Frances McDormand won Best Actress and her film "Nomadland" won multiple honours at the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony. While accepting her award, McDormand quoted William Shakespeares "Macbeth" and had a novel way to pay tribute to a late unit member of the film, with a wolf howl. Her speech had this line from "Macbeth": "My voice is my sword, we know the sword is our work, and I like work."

McDormand ended her speech with a wolf howl into the mike. The gesture was meant to be a tribute to sound mixer of the film, Michael Wolf Snyder, who committed suicide recently. He was 35.