McDormand joins elite triple-Oscar actors club with 'Nomadland' win Issued on: 26/04/2021 - 06:42 Frances McDormand (L) won the Oscar for best actress in "Nomadland" -- her third acting win -- but also shared the film's award for best picture as one of its producers with director Chloe Zhao (R) Chris Pizzello POOL/AFP 4 min Hollywood (United States) (AFP) "Nomadland" star Frances McDormand joined Hollywood's most elite tier Sunday with her third acting Oscar -- for a characteristically unglamorous portrayal of a grieving widow living in an old van. McDormand becomes only the seventh actor with triple Academy Awards, and the fourth woman after Meryl Streep, Ingrid Bergman and Katharine Hepburn, who stands alone at the pinnacle with four Oscars.