--- title: Frances McDormand Shared Her Tequila Backstage at the Oscars description: The Best Actress winner at the 2018 Oscars insisted that Allison Janney try her tequila cocktail while being interviewed after the awards. canonical: https://time.com/5186759/frances-mcdormand-allison-janney/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-05T22:34:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:09.392Z og:title: Frances McDormand Shared Her Tequila Backstage at the Oscars og:description: The lucky Allison Janney got to take a sip og:url: https://time.com/5186759/frances-mcdormand-allison-janney/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62b0662ce8717843/698929bdab6d77ae0a6b1fb7/frances-mcdormand-allison-janney-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2773 og:image:height: 1560 og:image:alt: 90th Annual Academy Awards - Press Room og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Frances McDormand Shared Her Tequila Backstage at the Oscars twitter:description: The lucky Allison Janney got to take a sip twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62b0662ce8717843/698929bdab6d77ae0a6b1fb7/frances-mcdormand-allison-janney-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Frances McDormand Sharing Her Tequila with Allison Janney Is a Delightful Oscars Moment > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 5, 2018 10:34 PM UTC  Actor Sam Rockwell, winner of the Best Supporting Actor award for 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri', actor Frances McDormand, winner of the Best Actress award for 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri', actor Allison Janney, winner of the Best Supporting Actress award for 'I, Tonya' and actor Gary Oldman, winner of the Best Actor award for 'Darkest Hour,' pose inside the Press Room of the 90th Annual Academy Awards held at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/WireImage) Actor Sam Rockwell, winner of the Best Supporting Actor award for 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri', actor Frances McDormand, winner of the Best Actress award for 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri', actor Allison Janney, winner of the Best Supporting Actress award for 'I, Tonya' and actor Gary Oldman, winner of the Best Actor award for 'Darkest Hour,' pose inside the Press Room of the 90th Annual Academy Awards held at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/WireImage) Albert L. Ortega—WireImage  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 5, 2018 10:34 PM UTC Let’s all have what she’s having. What Frances McDormand is having, that is. The [Best Actress Oscar winner](http://time.com/5185406/frances-mcdormand-oscars-2018-acceptance-speech-women/) has been taking the awards circuit by storm this season, coming out on top with her golden statuette at Sunday night’s [90th Annual Academy Awards](http://time.com/5186755/oscars-2018-best-actress-nominees-group-hug/) — and rousing the house with a [powerful acceptance speech](http://time.com/money/5185502/what-is-an-inclusion-rider-frances-mcdormand-oscars/) intended to draw attention to the women in the audience. She followed up her big win by celebrating backstage, too, and giving fellow winner [Allison Janney](http://time.com/5185179/allison-janney-oscars-speech-meme/) the chance to taste her tequila cocktail in a fit of gracious generosity. While Janney was being interviewed about her Best Supporting Actress accolade for her turn as Tonya Harding’s tough mom in _I, Tonya_, McDormand happened to saunter by behind them. Naturally, the reporter snagged her to join their chat. “Cheers, darling,” McDormand drawled in a faux accent to Janney. “Have a little sip, have a little sip, it’s tequila,” she continued, offering up her cocktail to Janney and getting her to sip from the straw before turning around to hug the reporter. When the reporter congratulated her for her speech, McDormand seemed to brush it off. “Well, you know, we know, it’s theater, don’t we?” she said rather dramatically, before continuing on her merry way — probably off to find the party, or at least a tequila refill. Cheers indeed. 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