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The most famous actor in Almost Famous at the time of its release in September 2000 was Frances McDormand.
Her fame was established through her significant body of work, particularly her critically acclaimed roles and major award wins in the years leading up to 2000.
Frances McDormand had already achieved the highest honor in film acting well before her role as the protagonist's overprotective mother, Elaine Miller, in Almost Famous.
While other actors in the ensemble cast, such as Philip Seymour Hoffman, were gaining significant acclaim (e.g., for Boogie Nights and Magnolia), McDormand was the only one who had already won an Academy Award, which solidified her status as the most famous and established actor in the cast at the time of the film's premiere.
The summary explicitly states McDormand was the *only* Oscar winner in the cast. This overlooks Anna Paquin, who won an Oscar in 1994 and was a cast member (Polexia).
The summary discusses fame but ignores that Anna Paquin starred as Rogue in 'X-Men', a massive blockbuster released just two months before 'Almost Famous', making her arguably the most commercially famous face at that specific moment.
At the time of release in 2000, Frances McDormand was arguably the most critically established actor in Almost Famous, having won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Fargo (1996). However, the AI summary is incorrect in stating she was the only Oscar winner in the cast; Anna Paquin (who played Polexia Aphrodisia) had previously won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Piano (1993). Additionally, Paquin had achieved massive mainstream fame just two months prior to the release of Almost Famous with her starring role as Rogue in the blockbuster X-Men (July 2000). Other notable cast members included Philip Seymour Hoffman (a rising critical favorite) and Kate Hudson (a breakout star and daughter of Goldie Hawn).