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
Carrie
Carrie
7.293
'night, Mother
'night, Mother
7.2
Trading Mom
Trading Mom
6.098
Lake City
Lake City
5.7
Coal Miner's Daughter
Coal Miner's Daughter
7.267
The Long Walk Home
The Long Walk Home
7.394
A Place for Annie
A Place for Annie
6.3
Marie
Marie
5.5
Raggedy Man
Raggedy Man
5.3
A Private Matter
A Private Matter
5
Midwives
Midwives
6.5
Songs In Ordinary Time
Songs In Ordinary Time
4.2
Beyond the Call
Beyond the Call
5.8
Violets are Blue
Violets are Blue
4.8
Hard Promises
Hard Promises
5.4
The Straight Story
The Straight Story
7.725
In the Bedroom
In the Bedroom
6.9
Badlands
Badlands
7.532
Affliction
Affliction
6.3
3 Women
3 Women
7.3
Missing
Missing
7.3
Get Low
Get Low
6.719
The River
The River
6.218
The Grass Harp
The Grass Harp
5.9
Katherine
Katherine
5.1
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Pictures of Hollis Woods
6.8
Heart Beat
Heart Beat
5.9
Making 'Badlands'
Making 'Badlands'
8
An American Haunting
An American Haunting
5.584
Tuck Everlasting
Tuck Everlasting
6.6
Crimes of the Heart
Crimes of the Heart
6.111
Last Call
Last Call
5
The Migrants
The Migrants
5.7
The Old Man & the Gun
The Old Man & the Gun
6.4
Absence of Malick
Absence of Malick
0
Sam & Kate
Sam & Kate
6.7
Blast from the Past
Blast from the Past
6.7
Four Christmases
Four Christmases
5.791
A Home at the End of the World
A Home at the End of the World
6.507
Ginger in the Morning
Ginger in the Morning
6
Prime Cut
Prime Cut
6.5
The Girls of Huntington House
The Girls of Huntington House
0
The Good Old Boys
The Good Old Boys
6.6
Gray Matters
Gray Matters
5.8
De Palma
De Palma
7.1
Visualizing 'Carrie'
Visualizing 'Carrie'
6
Hot Rod
Hot Rod
6.4
The Ring Two
The Ring Two
5.732
Deadfall
Deadfall
5.944
Welcome to L.A.
Welcome to L.A.
5.1
Without Getting Killed or Caught
Without Getting Killed or Caught
0
River of Gold
River of Gold
0
JFK
JFK
7.603
Acting 'Carrie'
Acting 'Carrie'
6.5
North Country
North Country
7.226
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
8
The Help
The Help
8.203
Fonda on Fonda
0
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
5.6
Nine Lives
Nine Lives
6.1
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
7
If These Walls Could Talk
If These Walls Could Talk
6.6
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
0
A Decade Under the Influence
A Decade Under the Influence
8
The Man with Two Brains
The Man with Two Brains
6.2
Voices That Care
0
The Rage: Carrie 2
The Rage: Carrie 2
5.629
And the Oscar Goes To...
And the Oscar Goes To...
7.2
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