Sissy Spacek
Known for Acting · 97 credits
- Born
- 1949-12-25 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Quitman, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- 시시 스페이섹 · סיסי ספייסיק
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.
Known For
TV Shows (24)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The View
1997
as Self
Great Performances
1971
as Verna Vane
The Waltons
1972
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Big Love
2006
as Marilyn Densham
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
The Rookies
1972
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Castle Rock
2018
as Ruth Deaver
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Bloodline
2015
as Sally Rayburn
Homecoming
2018
as Ellen Bergman
Dying for Sex
2025
as Gail
Seitenblicke
1987
as self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
2018
as Self
Night Sky
2022
as Irene York
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Susan Lansing
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
as Narrator (voice)
Streets of Laredo
1995
as Lorena
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
1995
as Martha Jefferson Randolph (voice)
Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People
2009
Movies (73)
The Help
2011
as Missus Walters
Die My Love
2025
as Pam
Carrie
1976
as Carrie
Blast from the Past
1999
as Helen
North Country
2005
as Alice Aimes
JFK
1991
as Liz Garrison
Hot Rod
2007
as Marie Powell
The Ring Two
2005
as Evelyn
Badlands
1974
as Holly Sargis
In the Bedroom
2001
as Ruth Fowler
3 Women
1977
as Mildred "Pinky" Rose
Deadfall
2012
as June
Four Christmases
2008
as Paula
The Straight Story
1999
as Rose
Tuck Everlasting
2002
as Mae Tuck
The Rage: Carrie 2
1999
as Carrie White (archive footage) (uncredited)
Get Low
2010
as Mattie Darrow
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
as Barbara Barrows
Missing
1982
as Beth Horman
The Man with Two Brains
1983
as Anne Uumellmahaye (uncredited) (voice)
Nine Lives
2005
as Ruth
The River
1984
as Mae Garvey
Affliction
1998
as Margie Fogg
Acting 'Carrie'
2001
as Self
Prime Cut
1972
as Poppy
Midwives
2001
as Sibyl Danforth
HyperNormalisation
2016
as Self (archive footage)
The Long Walk Home
1990
as Miriam Thompson
Sam & Kate
2022
as Tina
Coal Miner's Daughter
1980
as Loretta Lynn
Lake City
2008
as Maggie
The Old Man & the Gun
2018
as Jewel
An American Haunting
2005
as Lucy Bell
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993
as Self
A Home at the End of the World
2004
as Alice Glover
Welcome to L.A.
1976
as Linda Murray
The Grass Harp
1996
as Verena Talbo
Gray Matters
2007
as Dr. Sydney
Raggedy Man
1981
as Nita
Trading Mom
1994
as Mommy / Mama / Mom / Natasha
Hard Promises
1992
as Christine Ann Coalter
Beyond the Call
1996
as Pam O'Brien
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
2002
as Self
The Good Old Boys
1995
as Spring Renfro
Katherine
1975
as Katherine Alman
Last Call
2002
as Zelda Fitzgerald
Voices That Care
1991
as Self - Choir Member
Crimes of the Heart
1986
as Babe Magrath
'night, Mother
1986
as Jessie Cates
Pictures of Hollis Woods
2007
as Josie Cahill
Making Badlands
2013
as Self
Marie: A True Story
1985
as Marie Ragghianti
The Migrants
1974
as Wanda Trimpin
A Private Matter
1992
as Sherri Finkbine
A Place for Annie
1994
as Susan Lansing
Violets Are Blue
1986
as Augusta "Gussie" Sawyer
Heart Beat
1980
as Carolyn Cassady
Fonda on Fonda
1992
as Self - The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (archive footage)
The Girls of Huntington House
1973
as Sara
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
1977
as Self
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
2016
as Self / Loretta Lynn
Visualizing 'Carrie'
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Without Getting Killed or Caught
2021
as Narrator / Voice of Susanna Clark (voice)
Songs In Ordinary Time
2000
as Marie Fermoyle
Absence of Malick
2003
as Self
Henry Fonda for President
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Ginger in the Morning
1974
as Ginger Brown
Verna: USO Girl
1978
as Verna Vane
Love Letter to Texas
2026
as Narrator
The Talking Eggs
1991
as Narrator (voice)
A Woman in the Sun
River of Gold
2016
as Narrator
About 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 Tim… With 97 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Sissy Spacek has appeared in 73 films and 24 TV shows.
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- The Help (2011) — as Missus Walters
- Die My Love (2025) — as Pam
- Carrie (1976) — as Carrie
- Blast from the Past (1999) — as Helen
- North Country (2005) — as Alice Aimes
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