dan, sebagai salah satu produser film, Academy Award untuk Film Terbaik. Kemenangannya untuk Nomadland menjadikannya orang pertama dalam sejarah yang memenangkan Academy Awards baik sebagai produser dan pemain untuk film yang sama, wanita kedua dalam sejarah yang memenangkan Aktris Terbaik tiga kali, dan pemain ketujuh secara keseluruhan untuk memenangkan tiga kompetisi Academy Penghargaan dalam kategori akting. Dia mengumpulkan pujian kritis lebih lanjut untuk perannya sebagai Lady Macbeth dalam The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021).
Di televisi, McDormand memainkan protagonis tituler dalam miniseri HBO Olive Kitteridge (2014), yang membuatnya memenangkan Primetime Emmy Award untuk Aktris Utama Luar Biasa dalam Serial atau Film Terbatas dan, sebagai salah satu produser miniseri, Primetime Emmy Award untuk Outstanding Seri Terbatas atau Antologi.
Film
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Blood Simple | Abby | ||
| 1985 | Crimewave | Nun | ||
| 1987 | Raising Arizona | Dot | ||
| 1988 | Mississippi Burning | Mrs. Pell | ||
| 1989 | Chattahoochee | Mae Foley | ||
| 1990 | Darkman | Julie Hastings | ||
| 1990 | Miller's Crossing | Mayor's Secretary | Uncredited | |
| 1990 | Hidden Agenda | Ingrid Jessner | ||
| 1991 | Barton Fink | Stage Actress (voice) | Uncredited | |
| 1991 | The Butcher's Wife | Grace | ||
| 1992 | Passed Away | Nora Scanlan | ||
| 1993 | Short Cuts | Betty Weathers | ||
| 1994 | Bleeding Hearts | Woman on TV | ||
| 1995 | Beyond Rangoon | Andy Bowman | ||
| 1995 | Palookaville | June | ||
| 1996 | Fargo | Marge Gunderson | ||
| 1996 | Primal Fear | Dr. Molly Arrington | ||
| 1996 | Lone Star | Bunny | ||
| 1997 | Paradise Road | Dr. Verstak | ||
| 1998 | Johnny Skidmarks | Alice | ||
| 1998 | Madeline | Miss Clavel | ||
| 1998 | Talk of Angels | Conlon | ||
| 2000 | Wonder Boys | Dean Sara Gaskell | ||
| 2000 | Almost Famous | Elaine Miller | ||
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Doris Crane | ||
| 2002 | Laurel Canyon | Jane | ||
| 2002 | City by the Sea | Michelle | ||
| 2003 | Something's Gotta Give | Zoe Barry | ||
| 2005 | North Country | Glory | ||
| 2005 | Æon Flux | The Handler | ||
| 2006 | Friends with Money | Jane | ||
| 2008 | Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day | Guinevere Pettigrew | ||
| 2008 | Burn After Reading | Linda Litzke | ||
| 2011 | This Must Be the Place | Jane | ||
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Charlotte Mearing | ||
| 2012 | Moonrise Kingdom | Mrs. Bishop | ||
| 2012 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Captain Chantal Dubois (voice) | ||
| 2012 | Promised Land | Sue Thomason | ||
| 2014 | Every Secret Thing | N/A | Producer | |
| 2015 | The Good Dinosaur | Momma (voice) | ||
| 2016 | Hail, Caesar! | C. C. Calhoun | ||
| 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Mildred Hayes | ||
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Interpreter Nelson (voice) | ||
| 2020 | Nomadland | Fern | Also producer | |
| 2021 | The French Dispatch | Lucinda Krementz | ||
| 2021 | The Tragedy of Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Also producer | |
| TBA | Women Talking | TBA | Post-production Also producer |
Television
| Year(s) | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Hunter | Nina Sloan | Episode: "The Garbage Man" | |
| 1985 | Hill Street Blues | Connie Chapman | 6 episodes | |
| 1986 | Spenser: For Hire | Mary | Episode: "A Day's Wages" | |
| 1986 | The Twilight Zone | Amanda Strickland | Segment: "Need to Know" | |
| 1986 | Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo | Brigette | Television film | |
| 1987 | Leg Work | Willie Pipal | 10 episodes | |
| 1992 | Crazy in Love | Clare | Television film | |
| 1995 | The Good Old Boys | Eve Calloway | Television film | |
| 1996 | Hidden in America | Gus | Television film | |
| 1998 | Sesame Street: Kids' Guide to Life: Big Bird Gets Lost | Herself | Short film | |
| 2001 | American Experience | Victoria Price (voice) | Documentary Episode: "Scottsboro: An American Tragedy" | |
| 2001–2002 | State of Grace | Narrator / Adult Hannah (voice) | 39 episodes | |
| 2006 | The Simpsons | Melanie Upfoot (voice) | Episode: "Girls Just Want to Have Sums" | |
| 2014 | Olive Kitteridge | Olive Kitteridge | Miniseries (4 episodes); also producer | |
| 2019 | Good Omens | God (voice) | 6 episodes |
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