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Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek

Actor · Born 1949-12-25 · Quitman, Texas, USA

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Biography

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 Wom…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Help (2011) — Missus Walters
  2. Carrie (1976) — Carrie
  3. The Ring Two (2005) — Evelyn
  4. JFK (1991) — Liz Garrison
  5. The Straight Story (1999) — Rose
  6. The Old Man & the Gun (2018) — Jewel
  7. Badlands (1974) — Holly Sargis
  8. Four Christmases (2008) — Paula
  9. Blast from the Past (1999) — Helen
  10. Hot Rod (2007) — Marie Powell
  11. North Country (2005) — Alice Aimes
  12. Deadfall (2012) — June
  13. Castle Rock (2018) — Ruth Deaver
  14. Die My Love (2025) — Pam
  15. An American Haunting (2005) — Lucy Bell
  16. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Host
  17. Tuck Everlasting (2002) — Mae Tuck
  18. The Man with Two Brains (1983) — Anne Uumellmahaye (uncredited) (voice)
  19. The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) — Carrie White (archive footage) (uncredited)
  20. Missing (1982) — Beth Horman
  21. In the Bedroom (2001) — Ruth Fowler
  22. Bloodline (2015) — Sally Rayburn
  23. Homecoming (2018) — Ellen Bergman
  24. 3 Women (1977) — Mildred "Pinky" Rose
  25. Get Low (2010) — Mattie Darrow
  26. Affliction (1998) — Margie Fogg
  27. Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) — Loretta Lynn
  28. Night Sky (2022) — Irene York
  29. A Home at the End of the World (2004) — Alice Glover
  30. The Long Walk Home (1990) — Miriam Thompson
  31. HyperNormalisation (2016) — Self (archive footage)
  32. Big Love (2006) — Marilyn Densham
  33. The River (1984) — Mae Garvey
  34. Prime Cut (1972) — Poppy
  35. Gray Matters (2007) — Dr. Sydney
  36. Dying for Sex (2025) — Gail
  37. The View (1997) — Self
  38. The Waltons (1972)
  39. Nine Lives (2005) — Ruth
  40. If These Walls Could Talk (1996) — Barbara Barrows