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Sissy Spacek
Actor, Additional CreditsBorn December 25, 1949 (76 years)
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.
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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Sissy Spacek Filmography
| 2025 | Die My Love · as Pam |
| 2025 | Dying for Sex (TV Series) · as Gail |
| 2022 | Sam & Kate · as Tina |
| 2022 | King on Screen · as Carrie White |
| 2022 | Night Sky (TV Series) · as Irene York |
| 2021 | Without Getting Killed or Caught · as Narrator / Voice Of Susanna Clark (voice) |
| 2020 | Stephen King: A Necessary Evil · as Carrie White |
| 2018 | Homecoming (2018) (TV Series) · as Ellen Bergman |
| 2018 | The Old Man & the Gun · as Jewel |
| 2018 | Castle Rock (TV Series) · as Ruth Deaver |
| 2016 | River of Gold · as Narrator |
| 2015 | Bloodline (TV Series) · as Sally Rayburn |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Amazon Gold · as Narrated By |
| 2011 | A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King · as Carrie White |
| 2011 | The Help · as Missus Walters |
| 2010 | Gimme Shelter · as Adrienne Nourse |
| 2009 | Get Low · as Mattie Darrow |
| 2008 | Four Christmases · as Paula |
| 2008 | Lake City · as Maggie |
| 2007 | Pictures of Hollis Woods · as Josie Cahill |
| 2007 | Hot Rod · as Marie Powell |
| 2006 | Gray Matters · as Dr. Sydney |
| 2006 | Big Love (TV Series) · as Marilyn Densham |
| 2005 | North Country · as Alice Aimes |
| 2005 | Nine Lives · as Ruth |
| 2005 | An American Haunting · as Lucy Bell |
| 2005 | The Ring Two · as Evelyn |
| 2004 | A Home at the End of the World · as Alice Glover |
| 2002 | Tuck Everlasting · as Mae Tuck |
| 2002 | |
| 2001 | In the Bedroom · as Ruth Fowler |
| 2001 | Midwives · as Sibyl Danforth |
| 2000 | Songs in Ordinary Time · as Marie Fermoyle |
| 1999 | The Straight Story · as Rose |
| 1999 | The Rage: Carrie 2 · as Carrie White (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1999 | Blast from the Past · as Helen |
| 1997 | Affliction · as Margie Fogg |
| 1996 | If These Walls Could Talk · as Barbara Barrows |
| 1996 | Beyond the Call · as Pam O'brien |
| 1995 | Streets of Laredo (TV Series) · as Lorena |
| 1995 | The Grass Harp · as Verena Talbo |
| 1995 | The Good Old Boys · as Spring Renfro |
| 1994 | Trading Mom · as Mommy / Mama / Mom / Natasha |
| 1994 | A Place for Annie · as Susan Lansing |
| 1992 | A Private Matter · as Sherri Finkbine |
| 1992 | Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | JFK · as Liz Garrison |
| 1991 | Hard Promises · as Christine Ann Coalter |
| 1991 | The Talking Eggs · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1990 | The Long Walk Home · as Miriam Thompson |
| 1986 | Crimes of the Heart · as Babe Magrath |
| 1986 | 'night, Mother · as Jessie Cates |
| 1986 | Violets Are Blue... · as Augusta "gussie" Sawyer |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Loretta Lynn |
| 1985 | Marie · as Marie Ragghianti |
| 1984 | The River · as Mae Garvey |
| 1983 | The Man with Two Brains · as Anne Uumellmahaye (uncredited) (voice) |
| 1982 | Missing · as Beth Horman |
| 1981 | Raggedy Man · as Nita |
| 1980 | Heart Beat · as Carolyn Cassady |
| 1980 | Coal Miner's Daughter · as Loretta Lynn |
| 1977 | 3 Women · as Mildred "pinky" Rose |
| 1976 | Carrie · as Carrie |
| 1976 | Welcome to L.A. · as Linda Murray |
| 1975 | Katherine · as Katherine Alman |
| 1974 | Ginger in the Morning · as Ginger Brown |
| 1974 | The Migrants · as Wanda Trimpin |
| 1973 | Badlands · as Holly Sargis |
| 1973 | The Girls of Huntington House · as Sara |
| 1972 | The Waltons (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Prime Cut · as Poppy |
| 1972 | The Rookies (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Verna Vane |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Terri (segment "love And The Old Lover") |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Susan Lansing |
| 2024 | Henry Fonda for President · as Self |
| 2024 | Faye · as Self |
| 2024 | The Oscars · as Self |
| 2023 | Les Fonda, une dynastie de cinéma · as Self |
| 2023 | Being Mary Tyler Moore · as Self |
| 2022 | Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power · as Self |
| 2019 | Robert Redford: The Golden Look · as Self |
| 2018 | GQ Presents: Iconic Characters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | HyperNormalisation · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2016 | Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl · as Self / Loretta Lynn |
| 2016 | The Oscars · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes to... · as Self |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self |
| 2010 | SXSW Flashback 2010 · as Self |
| 2009 | The Rotten Tomatoes Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | The 80th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | A Decade Under the Influence · as Self |
| 2003 | The 75th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Past Winner |
| 2002 | The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | The 74th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2002 | The 2002 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2002 | 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2002 | The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2001 | Lorraine (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2000 | Backstory (2000) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Saturday Night Live 25 · as Self |
| 1997 | The Directors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1996 | Robert Altman: Giggle and Give In · as Self |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | The Big Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | Oscar's Greatest Moments · as Self |
| 1992 | Fonda on Fonda · as Self - The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (archive Footage) |
| 1992 | |
| 1991 | Maury (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | Voices That Care · as Self - Choir Member |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1987 | Seitenblicke (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | The 59th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1986 | At The Movies (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1985 | The 57th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1984 | The 56th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1983 | The 55th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1982 | The 54th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1982 | 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | The 53rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter & Winner |
| 1981 | The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1979 | SAG Foundation Conversations (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | Friday Night Saturday Morning (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | The 49th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1975 | Sunday meetings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The Midnight Special (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1974 | Ginger in the Morning · as Songs |