Sissy Spacek

Actor
BirthdayDec 25, 1949 (75 years old)
Place of birthQuitman, Texas, USA
GenderFemale

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

Missus Walters

Aug 9, 2011

Carrie

Nov 3, 1976

Evelyn

Mar 10, 2005

JFK

7.6

Liz Garrison

Dec 20, 1991

Rose

Oct 15, 1999

Jewel

Sep 27, 2018

Holly Sargis

Mar 24, 1973

Paula

Nov 26, 2008

Helen

Feb 12, 1999

Marie Powell

Aug 3, 2007

June

Nov 8, 2012

Alice Aimes

Feb 12, 2005

Ruth Deaver

Jul 25, 2018

Lucy Bell

May 5, 2005

Mae Tuck

Oct 11, 2002

Anne Uumellmahaye (uncredited) (voice)

Jun 10, 1983

Self - Host

Oct 11, 1975

Carrie White (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mar 12, 1999

Beth Horman

Feb 12, 1982

Ruth Fowler

Nov 23, 2001

Missus Walters

Aug 9, 2011

Carrie

Nov 3, 1976

Evelyn

Mar 10, 2005

JFK

7.6

Liz Garrison

Dec 20, 1991

Rose

Oct 15, 1999

Jewel

Sep 27, 2018

Acting


Participated in 74 movies, 23 TV series

2022

Tina


2022

Irene York


2021

Narrator / Voice of Susanna Clark (voice)


2018

Ellen Bergman



2018

Ruth Deaver



2016

Self (archive footage)


2016

Narrator


2016


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