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The Catch
2027 · Movie
Sissy Spacek
1949-12-25
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Quitman, Texas, USA
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
Love Letter to Texas
2026 · Movie
as Narrator
Die My Love
2025 · Movie
as Pam
Henry Fonda for President
2025 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Dying for Sex
2025 · TV Show
as Gail
Sam & Kate
2022 · Movie
as Tina
Night Sky
2022 · TV Show
as Irene York
Without Getting Killed or Caught
2021 · Movie
as Narrator / Voice of Susanna Clark (voice)
The Old Man & the Gun
2018 · Movie
as Jewel
Castle Rock
2018 · TV Show
as Ruth Deaver
Homecoming
2018 · TV Show
as Ellen Bergman
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
2018 · TV Show
as Self
HyperNormalisation
2016 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
2016 · Movie
as Self / Loretta Lynn
River of Gold
2016 · Movie
as Narrator
Bloodline
2015 · TV Show
as Sally Rayburn
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · TV Show
as Self
Making Badlands
2013 · Movie
as Self
Deadfall
2012 · Movie
as June
The Help
2011 · Movie
as Missus Walters
Get Low
2010 · Movie
as Mattie Darrow
Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People
2009 · TV Show
Four Christmases
2008 · Movie
as Paula
Lake City
2008 · Movie
as Maggie
Hot Rod
2007 · Movie
as Marie Powell
Pictures of Hollis Woods
2007 · Movie
as Josie Cahill
Gray Matters
2007 · Movie
as Dr. Sydney
Big Love
2006 · TV Show
as Marilyn Densham
An American Haunting
2005 · Movie
as Lucy Bell
The Ring Two
2005 · Movie
as Evelyn
North Country
2005 · Movie
as Alice Aimes
Nine Lives
2005 · Movie
as Ruth
A Home at the End of the World
2004 · Movie
as Alice Glover
Absence of Malick
2003 · Movie
as Self
A Decade Under the Influence
2003 · Movie
as Self
Tuck Everlasting
2002 · Movie
as Mae Tuck
Last Call
2002 · Movie
as Zelda Fitzgerald
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
2002 · Movie
as Self
In the Bedroom
2001 · Movie
as Ruth Fowler
Acting 'Carrie'
2001 · Movie
as Self
Visualizing 'Carrie'
2001 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Midwives
2001 · Movie
as Sibyl Danforth
Songs In Ordinary Time
2000 · Movie
as Marie Fermoyle
The Straight Story
1999 · Movie
as Rose
Blast from the Past
1999 · Movie
as Helen
The Rage: Carrie 2
1999 · Movie
as Carrie White (archive footage) (uncredited)
Affliction
1998 · Movie
as Margie Fogg
The View
1997 · TV Show
as Self
If These Walls Could Talk
1996 · Movie
as Barbara Barrows
The Grass Harp
1996 · Movie
as Verena Talbo
Beyond the Call
1996 · Movie
as Pam O'Brien
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
The Good Old Boys
1995 · Movie
as Spring Renfro
Streets of Laredo
1995 · TV Show
as Lorena
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
1995 · TV Show
as Martha Jefferson Randolph (voice)
Trading Mom
1994 · Movie
as Mommy / Mama / Mom / Natasha
A Place for Annie
1994 · Movie
as Susan Lansing
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · TV Show
as Self
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993 · Movie
as Self
Hard Promises
1992 · Movie
as Christine Ann Coalter
A Private Matter
1992 · Movie
as Sherri Finkbine
Fonda on Fonda
1992 · Movie
as Self - The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (archive footage)
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992 · TV Show
as Narrator (voice)
JFK
1991 · Movie
as Liz Garrison
Voices That Care
1991 · Movie
as Self - Choir Member
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The Talking Eggs
1991 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Long Walk Home
1990 · Movie
as Miriam Thompson
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Seitenblicke
1987 · TV Show
as self
'night, Mother
1986 · Movie
as Jessie Cates
Crimes of the Heart
1986 · Movie
as Babe Magrath
Violets Are Blue
1986 · Movie
as Augusta "Gussie" Sawyer
Marie: A True Story
1985 · Movie
as Marie Ragghianti
The River
1984 · Movie
as Mae Garvey
The Man with Two Brains
1983 · Movie
as Anne Uumellmahaye (uncredited) (voice)
Missing
1982 · Movie
as Beth Horman
Raggedy Man
1981 · Movie
as Nita
Coal Miner's Daughter
1980 · Movie
as Loretta Lynn
Heart Beat
1980 · Movie
as Carolyn Cassady
Verna: USO Girl
1978 · Movie
as Verna Vane
3 Women
1977 · Movie
as Mildred "Pinky" Rose
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
1977 · Movie
as Self
Carrie
1976 · Movie
as Carrie
Welcome to L.A.
1976 · Movie
as Linda Murray
Katherine
1975 · Movie
as Katherine Alman
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
as Self - Host
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · TV Show
as Self
Badlands
1974 · Movie
as Holly Sargis
Ginger in the Morning
1974 · Movie
as Ginger Brown
The Migrants
1974 · Movie
as Wanda Trimpin
The Girls of Huntington House
1973 · Movie
as Sara
Prime Cut
1972 · Movie
as Poppy
The Rookies
1972 · TV Show
The Waltons
1972 · TV Show
Great Performances
1971 · TV Show
as Verna Vane
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Film '72
1971 · TV Show
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · TV Show
as Self
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
as Susan Lansing
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A Woman in the Sun
· Movie
