LOS ANGELES — Frances McDormand won her third Oscar on Sunday for “Nomadland,” cementing her reputation as one of the best actresses of her generation.
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…
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