{"id":3996,"date":"2021-04-26T08:39:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T08:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=192122"},"modified":"2021-04-26T08:39:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T08:39:23","slug":"best-actress-frances-mcdormand-oscars-2021","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/best-actress-frances-mcdormand-oscars-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Frances McDormand Wins Best Actress At The 2021 Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_192135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192135\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignfull-width size-full wp-image-192135\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-85520843.jpg?resize=1024%2C700\" alt=\"Frances McDormand\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-85520843.jpg?resize=1024%2C700?w=3600 3600w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-85520843.jpg?resize=1024%2C700?w=300 300w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-85520843.jpg?resize=1024%2C700?w=768 768w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-85520843.jpg?resize=1024%2C700?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-85520843.jpg?resize=1024%2C700?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-85520843.jpg?resize=1024%2C700?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-85520843.jpg?resize=1024%2C700?w=400 400w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-85520843.jpg?resize=1024%2C700?w=155 155w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-85520843.jpg?resize=1024%2C700?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-192135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEW YORK &#8211; 1994: Actress Frances McDormand poses for a portrait in 1994 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Ken Weingart\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the 2021 Oscars ceremony, Frances McDormand was awarded Best Actress In A Leading Role for her captivating appearance in\u00a0<em>Nomadland.<\/em> It was nearly predictable due to the overwhelming response for the film in recent months, winning Best Director and Best Motion Picture at the <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/every-winner-golden-globes\/\">Golden Globes<\/a> and the BAFTA Award for Best Film and Best Actress In A Leading Role.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nomadland\u00a0<\/em>follows retiree Fern (McDormand) who in her sixties has just $550 in her social security fund. She embarks on a journey to become a nomad, travelling across North America and living simply by working for fuel and food. In an era where excess can be all consuming, the film is aspirational in a bid to live with less.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_192136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192136\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignfull-width size-full wp-image-192136\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1272022851.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1272022851.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682?w=4000 4000w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1272022851.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682?w=300 300w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1272022851.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682?w=768 768w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1272022851.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1272022851.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1272022851.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1272022851.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682?w=400 400w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1272022851.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682?w=155 155w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1272022851.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-192136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PASADENA, CALIFORNIA &#8211; SEPTEMBER 11: (L-R )Frances McDormand, Chlo\u00e9 Zhao, Swankie, and Linda May attend the Drive-In Premiere of &#8220;Nomadland&#8221; hosted by Fox Searchlight and The Telluride Film Festival at Rose Bowl on September 11, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fellow nominees included Viola Davis for <em>Ma Rainey&#8217;s Black Bottom,<\/em> Carey Mulligan for <em>Promising Young Woman<\/em>, Vanessa Kirby for\u00a0<em>Pieces of a Woman<\/em> and Andra Day for her appearance in <em>The United States vs. Billie Holiday<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This is McDormand&#8217;s second Academy Award for Best Actress and follows her role in <em>Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NOMADLAND | Official Trailer | Searchlight Pictures\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6sxCFZ8_d84?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The honour follows the film&#8217;s win for Best Picture for Beijing-born <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/nomadland-best-picture-winner-oscars-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chlo\u00e9 Zhao<\/a>. In addition, she is just the second woman in history to be allowed the honour of Best Director.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have always found goodness in the people I met, everywhere I went in the world,&#8221; Zhao said upon accepting the award for Best Director. &#8220;So this [holds up Oscar] is for anyone who had the faith and the courage to hold on to the goodness in themselves, and to hold on to the goodness in each other, no matter how difficult it is to do that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"quotation-style\">&#8220;And this is for you. 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