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Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek

Acting

December 25, 1949 (76 years old)
Quitman, Texas, USA
Female
77 Movies
24 TV Shows

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.

Carrie
Carrie

Carrie

1976 7.3

as Carrie

Age 26 (now 76)
The Straight Story
The Straight Story

The Straight Story

1999 7.7

as Rose

Age 49 (now 76)
Badlands
Badlands

Badlands

1974 7.5

as Holly Sargis

Age 24 (now 76)
The Old Man & the Gun
The Old Man & the Gun

The Old Man & the Gun

2018 6.5

as Jewel

Age 68 (now 76)
Coal Miner's Daughter
Coal Miner's Daughter

Coal Miner's Daughter

1980 7.2

as Loretta Lynn

Age 30 (now 76)
Missing
Missing

Missing

1982 7.3

as Beth Horman

Age 32 (now 76)
In the Bedroom
In the Bedroom

In the Bedroom

2001 6.9

as Ruth Fowler

Age 51 (now 76)
Blast from the Past
Blast from the Past

Blast from the Past

1999 6.8

as Helen

Age 49 (now 76)
3 Women
3 Women

3 Women

1977 7.1

as Mildred "Pinky" Rose

Age 27 (now 76)
The Long Walk Home
The Long Walk Home

The Long Walk Home

1990 7.6

as Miriam Thompson

Age 40 (now 76)
An American Haunting
An American Haunting

An American Haunting

2005 5.5

as Lucy Bell

Age 55 (now 76)
Bloodline
Bloodline

Bloodline

2015 7.1

as Sally Rayburn

Age 65 (now 76)
33 eps
Four Christmases
Four Christmases

Four Christmases

2008 5.8

as Paula

Age 58 (now 76)
Tuck Everlasting
Tuck Everlasting

Tuck Everlasting

2002 6.7

as Mae Tuck

Age 52 (now 76)
Affliction
Affliction

Affliction

1998 6.3

as Margie Fogg

Age 48 (now 76)
Die My Love
Die My Love

Die My Love

2025 6.1

as Pam

Age 75 (now 76)