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