Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek

Birthdate
December 25, 1949 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Quitman, Texas, USA
Known For
Acting

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Birthdate
December 25, 1949 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Quitman, Texas, USA
Known For
Acting

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.

Sissy Spacek's LGBTQ+ Titles

Gray Matters
Gray Matters
Dr. Sydney
A Home at the End of the World
A Home at the End of the World
Alice Glover

Acting (94)

Die, My Love
2022
Sam & Kate as Tina
2022
Night Sky as Irene York (8 episodes)
2021
Without Getting Killed or Caught as Narrator / Voice of Susanna Clark (voice)
2018
Homecoming as Ellen Bergman (10 episodes)
2018
The Old Man & the Gun as Jewel
2018
Castle Rock as Ruth Deaver (10 episodes)
2018
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters as Self (1 episode)
2016
HyperNormalisation as Self (archive footage)
2016
River of Gold as Narrator
2016
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl as Self / Loretta Lynn
2015
Bloodline as Sally Rayburn (33 episodes)
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self (1 episode)
2014
And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
2013
Making 'Badlands' as Self
2012
Deadfall as June
2011
The Help as Missus Walters
2010
Get Low as Mattie Darrow
2009
Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People
2008
Four Christmases as Paula
2008
Lake City as Maggie
2007
Pictures of Hollis Woods as Josie Cahill
2007
Hot Rod as Marie Powell
2006
Gray Matters as Dr. Sydney
2006
Big Love as Marilyn Densham (5 episodes)
2005
Nine Lives as Ruth
2005
An American Haunting as Lucy Bell
2005
The Ring Two as Evelyn
2005
North Country as Alice Aimes
2004
2003
Absence of Malick as Self
2003
A Decade Under the Influence as Self
2002
Tuck Everlasting as Mae Tuck
2002
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick as Self
2002
Last Call as Zelda Fitzgerald
2001
In the Bedroom as Ruth Fowler
2001
Visualizing 'Carrie' as Self (archive footage)
2001
Acting 'Carrie' as Self
2001
Midwives as Sibyl Danforth
2000
Songs In Ordinary Time as Marie Fermoyle
1999
The Straight Story as Rose
1999
The Rage: Carrie 2 as Carrie White (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Blast from the Past as Helen
1998
Affliction as Margie Fogg
1997
The View as Self (2 episodes)
1996
If These Walls Could Talk as Barbara Barrows
1996
Beyond the Call as Pam O'Brien
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1995
Streets of Laredo as Lorena (3 episodes)
1995
The Grass Harp as Verena Talbo
1995
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain as Martha Jefferson Randolph (voice) (2 episodes)
1995
The Good Old Boys as Spring Renfro
1994
Inside the Actors Studio as Self (1 episode)
1994
A Place for Annie as Susan Lansing
1994
Trading Mom as Mommy / Mama / Mom / Natasha
1993
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy as Self
1992
A Private Matter as Sherri Finkbine
1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories as Narrator (Voice) (1 episode)
1992
Hard Promises as Christine Ann Coalter
1992
Fonda on Fonda as Self - The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (archive footage)
1991
JFK as Liz Garrison
1991
The Talking Eggs as Narrator (voice)
1991
Voices That Care as Self - Choir Member
1990
The Long Walk Home as Miriam Thompson
1987
Seitenblicke as self (1 episode)
1986
Crimes of the Heart as Babe Magrath
1986
'night, Mother as Jessie Cates
1986
Violets are Blue as Augusta "Gussie" Sawyer
1985
Marie: A True Story as Marie Ragghianti
1984
The River as Mae Garvey
1983
The Man with Two Brains as Anne Uumellmahaye (uncredited) (voice)
1982
Missing as Beth Horman
1981
Raggedy Man as Nita
1980
Heart Beat as Carolyn Cassady
1980
Coal Miner's Daughter as Loretta Lynn
1978
Verna: USO Girl as Verna Vane
1977
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary as Self
1977
3 Women as Mildred "Pinky" Rose
1976
Welcome to L.A. as Linda Murray
1976
Carrie as Carrie
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (1 episode)
1975
Katherine as Katherine Alman
1975
Arena as Self (1 episode)
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self (1 episode)
1974
The Migrants as Wanda Trimpin
1974
Badlands as Holly Sargis
1973
Ginger in the Morning as Ginger Brown
1973
The Girls of Huntington House as Sara
1972
The Waltons (2 episodes)
1972
The Rookies (1 episode)
1972
Prime Cut as Poppy
1971
Great Performances as Verna Vane (1 episode)
1953
The Oscars as Self (3 episodes)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Susan Lansing (1 episode)

Art (2)

1977
Death Game • Set Dresser
• Set Dresser
1974
Phantom of the Paradise • Set Dresser
• Set Dresser

Crew (1)

1997
Eye of God • Thanks
• Thanks