person

Sissy Spacek

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1949-12-25

Place of Birth

Quitman, Texas, USA

Sissy Spacek

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 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.

Also Known For

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The Straight Story

Oct 15, 1999

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An American Haunting

May 05, 2005

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JFK

Dec 20, 1991

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Badlands

Jan 05, 1974

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Hot Rod

Aug 03, 2007

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The Ring Two

Mar 10, 2005

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69

In the Bedroom

Nov 23, 2001

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Acting 'Carrie'

Aug 28, 2001

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Carrie

Nov 03, 1976

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67

Blast from the Past

Feb 12, 1999

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Affliction

Dec 30, 1997

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Visualizing 'Carrie'

Aug 28, 2001

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Four Christmases

Nov 26, 2008

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Prime Cut

Jun 01, 1972

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North Country

Feb 12, 2005

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'night, Mother

Sep 12, 1986

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Tuck Everlasting

Oct 11, 2002

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If These Walls Could Talk

Sep 11, 1996

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60

Trading Mom

Mar 04, 1994

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3 Women

Apr 10, 1977

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55

Lake City

Jan 01, 2008

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Missing

Feb 12, 1982

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Nine Lives

Sep 02, 2005

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Get Low

Jul 30, 2010

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Voices That Care

Feb 28, 1991

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The River

Dec 01, 1984

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Coal Miner's Daughter

Mar 07, 1980

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The Grass Harp

Oct 11, 1996

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Crimes of the Heart

Dec 12, 1986

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A Home at the End of the World

Jul 23, 2004

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The Help

Aug 09, 2011

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The Long Walk Home

Dec 21, 1990

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60

A Place for Annie

May 01, 1994

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Welcome to L.A.

Nov 12, 1976

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Marie: A True Story

Sep 27, 1985

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Raggedy Man

Sep 18, 1981

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Deadfall

Nov 08, 2012

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54

Hard Promises

Jan 31, 1992

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48

A Private Matter

Jun 20, 1992

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62

Midwives

Apr 02, 2001

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38

Songs In Ordinary Time

Oct 22, 2000

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Last Call

May 25, 2002

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60

Beyond the Call

Jun 23, 1996

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Ginger in the Morning

Mar 02, 1973

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Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

Sep 01, 2002

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Katherine

Oct 05, 1975

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Violets are Blue

Apr 04, 1986

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The Girls of Huntington House

Feb 15, 1973

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Heart Beat

Apr 25, 1980

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The Migrants

Feb 04, 1974

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The Good Old Boys

Mar 05, 1995

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Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary

Nov 25, 1977

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56

The Rage: Carrie 2

Mar 12, 1999

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Pictures of Hollis Woods

Dec 02, 2007

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75

HyperNormalisation

Oct 25, 2016

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80

Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl

Mar 04, 2016

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Verna: USO Girl

Jan 25, 1978

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64

The Old Man & the Gun

Sep 27, 2018

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NA

Die My Love

Nov 07, 2025

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62

The Man with Two Brains

Jun 10, 1983

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Absence of Malick

May 26, 2003

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And the Oscar Goes To...

Feb 01, 2014

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Making Badlands

Mar 19, 2013

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Without Getting Killed or Caught

Jul 23, 2021

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Gray Matters

Feb 23, 2007

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River of Gold

Mar 26, 2016

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Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

Jan 20, 1993

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Fonda on Fonda

Jan 13, 1992

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62

Sam & Kate

Nov 11, 2022

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A Decade Under the Influence

Apr 25, 2003

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The Talking Eggs

Sep 14, 1991

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Inside the Actors Studio

Aug 14, 1994

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68

The Rookies

Sep 11, 1972

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44

The View

Aug 11, 1997

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70

Night Sky

May 19, 2022

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69

Big Love

Mar 12, 2006

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85

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Dec 24, 1951

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71

The Waltons

Sep 14, 1972

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71

The Oscars

Mar 19, 1953

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62

Streets of Laredo

Nov 12, 1995

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69

Saturday Night Live

Oct 11, 1975

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71

Bloodline

Mar 20, 2015

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NA

Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain

Apr 04, 1995

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72

Castle Rock

Jul 25, 2018

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39

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Jun 10, 1996

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100

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

Apr 21, 1992

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60

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Jan 12, 1975

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Homecoming

Nov 01, 2018

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Off Camera with Sam Jones

Feb 06, 2014

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GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

Mar 23, 2018

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Seitenblicke

Oct 07, 1987

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55

Great Performances

Jan 28, 1971

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Dying for Sex

Apr 04, 2025