
Sissy Spacek
Biografía
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.
Filmografía
Die My Love
Pam (2025)
Dying for Sex
Gail (2025)
Henry Fonda for President
Self (archive footage) (2025)
Todo queda en casa
Tina (2022)
Night Sky
Irene York (2022)
Without Getting Killed or Caught
Narrator / Voice of Susanna Clark (voice) (2021)
Homecoming
Ellen Bergman (2018)
The Old Man & the Gun
Jewel (2018)
Castle Rock
Ruth Deaver (2018)
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Self (2018)
HyperNormalisation
Self (archive footage) (2016)
River of Gold
Narrator (2016)
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
Self / Loretta Lynn (2016)
Bloodline
Sally Rayburn (2015)
Making Badlands
Self (2013)
La huida
June (2012)
Criadas y Señoras
Missus Walters (2011)
El último gran día
Mattie Darrow (2010)
Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People
(2009)
Como en casa en ningún sitio
Paula (2008)
Lake City
Maggie (2008)
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Josie Cahill (2007)
Flipado sobre ruedas
Marie Powell (2007)
Los líos de Gray
Dr. Sydney (2007)
Nueve vidas
Ruth (2005)
Maleficio
Lucy Bell (2005)
The Ring 2 (La señal 2)
Evelyn (2005)
En tierra de hombres
Alice Aimes (2005)
Una casa en el fin del mundo
Alice Glover (2004)
Absence of Malick
Self (2003)
Una década bajo la influencia
Self (2003)
El bosque mágico de Tuck
Mae Tuck (2002)
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self (2002)
Último aviso
Zelda Fitzgerald (2002)
In the Bedroom
Ruth Fowler (2001)
Visualizing 'Carrie'
Self (archive footage) (2001)
Acting 'Carrie'
Self (2001)
Juicio a la vida
Sibyl Danforth (2001)
Songs In Ordinary Time
Marie Fermoyle (2000)
Una historia verdadera
Rose (1999)
La ira (The Rage: Carrie 2)
Carrie White (archive footage) (uncredited) (1999)
Buscando a Eva
Helen (1999)
Aflicción
Margie Fogg (1998)
The View
Self (1997)
El arpa de hierba
Verena Talbo (1996)
Si las paredes hablasen
Barbara Barrows (1996)
Mas allá del deber
Pam O'Brien (1996)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest (1996)
Laredo
Lorena (1995)
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
Martha Jefferson Randolph (voice) (1995)
Viejos muchachos
Spring Renfro (1995)
Inside the Actors Studio
Self (1994)
A Place for Annie
Susan Lansing (1994)
Mamá a tu medida
Mommy / Mama / Mom / Natasha (1994)
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self (1993)
A Private Matter
Sherri Finkbine (1992)
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice) (1992)
Duras promesas
Christine Ann Coalter (1992)
Fonda on Fonda
Self - The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (archive footage) (1992)
JFK: Caso abierto
Liz Garrison (1991)
The Talking Eggs
Narrator (voice) (1991)
Voices That Care
Self - Choir Member (1991)
El largo camino a casa
Miriam Thompson (1990)
Seitenblicke
self (1987)
Crímenes del corazón
Babe Magrath (1986)
Buenas noches, madre
Jessie Cates (1986)
Nostalgia de un amor
Augusta "Gussie" Sawyer (1986)
Marie: A True Story
Marie Ragghianti (1985)
Cuando el río crece
Mae Garvey (1984)
Un genio con dos cerebros
Anne Uumellmahaye (uncredited) (voice) (1983)
Desaparecido
Beth Horman (1982)
El mendigo
Nita (1981)
Heart Beat
Carolyn Cassady (1980)
Quiero ser libre
Loretta Lynn (1980)
Verna: USO Girl
Verna Vane (1978)
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
Self (1977)
Tres mujeres
Mildred "Pinky" Rose (1977)
Bienvenido a Los Ángeles
Linda Murray (1976)
Carrie
Carrie (1976)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host (1975)
Katherine
Katherine Alman (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self (1975)
Ginger in the Morning
Ginger Brown (1974)
The Migrants
Wanda Trimpin (1974)
Malas tierras
Holly Sargis (1974)
The Girls of Huntington House
Sara (1973)
Los Walton
(1972)
The Rookies
(1972)
Carne viva
Poppy (1972)
Great Performances
Verna Vane (1971)
The Merv Griffin Show
Self (1962)
The Oscars
Self (1953)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Susan Lansing (1951)
Big Love
Marilyn Densham
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self