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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Die My Love
Character:Pam
Release Date:06/10/2025
Sam & Kate
Character:Tina
Release Date:11/11/2022
Without Getting Killed or Caught
Character:Narrator / Voice of Susanna Clark (voice)
Release Date:23/07/2021
The Old Man & the Gun
Character:Jewel
Release Date:27/09/2018
HyperNormalisation
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/10/2016
River of Gold
Character:Narrator
Release Date:26/03/2016
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
Character:Self / Loretta Lynn
Release Date:04/03/2016
Making Badlands
Character:Self
Release Date:19/03/2013
Deadfall
Character:June
Release Date:08/11/2012
The Help
Character:Missus Walters
Release Date:09/08/2011
Get Low
Character:Mattie Darrow
Release Date:30/07/2010
Four Christmases
Character:Paula
Release Date:26/11/2008
Lake City
Character:Maggie
Release Date:01/01/2008
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Character:Josie Cahill
Release Date:02/12/2007
Hot Rod
Character:Marie Powell
Release Date:03/08/2007
Gray Matters
Character:Dr. Sydney
Release Date:23/02/2007
Nine Lives
Character:Ruth
Release Date:02/09/2005
An American Haunting
Character:Lucy Bell
Release Date:05/05/2005
The Ring Two
Character:Evelyn
Release Date:10/03/2005
North Country
Character:Alice Aimes
Release Date:12/02/2005
A Home at the End of the World
Character:Alice Glover
Release Date:23/07/2004
Absence of Malick
Character:Self
Release Date:26/05/2003
A Decade Under the Influence
Character:Self
Release Date:25/04/2003
Tuck Everlasting
Character:Mae Tuck
Release Date:11/10/2002
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Character:Self
Release Date:01/09/2002
Last Call
Character:Zelda Fitzgerald
Release Date:25/05/2002
In the Bedroom
Character:Ruth Fowler
Release Date:23/11/2001
Acting 'Carrie'
Character:Self
Release Date:28/08/2001
Visualizing 'Carrie'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:28/08/2001
Midwives
Character:Sibyl Danforth
Release Date:02/04/2001
Songs In Ordinary Time
Character:Marie Fermoyle
Release Date:22/10/2000
The Straight Story
Character:Rose
Release Date:15/10/1999
The Rage: Carrie 2
Character:Carrie White (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:12/03/1999
Blast from the Past
Character:Helen
Release Date:12/02/1999
Affliction
Character:Margie Fogg
Release Date:12/02/1998
The Grass Harp
Character:Verena Talbo
Release Date:11/10/1996
If These Walls Could Talk
Character:Barbara Barrows
Release Date:11/09/1996
Beyond the Call
Character:Pam O'Brien
Release Date:23/06/1996
The Good Old Boys
Character:Spring Renfro
Release Date:05/03/1995
A Place for Annie
Character:Susan Lansing
Release Date:01/05/1994
Trading Mom
Character:Mommy / Mama / Mom / Natasha
Release Date:04/03/1994
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Character:Self
Release Date:20/01/1993
A Private Matter
Character:Sherri Finkbine
Release Date:20/06/1992
Hard Promises
Character:Christine Ann Coalter
Release Date:31/01/1992
Fonda on Fonda
Character:Self - The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (archive footage)
Release Date:13/01/1992
JFK
Character:Liz Garrison
Release Date:20/12/1991
The Talking Eggs
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:14/09/1991
Voices That Care
Character:Self - Choir Member
Release Date:28/02/1991
The Long Walk Home
Character:Miriam Thompson
Release Date:21/12/1990
Crimes of the Heart
Character:Babe Magrath
Release Date:12/12/1986
'night, Mother
Character:Jessie Cates
Release Date:12/09/1986
Violets are Blue
Character:Augusta "Gussie" Sawyer
Release Date:04/04/1986
Marie: A True Story
Character:Marie Ragghianti
Release Date:27/09/1985
The River
Character:Mae Garvey
Release Date:01/12/1984
The Man with Two Brains
Character:Anne Uumellmahaye (uncredited) (voice)
Release Date:10/06/1983
Missing
Character:Beth Horman
Release Date:12/02/1982
Raggedy Man
Character:Nita
Release Date:18/09/1981
Heart Beat
Character:Carolyn Cassady
Release Date:25/04/1980
Coal Miner's Daughter
Character:Loretta Lynn
Release Date:07/03/1980
Verna: USO Girl
Character:Verna Vane
Release Date:25/01/1978
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
Character:Self
Release Date:25/11/1977
3 Women
Character:Mildred "Pinky" Rose
Release Date:29/04/1977
Welcome to L.A.
Character:Linda Murray
Release Date:12/11/1976
Carrie
Character:Carrie
Release Date:03/11/1976
Katherine
Character:Katherine Alman
Release Date:05/10/1975
Ginger in the Morning
Character:Ginger Brown
Release Date:05/03/1974
The Migrants
Character:Wanda Trimpin
Release Date:03/02/1974
Badlands
Character:Holly Sargis
Release Date:05/01/1974
The Girls of Huntington House
Character:Sara
Release Date:14/02/1973
Prime Cut
Character:Poppy
Release Date:01/06/1972
Television Appearances
Dying for Sex
Character:Gail
Night Sky
Character:Irene York
Homecoming
Character:Ellen Bergman
Castle Rock
Character:Ruth Deaver
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Character:Self
Bloodline
Character:Sally Rayburn
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Character:Self
Big Love
Character:Marilyn Densham
The View
Character:Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Character:Self - Guest
Streets of Laredo
Character:Lorena
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
Character:Martha Jefferson Randolph (voice)
Inside the Actors Studio
Character:Self
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Character:Narrator (voice)
Seitenblicke
Character:self
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
The Waltons
Character:
The Rookies
Character:
Great Performances
Character:Verna Vane
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Susan Lansing
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