MINNEAPOLIS — Ask any Hollywood A-lister: The Minnesota accent is an enigma. Emma Thompson is the latest to give it a stab. Thompson stars in the thriller, “Dead of Winter,” which is set in rural ...

Minneapolis native Larissa Kokernot played a sex worker from Chaska with some of the most memorable lines in the movie “Fargo.” After filmmaker Joel Coen saw Kokernot’s audition tape, he tapped her to ...