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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| Organization | Category | Movie | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | Best Actress | Missing | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Actress | Nashville | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Actress | Tender Mercies | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actress | In the Bedroom | Nominated |
Bloodline
as Sally Rayburn
Episodes: 33
First Aired: Mar 20, 2015
Castle Rock
as Ruth Deaver
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Jul 25, 2018
Homecoming
as Ellen Bergman
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Nov 01, 2018
Night Sky
as Irene York
Episodes: 8
First Aired: May 19, 2022
Big Love
as Marilyn Densham
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Mar 12, 2006
Streets of Laredo
as Lorena
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Nov 12, 1995
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
as Martha Jefferson Randolph (voice)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Apr 04, 1995
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Susan Lansing
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 24, 1951
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
as Narrator (Voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 21, 1992
Great Performances
as Verna Vane
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 28, 1971
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
The View
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
The Waltons
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 14, 1972
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 14, 1994
The Rookies
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1972
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 11, 1975
Arena
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1975
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 10, 1996
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 12, 1975
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 06, 2014
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 23, 2018
Seitenblicke
as self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1987
Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People
Episodes: 0
First Aired: Apr 09, 2009
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