NEW YORK, March 5. /TASS/. Frances McDormand won the Oscar award for the Best Actress in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

The movie, directed by Martin McDonagh, tells a story of a woman, who is trying to renew the investigation into the unsolved murder of her daughter The picture earlier won the Golden Globe award for the Best Motion Picture - Drama.

The rivals for the Best Actress had been Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), Meryl Streep (The Post), Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) and Margot Robbie (I, Tonya).