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McDormand's win makes her a member of an elite
club that includes Meryl Streep, Daniel Day Lewis and Jack
Nicholson as the winners of three acting Oscars. The late
Katharine Hepburn won a record four.
"My voice is in my sword. We know the sword is our work. And I
like work," McDormand said in accepting the award, echoing a
line from the film.
In "Nomadland," the 63-year-old McDormand plays a widow who, in
the wake of the U.S. economic recession, turns her van into a
mobile home and sets out on the road, taking seasonal jobs along
the way.
The publicity-shy McDormand was one of the favorites for the
best actress prize, which she first won in 1997 for her
portrayal of a pregnant police chief in crime drama "Fargo."
McDormand won again in 2018 for playing an angry mother seeking
justice for her dead daughter in dark comedy "Three Billboards
Outside Ebbing, Missouri."
McDormand, who is married to independent movie director Joel
Coen, made her film debut in 1984's "Blood Simple." She has
starred in several of Coen and his brother's movies, including
"Raising Arizona" and "Burn After Reading."
Her other major roles include "Mississippi Burning," "Almost
Famous" and "North Country," all three of which earned her Oscar
nods, as well as "Moonrise Kingdom" and "Something's Gotta
Give."
In 2011, she won a Tony award for her portrayal of a single
mother in the play "Good People" and in 2015 she picked up an
Emmy for her lead role in the television mini-series "Olive
Kitteridge."
McDormand won at Britain's BAFTA ceremony and took home multiple
prizes from film critics for her performance in "Nomadland."
(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Dan Whitcomb; editing
by Jonathan Oatis)
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