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Sissy Spacek
Born · December 25, 1949 (74 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Quitman, Texas, USA
Bio
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.
Sam & Kate
Tina
6.5
2022
Night Sky
Irene York · (8 episodes)
6.9
2022
Without Getting Killed or Caught
Narrator / Voice of Susanna Clark (voice)
0.0
2021
Homecoming
Ellen Bergman · (10 episodes)
7.0
2018
The Old Man & the Gun
Jewel
6.4
2018
Castle Rock
Ruth Deaver · (10 episodes)
7.2
2018
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
2018
HyperNormalisation
Self (archive footage)
7.4
2016
River of Gold
Narrator
0.0
2016
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
Self / Loretta Lynn
8.0
2016
Bloodline
Sally Rayburn · (33 episodes)
7.1
2015
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · (1 episode)
4.0
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2014
Making 'Badlands'
Self
8.0
2013
Deadfall
June
6.0
2012
The Help
Missus Walters
8.2
2011
Get Low
Mattie Darrow
6.7
2010
Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People
(0 episode)
0.0
2009
Four Christmases
Paula
5.8
2008
Lake City
Maggie
5.7
2008
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Josie Cahill
6.7
2007
Hot Rod
Marie Powell
6.4
2007
Gray Matters
Dr. Sydney
5.8
2006
Big Love
Marilyn Densham · (5 episodes)
6.9
2006
Nine Lives
Ruth
6.0
2005
An American Haunting
Lucy Bell
5.6
2005
The Ring Two
Evelyn
5.7
2005
North Country
Alice Aimes
7.2
2005
A Home at the End of the World
Alice Glover
6.5
2004
Absence of Malick
Self
7.0
2003
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
8.0
2003
Tuck Everlasting
Mae Tuck
6.6
2002
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
6.7
2002
Last Call
Zelda Fitzgerald
5.7
2002
In the Bedroom
Ruth Fowler
6.9
2001
Acting 'Carrie'
Self
7.0
2001
Visualizing 'Carrie'
Self (archive footage)
5.7
2001
Midwives
Sibyl Danforth
7.0
2001
Songs In Ordinary Time
Marie Fermoyle
3.8
2000
The Straight Story
Rose
7.7
1999
The Rage: Carrie 2
Carrie White (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.6
1999
Blast from the Past
Helen
6.8
1999
Affliction
Margie Fogg
6.3
1998
The View
Self · (2 episodes)
4.4
1997
If These Walls Could Talk
Barbara Barrows
6.5
1996
Beyond the Call
Pam O'Brien
6.0
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
3.5
1996
Streets of Laredo
Lorena · (3 episodes)
6.2
1995
The Grass Harp
Verena Talbo
5.9
1995
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
Martha Jefferson Randolph (voice) · (2 episodes)
0.0
1995
The Good Old Boys
Spring Renfro
6.7
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1994
A Place for Annie
Susan Lansing
6.0
1994
Trading Mom
Mommy / Mama / Mom / Natasha
6.0
1994
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self
5.6
1993
A Private Matter
Sherri Finkbine
4.8
1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (Voice) · (1 episode)
10.0
1992
Hard Promises
Christine Ann Coalter
5.1
1992
Fonda on Fonda
Self - The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (archive footage)
6.0
1992
JFK
Liz Garrison
7.6
1991
The Talking Eggs
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1991
Voices That Care
Self - Choir Member
8.0
1991
The Long Walk Home
Miriam Thompson
7.6
1990
Seitenblicke
self · (1 episode)
0.0
1987
Crimes of the Heart
Babe Magrath
6.1
1986
'night, Mother
Jessie Cates
7.4
1986
Violets are Blue
Augusta "Gussie" Sawyer
5.0
1986
Marie: A True Story
Marie Ragghianti
5.6
1985
The River
Mae Garvey
6.3
1984
The Man with Two Brains
Anne Uumellmahaye (uncredited) (voice)
6.2
1983
Missing
Beth Horman
7.3
1982
Raggedy Man
Nita
5.2
1981
Heart Beat
Carolyn Cassady
5.6
1980
Coal Miner's Daughter
Loretta Lynn
7.2
1980
Verna: USO Girl
Verna Vane
0.0
1978
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
Self
0.0
1977
3 Women
Mildred "Pinky" Rose
7.1
1977
Welcome to L.A.
Linda Murray
5.2
1976
Carrie
Carrie
7.3
1976
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
6.9
1975
Katherine
Katherine Alman
5.5
1975
Arena
Self · (1 episode)
6.7
1975
The Migrants
Wanda Trimpin
5.7
1974
The Girls of Huntington House
Sara
6.0
1973
Die, My Love
0.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1975
Badlands
Holly Sargis
7.5
1974
Ginger in the Morning
Ginger Brown
6.0
1973
The Waltons
(2 episodes)
7.1
1972
The Rookies
(1 episode)
6.9
1972
Prime Cut
Poppy
6.4
1972
Great Performances
Verna Vane · (1 episode)
5.2
1971
The Oscars
Self · (3 episodes)
7.0
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Susan Lansing · (1 episode)
8.7
1951