LOS ANGELES – Frances McDormand has two more Oscars. She may hang on to them a little more tightly. She won best actress Sunday night for her performance in “Nomadland,” which also nabbed best picture.
As a producer on the movie, she collected a trophy as well. McDormand kissed her director-husband, Joel Coen, and rose from their table inside Union Station in downtown Los Angeles to make her way to the stage for one of the shortest speeches of the night. “I have no words,” she said. “My voice is in my sword.
We know the sword is our work and I like work. Thank you for knowing that and thanks for this.” In “Nomadland,” McDormand plays Fern, who hits the road after the death of her husband and loss of her job at a plant that is shut down.