Oscars 2018: Frances McDormand Wins Best Actress The star won an Academy Award for her role in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” McDormand topped Meryl Streep, Saoirse Ronan and Sally Hawkins. McDormand asked the other women nominees to stand up during her speech. Frances McDormand I have two words to leave with you tonight: ‘inclusion rider.’ Inclusion rider is a term used in actor’s clause, ensuring gender and racial equality in hiring on movie sets.