Sissy Spacek
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 25, 1949 (age 76)
- Birthplace
- Quitman, Texas, USA
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
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Filmography
A Woman in the Sun
Movie
The Catch
Movie
Love Letter to Texas
Movie · as Narrator
Die My Love
Movie · as Pam
Henry Fonda for President
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Dying for Sex
TV · as Gail · 8 eps
Sam & Kate
Movie · as Tina
Night Sky
TV · as Irene York · 8 eps
Without Getting Killed or Caught
Movie · as Narrator / Voice of Susanna Clark (voice)
The Old Man & the Gun
Movie · as Jewel
Castle Rock
TV · as Ruth Deaver · 10 eps
Homecoming
TV · as Ellen Bergman · 10 eps
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
TV · as Self · 1 ep
HyperNormalisation
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
Movie · as Self / Loretta Lynn
River of Gold
Movie · as Narrator
Bloodline
TV · as Sally Rayburn · 33 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Making Badlands
Movie · as Self
Deadfall
Movie · as June
The Help
Movie · as Missus Walters
A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Get Low
Movie · as Mattie Darrow
Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People
TV
Four Christmases
Movie · as Paula
Lake City
Movie · as Maggie
Hot Rod
Movie · as Marie Powell
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Movie · as Josie Cahill
Gray Matters
Movie · as Dr. Sydney
Big Love
TV · as Marilyn Densham
An American Haunting
Movie · as Lucy Bell
The Ring Two
Movie · as Evelyn
North Country
Movie · as Alice Aimes
Nine Lives
Movie · as Ruth
A Home at the End of the World
Movie · as Alice Glover
Absence of Malick
Movie · as Self
A Decade Under the Influence
Movie · as Self
Tuck Everlasting
Movie · as Mae Tuck
Last Call
Movie · as Zelda Fitzgerald
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Movie · as Self
In the Bedroom
Movie · as Ruth Fowler
Acting 'Carrie'
Movie · as Self
Visualizing 'Carrie'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Midwives
Movie · as Sibyl Danforth
Songs In Ordinary Time
Movie · as Marie Fermoyle
The Straight Story
Movie · as Rose
Blast from the Past
Movie · as Helen
The Rage: Carrie 2
Movie · as Carrie White (archive footage) (uncredited)
Affliction
Movie · as Margie Fogg
The View
TV · as Self · 2 eps
If These Walls Could Talk
Movie · as Barbara Barrows
The Grass Harp
Movie · as Verena Talbo
Beyond the Call
Movie · as Pam O'Brien
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Good Old Boys
Movie · as Spring Renfro
Streets of Laredo
TV · as Lorena · 3 eps
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
TV · as Martha Jefferson Randolph (voice) · 2 eps
Trading Mom
Movie · as Mommy / Mama / Mom / Natasha
A Place for Annie
Movie · as Susan Lansing
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Movie · as Self
Hard Promises
Movie · as Christine Ann Coalter
A Private Matter
Movie · as Sherri Finkbine
Fonda on Fonda
Movie · as Self - The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (archive footage)
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
JFK
Movie · as Liz Garrison
Voices That Care
Movie · as Self - Choir Member
The Talking Eggs
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Long Walk Home
Movie · as Miriam Thompson
Seitenblicke
TV · as self · 1 ep
'night, Mother
Movie · as Jessie Cates
Crimes of the Heart
Movie · as Babe Magrath
Violets Are Blue
Movie · as Augusta "Gussie" Sawyer
Marie: A True Story
Movie · as Marie Ragghianti
The River
Movie · as Mae Garvey
The Man with Two Brains
Movie · as Anne Uumellmahaye (uncredited) (voice)
Missing
Movie · as Beth Horman
Raggedy Man
Movie · as Nita
Coal Miner's Daughter
Movie · as Loretta Lynn
Heart Beat
Movie · as Carolyn Cassady
Verna: USO Girl
Movie · as Verna Vane
3 Women
Movie · as Mildred "Pinky" Rose
Carrie
Movie · as Carrie
Welcome to L.A.
Movie · as Linda Murray
Katherine
Movie · as Katherine Alman
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ginger in the Morning
Movie · as Ginger Brown
The Migrants
Movie · as Wanda Trimpin
Badlands
Movie · as Holly Sargis
The Girls of Huntington House
Movie · as Sara
Prime Cut
Movie · as Poppy
The Rookies
TV · 1 ep
The Waltons
TV · 2 eps
Great Performances
TV · as Verna Vane · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Susan Lansing · 1 ep