The following is a list of awards, honors, and nominations received by American actress and producer Frances McDormand. Among her numerous accolades for acting and producing, McDormand has won a Tony Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards (one for acting, one for producing), and four Academy Awards (three for acting, one for producing), making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting." Additionally, she has received two Golden Globe Awards (one for acting, one for producing), three British Academy Film Awards (two for acting, one for producing), and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.
McDormand has received eight Academy Award nominations, winning Best Actress for Fargo (1996), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), and Nomadland (2020). As one of the producers of Nomadland, she also won Best Picture. Her wins for Nomadland made her the first person in history to win Academy Awards both as producer and performer for the same film, the second woman in history to win Best Actress three times,[1] and the seventh performer overall to win three competitive acting Academy Awards.[a] McDormand has also received Academy Award nominations in five consecutive decades,[3] beginning in 1989 for Mississippi Burning (1988), which earned her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress, which she lost to Geena Davis for The Accidental Tourist (1988).[4]
McDormand has received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations, her first coming in 1997 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Television Movie for Hidden in America (1996). For her performance in the HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge (2014), McDormand won the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie in 2015. As one of the miniseries producers, she also won Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series. McDormand has been twice nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, in 1989 for A Streetcar Named Desire (1988) and in 2012 for Good People (2011), winning for the latter.
Major industry awards
Academy Awards
BAFTA Awards
Emmy Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Independent Spirit Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Tony Awards
Other industry awards
American Comedy Awards
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Alliance of Women Film Awards
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards
Behind The Voice Acting Feature Film Voice Acting Awards
Black Reel Awards
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
British Independent Film Awards
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival
CinEuphoria Awards
| CinEuphoria Awards |
|---|
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|
| 2021 | Nomadland | Best Actress - International Competition | Nominated | [37] |
Dorian Awards
Drama Desk Awards
Elle Magazine Awards
Empire Awards
Gijón International Film Festival
Gotham Awards
International Cinephile Society Awards
Irish Film & Television Drama Academy Awards
Lone Star Film and Television Awards
National Board of Review
North Dakota Film Society Awards
| North Dakota Film Society Awards |
|---|
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|
| 2020 | Nomadland | Best Actress | Won | [37] |
Online Film and Television Association Awards
Producers Guild of America
Satellite Awards
Saturn Awards
Venice Film Festival
Critics awards
African-American Film Critics Association Awards
Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards
Austin Film Critics Association Awards
Black Film Critics Circle Awards
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
Boston Online Film Critics Association Awards
| Boston Online Film Critics Association Awards |
|---|
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|
| 2020 | Nomadland | Best Actress | Won | [80] |
| Best Picture | Won |
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Chicago Indie Critics Awards
| Chicago Indie Critics Awards |
|---|
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|
| 2020 | Nomadland | Best Actress | Nominated | [84] |
| Best Independent Film | Won |
| 2023 | Women Talking | Best Ensemble | Nominated | [85] |
| Best Independent Film | Nominated |
Columbus Film Critics Association