Sissy Spacek
Acting
Born: December 25, 1949 (age 76) · Quitman, Texas, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
Mary Elizabeth 'Sissy' Spacek (born December 25, 1949) is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and nominations for four British Academy Film Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award. Spacek was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011. Born and raised in Texas, she initially aspired to a career as a recording artist. In 1968, at age 18, she recorded a single, "John, You Went Too Far This Time," under the name Rainbo. She began her professional acting career in the early 1970s, making her debut as an extra in Andy Warhol's Women in Revolt (1971). Her breakout role came with Terrence Malick's influential crime film Badlands (1973), which earned her a nomination for the British Academy Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles. She rose to international prominence with her portrayal of Carrie White in Brian De Palma's horror film Carrie (1976), for which she received her first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. After appearing in the acclaimed films Welcome to L.A. (1976) and Robert Altman's 3 Women (1977), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn in the biographical musical film Coal Miner's Daughter (1980). Her other Oscar-nominated roles include Missing (1982), The River (1984), Crimes of the Heart (1986), and In the Bedroom (2001). Her other prominent films include Raggedy Man (1981), JFK (1991), Affliction (1997), The Straight Story (1999), Tuck Everlasting (2002), Nine Lives (2005), North Country (2005), Four Christmases (2008), Get Low (2010), The Help (2011), and The Old Man & the Gun (2018). She received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the television films The Good Old Boys (1995) and Last Call (2002), and for her guest role on the HBO drama series Big Love (2011). She portrayed matriarch Sally Rayburn on the Netflix drama thriller series Bloodline (2015–2017), Ruth Deaver on the Hulu psychological horror series Castle Rock (2018), and Ellen Bergman on the Amazon Prime Video psychological thriller series Homecoming (2018). She has also ventured into music, and recorded vocals for the soundtrack album of Coal Miner's Daughter, which peaked at number two on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart and garnered her a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. She released a studio album, Hangin' Up My Heart (1983), which was critically well-received and peaked at number 17 on Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
Known for
The Help
2011
Carrie
1976
The Ring Two
2005
JFK
1991
The Straight Story
1999
The Old Man & the Gun
2018
Badlands
1974
Four Christmases
2008
Blast from the Past
1999
Hot Rod
2007
Phantom of the Paradise
1974
North Country
2005
Photos (10)
Movies (58)
The Help
Missus Walters
Carrie
Carrie
Die My Love
Pam
JFK
Liz Garrison
Blast from the Past
Helen
The Ring Two
Evelyn
The Straight Story
Rose
Deadfall
June
Badlands
Holly Sargis
Hot Rod
Marie Powell
The Rage: Carrie 2
Carrie White (archive footage) (uncredited)
North Country
Alice Aimes
The Man with Two Brains
Anne Uumellmahaye (uncredited) (voice)
The Old Man & the Gun
Jewel
Four Christmases
Paula
In the Bedroom
Ruth Fowler
Affliction
Margie Fogg
Tuck Everlasting
Mae Tuck
3 Women
Mildred "Pinky" Rose
Missing
Beth Horman
Nine Lives
Ruth
An American Haunting
Lucy Bell
The Long Walk Home
Miriam Thompson
The Grass Harp
Verena Talbo
The River
Mae Garvey
Lake City
Maggie
Coal Miner's Daughter
Loretta Lynn
Prime Cut
Poppy
If These Walls Could Talk
Barbara Barrows
Last Call
Zelda Fitzgerald
Get Low
Mattie Darrow
A Home at the End of the World
Alice Glover
Gray Matters
Dr. Sydney
'night, Mother
Jessie Cates
Sam & Kate
Tina
Crimes of the Heart
Babe Magrath
Raggedy Man
Nita
Welcome to L.A.
Linda Murray
Heart Beat
Carolyn Cassady
The Migrants
Wanda Trimpin
Trading Mom
Mommy / Mama / Mom / Natasha
Beyond the Call
Pam O'Brien
Violets Are Blue
Augusta "Gussie" Sawyer
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Josie Cahill
The Good Old Boys
Spring Renfro
Marie: A True Story
Marie Ragghianti
A Place for Annie
Susan Lansing
Hard Promises
Christine Ann Coalter
Verna: USO Girl
Verna Vane
Songs In Ordinary Time
Marie Fermoyle
Love Letter to Texas
Narrator
Ginger in the Morning
Ginger Brown
A Private Matter
Sherri Finkbine
The Girls of Huntington House
Sara
River of Gold
Narrator
Midwives
Sibyl Danforth
Katherine
Katherine Alman
Without Getting Killed or Caught
Narrator / Voice of Susanna Clark (voice)
TV Shows (14)
Great Performances
Verna Vane · 1 eps
The Waltons
2 eps
Big Love
Marilyn Densham
Castle Rock
Ruth Deaver · 10 eps
The Rookies
1 eps
Bloodline
Sally Rayburn · 33 eps
Dying for Sex
Gail · 8 eps
Homecoming
Ellen Bergman · 10 eps
Night Sky
Irene York · 8 eps
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Streets of Laredo
Lorena · 3 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Susan Lansing · 1 eps
Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People
2009
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
Martha Jefferson Randolph (voice) · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (22)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
The View
Self · 2 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 3 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 1 eps
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Self · 1 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self
Visualizing 'Carrie'
Self (archive footage)
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
HyperNormalisation
Self (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Voices That Care
Self - Choir Member
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
Acting 'Carrie'
Self
Henry Fonda for President
Self (archive footage)
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
Self
Absence of Malick
Self
Fonda on Fonda
Self - The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (archive footage)
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
Self / Loretta Lynn
Making Badlands
Self
