Acting
Sissy Spacek
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.
Filmography
The Catch
Film · 2027
Love Letter to Texas
Film · 2026
Die My Love
Film · 2025
Henry Fonda for President
Film · 2025
Dying for Sex
Series · 2025
Sam & Kate
Film · 2022
Night Sky
Series · 2022
Without Getting Killed or Caught
Film · 2021
The Old Man & the Gun
Film · 2018
Castle Rock
Series · 2018
Homecoming
Series · 2018
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Series · 2018
HyperNormalisation
Film · 2016
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
Film · 2016
River of Gold
Film · 2016
Bloodline
Series · 2015
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Series · 2014
Making Badlands
Film · 2013
Deadfall
Film · 2012
The Help
Film · 2011
A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King
Film · 2011
Get Low
Film · 2010
Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People
Series · 2009
Four Christmases
Film · 2008
Lake City
Film · 2008
Hot Rod
Film · 2007
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Film · 2007
Gray Matters
Film · 2007
Big Love
Series · 2006
An American Haunting
Film · 2005
The Ring Two
Film · 2005
North Country
Film · 2005
Nine Lives
Film · 2005
A Home at the End of the World
Film · 2004
Absence of Malick
Film · 2003
A Decade Under the Influence
Film · 2003
Tuck Everlasting
Film · 2002
Last Call
Film · 2002
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Film · 2002
In the Bedroom
Film · 2001
Acting 'Carrie'
Film · 2001
Visualizing 'Carrie'
Film · 2001
Midwives
Film · 2001
Songs In Ordinary Time
Film · 2000
The Straight Story
Film · 1999
Blast from the Past
Film · 1999
The Rage: Carrie 2
Film · 1999
Affliction
Film · 1998
The View
Series · 1997
If These Walls Could Talk
Film · 1996
The Grass Harp
Film · 1996
Beyond the Call
Film · 1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Series · 1996
The Good Old Boys
Film · 1995
Streets of Laredo
Series · 1995
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
Series · 1995
Trading Mom
Film · 1994
A Place for Annie
Film · 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Series · 1994
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Film · 1993
Hard Promises
Film · 1992
A Private Matter
Film · 1992
Fonda on Fonda
Film · 1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Series · 1992
JFK
Film · 1991
Voices That Care
Film · 1991
The Talking Eggs
Film · 1991
The Long Walk Home
Film · 1990
Seitenblicke
Series · 1987
'night, Mother
Film · 1986
Crimes of the Heart
Film · 1986
Violets Are Blue
Film · 1986
Marie: A True Story
Film · 1985
The River
Film · 1984
The Man with Two Brains
Film · 1983
Missing
Film · 1982
Raggedy Man
Film · 1981
Coal Miner's Daughter
Film · 1980
Heart Beat
Film · 1980
Verna: USO Girl
Film · 1978
3 Women
Film · 1977
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
Film · 1977
Carrie
Film · 1976
Welcome to L.A.
Film · 1976
Katherine
Film · 1975
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Series · 1975
Ginger in the Morning
Film · 1974
The Migrants
Film · 1974
Badlands
Film · 1973
The Girls of Huntington House
Film · 1973
Prime Cut
Film · 1972
The Rookies
Series · 1972
The Waltons
Series · 1972
Great Performances
Series · 1971
Film '72
Series · 1971
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
A Woman in the Sun
Film