‘I have two words to leave with you tonight, ladies and gentlemen: Inclusion. Rider.’ — List of Frances McDormand Oscar nominations, wins
Posted: February 2026
List of Oscar nominations and wins for Frances McDormand. Frances McDormand has been nominated for 8 Academy Awards, across 3 categories, and won 4. Year indicates year/period for which films were eligible for awards consideration, not year of ceremony. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database, Wikipedia
2022: Women Talking (Best Picture) (shared with Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner) — lost to Everything Everywhere All at Once (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang). Other nominees: Top Gun: Maverick (Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison, Jerry Bruckheimer), Avatar: The Way of Water (James Cameron, Jon Landau), The Banshees of Inisherin (Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Martin McDonagh), Triangle of Sadness (Erik Hemmendorff, Philippe Bober), All Quiet on the Western Front (Malte Grunert), Tár (Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan, Scott Lambert), The Fabelmans (Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner), Elvis (Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick, Schuyler Weiss)
WON: 2020: Nomadland (Best Picture) (shared with Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Chloé Zhao) — Other nominees: The Father (David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi, Philippe Carcassonne), Promising Young Woman (Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell, Josey McNamara), Minari (Christina Oh), Sound of Metal (Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche), Mank (Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth, Douglas Urbanski), The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Marc Platt, Stuart Besser), Judas and the Black Messiah (Shaka King, Charles D. King, Ryan Coogler)
WON: 2020: Nomadland (Best Actress) — Other nominees: Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday), Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman), Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman), Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
WON: 2017: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Best Actress) — Other nominees: Meryl Streep (The Post), Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), Margot Robbie (I, Tonya), Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)
2005: North Country (Best Supporting Actress) — lost to Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener). Other nominees: Amy Adams (Junebug), Catherine Keener (Capote), Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain)
2000: Almost Famous (Best Supporting Actress) — lost to Marcia Gay Harden (Pollock). Other nominees: Kate Hudson (Almost Famous), Julie Walters (Billy Elliot), Judi Dench (Chocolat)
WON: 1996: Fargo (Best Actress) — Other nominees: Diane Keaton (Marvin’s Room), Brenda Blethyn (Secrets & Lies), Emily Watson (Breaking the Waves), Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient)
1988: Mississippi Burning (Best Supporting Actress) — lost to Geena Davis (The Accidental Tourist). Other nominees: Joan Cusack (Working Girl), Sigourney Weaver (Working Girl), Michelle Pfeiffer (Dangerous Liaisons)
Frances McDormand’s
speech at 2018 Oscars
“OK ... (chuckles) So, I’m hyperventilating a little bit. If I fall over, pick me up, ’cause I’ve got some things to say. (Cheers)
“So, I- I think this is what Chloe Kim must have felt like after doing back-to-back 1080s, in the Olympic halfpipe. Did you see that? OK, that’s what it feels like.
“I want to thank Martin McDonald. Look what you did. Uh, we are a bunch of hooligans and anarchists, but we do clean up nice. I want to thank every single person in this building, and my sister, Dorothy. I love you, Dot. And I especially want to thank my clan. Joel and Pedro McCoen. These two stalwart individuals were well raised by their feminist mothers. They- they value themselves, each other, and those around them. I know you are proud of me. And that fills me with everlasting joy.
“And now I want to get some perspective. If I may be so honored to have all the female nominees in every category stand with me in this room tonight, the actors, Meryl, if you do it, everybody else will, come on. The filmmakers, the producers, the directors, the writers, the cinematographer, the- the composers, the songwriters, the- the- the- the- the designers, come on. ... (Applause, cheers) ... OK look around everybody, look around, ladies and gentlemen, because we all have stories to tell and projects we need financed. Don’t talk to us about it at the parties tonight. Call- invite us into your office in a couple days, or you can come to ours, whichever suits you best, and we’ll tell you all about them.
“I have two words to leave with you tonight, ladies and gentlemen: Inclusion. Rider. (Applause)”