While Katharine Hepburn holds the record with four Best Actress wins, Frances McDormand joined an extremely elite group in 2021. With her win for 'Nomadland,' she became only the second woman in history to win three Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (her previous wins were for 'Fargo' and 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'). Notably, McDormand also won a fourth Oscar that same night as a producer for 'Nomadland' when it won Best Picture. This made her the first person ever to win both an acting and a producing Oscar for the same film in a single night. Her career is characterized by a refusal to conform to Hollywood's traditional beauty standards, focusing instead on gritty, character-driven performances.