Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek

Mary Elizabeth 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, Spacek 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. Spacek 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), Spacek won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn in the biographical musical film Coal Miner's Daughter (1980). Spacek's 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). Spacek 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 also 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
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Quitman, Texas, USA
    Birthday
    12/25/1949
The Straight Story
The Straight Story
7.7
An American Haunting
An American Haunting
5.6
JFK
JFK
7.6
Badlands
Badlands
7.5
Hot Rod
Hot Rod
6.4
The Ring Two
The Ring Two
5.7
In the Bedroom
In the Bedroom
6.9
Acting 'Carrie'
Acting 'Carrie'
6.5
Carrie
Carrie
7.3
Blast from the Past
Blast from the Past
6.8
Affliction
Affliction
6.3
Visualizing 'Carrie'
Visualizing 'Carrie'
6
Four Christmases
Four Christmases
5.8
Prime Cut
Prime Cut
6.4
North Country
North Country
7.2
'night, Mother
'night, Mother
7.4
Tuck Everlasting
Tuck Everlasting
6.6
If These Walls Could Talk
If These Walls Could Talk
6.6
Trading Mom
Trading Mom
6
3 Women
3 Women
7.2
Lake City
Lake City
5.7
Missing
Missing
7.3
Nine Lives
Nine Lives
6
Get Low
Get Low
6.7
Voices That Care
Voices That Care
8
The River
The River
6.2
Coal Miner's Daughter
Coal Miner's Daughter
7.3
The Grass Harp
The Grass Harp
5.9
Crimes of the Heart
Crimes of the Heart
6.1
A Home at the End of the World
A Home at the End of the World
6.5
The Help
The Help
8.2
The Long Walk Home
The Long Walk Home
7.5
A Place for Annie
A Place for Annie
6
Welcome to L.A.
Welcome to L.A.
5.2
Marie: A True Story
Marie: A True Story
5.6
Raggedy Man
Raggedy Man
5.2
Deadfall
Deadfall
6
Hard Promises
Hard Promises
5.1
A Private Matter
A Private Matter
4.8
Midwives
Midwives
7
Songs In Ordinary Time
Songs In Ordinary Time
3.8
Last Call
Last Call
5
Beyond the Call
Beyond the Call
6
Ginger in the Morning
Ginger in the Morning
6
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
6.7
Katherine
Katherine
5.1
Violets are Blue
Violets are Blue
5
The Girls of Huntington House
The Girls of Huntington House
6
Heart Beat
Heart Beat
5.6
The Migrants
The Migrants
5.7
The Good Old Boys
The Good Old Boys
6.5
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
0
The Rage: Carrie 2
The Rage: Carrie 2
5.6
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Pictures of Hollis Woods
6.7
HyperNormalisation
HyperNormalisation
7.4
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
8
Verna: USO Girl
Verna: USO Girl
0
The Old Man & the Gun
The Old Man & the Gun
6.4
The Man with Two Brains
The Man with Two Brains
6.2
Absence of Malick
Absence of Malick
7
And the Oscar Goes To...
And the Oscar Goes To...
7
Making 'Badlands'
Making 'Badlands'
8
Without Getting Killed or Caught
Without Getting Killed or Caught
0
Gray Matters
Gray Matters
5.8
River of Gold
River of Gold
0
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
5.6
Fonda on Fonda
6
Sam & Kate
Sam & Kate
6.5
A Decade Under the Influence
A Decade Under the Influence
8
The Talking Eggs
0
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