Sissy Spacek
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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
Credits
The Help (2011)
as Missus Walters
Carrie (1976)
as Carrie
Die My Love (2025)
as Pam
Blast from the Past (1999)
as Helen
JFK (1991)
as Liz Garrison
The Ring Two (2005)
as Evelyn
The Straight Story (1999)
as Rose
Hot Rod (2007)
as Marie Powell
Badlands (1974)
as Holly Sargis
Deadfall (2012)
as June
The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)
as Carrie White (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Man with Two Brains (1983)
as Anne Uumellmahaye (uncredited) (voice)
The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
as Jewel
Four Christmases (2008)
as Paula
North Country (2005)
as Alice Aimes
In the Bedroom (2001)
as Ruth Fowler
Affliction (1998)
as Margie Fogg
Tuck Everlasting (2002)
as Mae Tuck
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
as Loretta Lynn
Nine Lives (2005)
as Ruth
An American Haunting (2005)
as Lucy Bell
The River (1984)
as Mae Garvey
Missing (1982)
as Beth Horman
3 Women (1977)
as Mildred "Pinky" Rose
The Long Walk Home (1990)
as Miriam Thompson
Get Low (2010)
as Mattie Darrow
The Catch (2027)
Actor
If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
as Barbara Barrows
Sam & Kate (2022)
as Tina
The Grass Harp (1996)
as Verena Talbo
Visualizing 'Carrie' (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
A Home at the End of the World (2004)
as Alice Glover
Gray Matters (2007)
as Dr. Sydney
Prime Cut (1972)
as Poppy
Lake City (2008)
as Maggie
'night, Mother (1986)
as Jessie Cates
Last Call (2002)
as Zelda Fitzgerald
HyperNormalisation (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Crimes of the Heart (1986)
as Babe Magrath
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
as Self
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy (1993)
as Self
Raggedy Man (1981)
as Nita
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick (2002)
as Self
The Good Old Boys (1995)
as Spring Renfro
Welcome to L.A. (1976)
as Linda Murray
Marie: A True Story (1985)
as Marie Ragghianti
Trading Mom (1994)
as Mommy / Mama / Mom / Natasha
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary (1977)
as Self
A Place for Annie (1994)
as Susan Lansing
Heart Beat (1980)
as Carolyn Cassady
Beyond the Call (1996)
as Pam O'Brien
Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007)
as Josie Cahill
Acting 'Carrie' (2001)
as Self
Voices That Care (1991)
as Self - Choir Member
Henry Fonda for President (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Hard Promises (1992)
as Christine Ann Coalter
Violets Are Blue (1986)
as Augusta "Gussie" Sawyer
Songs In Ordinary Time (2000)
as Marie Fermoyle
Love Letter to Texas (2026)
as Narrator
Verna: USO Girl (1978)
as Verna Vane
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl (2016)
as Self / Loretta Lynn
The Girls of Huntington House (1973)
as Sara
Midwives (2001)
as Sibyl Danforth
The Migrants (1974)
as Wanda Trimpin
Fonda on Fonda (1992)
as Self - The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (archive footage)
Absence of Malick (2003)
as Self
Katherine (1975)
as Katherine Alman
A Woman in the Sun (—)
Actor
Ginger in the Morning (1974)
as Ginger Brown
A Private Matter (1992)
as Sherri Finkbine
River of Gold (2016)
as Narrator
Making Badlands (2013)
as Self
Without Getting Killed or Caught (2021)
as Narrator / Voice of Susanna Clark (voice)
The Talking Eggs (1991)
as Narrator (voice)