American actor Frances McDormand took home the Oscar in the Best Actress category for her much-appreciated performance in `Nomadland`. In the movie, McDormand played the role of a person who is in a group of retirees struggling to make ends meet. Written and directed by Chloe Zhao, the film was inspired by Jessica Bruder`s non-fiction book `Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century`.

This is McDormand`s third-best actress Oscar, she took the prize for `Fargo` in 1997 and `Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri` in 2018. Only Katharine Hepburn, with four awards, has won more best actress Oscars than her.