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Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek

Actor · b. 1949 · Quitman, Texas, USA

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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  • Movie8.2

    The Help

    2011 · 9.3K votes

  • Movie7.3

    Carrie

    1976 · 4.4K votes

  • Movie6.1

    Die My Love

    2025 · 642 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Blast from the Past

    1999 · 1.3K votes

  • Movie5.8

    The Ring Two

    2005 · 2.5K votes

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    JFK

    1991 · 2.5K votes

  • Movie7.7

    The Straight Story

    1999 · 1.9K votes

  • Movie5.8

    Four Christmases

    2008 · 1.3K votes

  • Movie7.3

    North Country

    2005 · 757 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Hot Rod

    2007 · 1.1K votes

  • Movie6.4

    The Old Man & the Gun

    2018 · 1.5K votes

  • Movie7.5

    Badlands

    1973 · 1.4K votes

  • Movie5.7

    The Rage: Carrie 2

    1999 · 486 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Deadfall

    2012 · 746 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Tuck Everlasting

    2002 · 516 votes

  • Movie7.6

    The Long Walk Home

    1990 · 164 votes

  • Movie6.9

    In the Bedroom

    2001 · 418 votes

  • Movie6.2

    The Man with Two Brains

    1983 · 502 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Coal Miner's Daughter

    1980 · 288 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Missing

    1982 · 443 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Nine Lives

    2005 · 97 votes

  • Movie6.4

    The River

    1984 · 142 votes

  • Movie7.1

    3 Women

    1977 · 356 votes

  • Movie6.7

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  • TV4.3

    The View

    1997 · 113 votes

  • TV6.9

    Saturday Night Live

    1975 · 527 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Merv Griffin Show

    1962 · 12 votes

  • TV6.1

    Great Performances

    1971 · 25 votes

  • TV7.1

    The Waltons

    1972 · 106 votes

  • TV6.9

    Big Love

    2006 · 155 votes

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  • TV7.0

    The Oscars

    1953 · 84 votes

  • TV5.0
  • TV6.9

    The Rookies

    1972 · 22 votes

  • TV5.1

    Film '72

    1971 · 8 votes

  • TV7.2

    Castle Rock

    2018 · 707 votes

  • TV6.5

    Dying for Sex

    2025 · 132 votes

  • TV7.1

    Bloodline

    2015 · 416 votes

  • TV7.0

    Homecoming

    2018 · 363 votes

  • TV8.0

    Seitenblicke

    1987 · 1 votes

  • TV4.1

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    1996 · 19 votes

  • TV6.9

    Night Sky

    2022 · 251 votes

  • TV8.8

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    1951 · 8 votes

  • TV9.5
  • TV6.3

    Streets of Laredo

    1995 · 28 votes

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