Known For
Acting
Known Credits
99
Gender
Female
Birthday
December 25, 1949 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
| 2027 | The Catchas | |
| 2026 | Love Letter to Texasas Narrator | |
| 2025 | Die My Loveas Pam | |
| 2025 | Dying for Sexas Gail | |
| 2025 | Henry Fonda for Presidentas Self (archive footage) | |
| 2022 | Sam & Kateas Tina | |
| 2022 | Night Skyas Irene York | |
| 2021 | Without Getting Killed or Caughtas Narrator / Voice of Susanna Clark (voice) | |
| 2018 | Homecomingas Ellen Bergman | |
| 2018 | The Old Man & the Gunas Jewel | |
| 2018 | Castle Rockas Ruth Deaver | |
| 2018 | GQ Presents: Iconic Charactersas Self | |
| 2016 | HyperNormalisationas Self (archive footage) | |
| 2016 | River of Goldas Narrator | |
| 2016 | Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girlas Self / Loretta Lynn | |
| 2015 | Bloodlineas Sally Rayburn | |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jonesas Self | |
| 2013 | Making Badlandsas Self | |
| 2012 | Deadfallas June | |
| 2011 | The Helpas Missus Walters | |
| 2010 | Get Lowas Mattie Darrow | |
| 2009 | Appalachia: A History of Mountains and Peopleas | |
| 2008 | Four Christmasesas Paula | |
| 2008 | Lake Cityas Maggie | |
| 2007 | Pictures of Hollis Woodsas Josie Cahill | |
| 2007 | Hot Rodas Marie Powell | |
| 2007 | Gray Mattersas Dr. Sydney | |
| 2006 | Big Loveas Marilyn Densham | |
| 2005 | Nine Livesas Ruth | |
| 2005 | An American Hauntingas Lucy Bell | |
| 2005 | The Ring Twoas Evelyn | |
| 2005 | North Countryas Alice Aimes | |
| 2004 | A Home at the End of the Worldas Alice Glover | |
| 2003 | Absence of Malickas Self | |
| 2003 | A Decade Under the Influenceas Self | |
| 2002 | Tuck Everlastingas Mae Tuck | |
| 2002 | Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malickas Self | |
| 2002 | Last Callas Zelda Fitzgerald | |
| 2001 | In the Bedroomas Ruth Fowler | |
| 2001 | Visualizing 'Carrie'as Self (archive footage) | |
| 2001 | Acting 'Carrie'as Self | |
| 2001 | Midwivesas Sibyl Danforth | |
| 2000 | Songs In Ordinary Timeas Marie Fermoyle | |
| 1999 | The Straight Storyas Rose | |
| 1999 | The Rage: Carrie 2as Carrie White (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1999 | Blast from the Pastas Helen | |
| 1998 | Afflictionas Margie Fogg | |
| 1997 | The Viewas Self | |
| 1996 | The Grass Harpas Verena Talbo | |
| 1996 | If These Walls Could Talkas Barbara Barrows | |
| 1996 | Beyond the Callas Pam O'Brien | |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Showas Self - Guest | |
| 1995 | Streets of Laredoas Lorena | |
| 1995 | Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountainas Martha Jefferson Randolph (voice) | |
| 1995 | The Good Old Boysas Spring Renfro | |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studioas Self | |
| 1994 | A Place for Annieas Susan Lansing | |
| 1994 | Trading Momas Mommy / Mama / Mom / Natasha | |
| 1993 | Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracyas Self | |
| 1992 | A Private Matteras Sherri Finkbine | |
| 1992 | Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Storiesas Narrator (voice) | |
| 1992 | Hard Promisesas Christine Ann Coalter | |
| 1992 | Fonda on Fondaas Self - The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (archive footage) | |
| 1991 | JFKas Liz Garrison | |
| 1991 | The Talking Eggsas Narrator (voice) | |
| 1991 | Voices That Careas Self - Choir Member | |
| 1990 | The Long Walk Homeas Miriam Thompson | |
| 1987 | Seitenblickeas self | |
| 1986 | Crimes of the Heartas Babe Magrath | |
| 1986 | 'night, Motheras Jessie Cates | |
| 1986 | Violets Are Blueas Augusta "Gussie" Sawyer | |
| 1985 | Marie: A True Storyas Marie Ragghianti | |
| 1984 | The Riveras Mae Garvey | |
| 1983 | The Man with Two Brainsas Anne Uumellmahaye (uncredited) (voice) | |
| 1982 | Missingas Beth Horman | |
| 1981 | Raggedy Manas Nita | |
| 1980 | Heart Beatas Carolyn Cassady | |
| 1980 | Coal Miner's Daughteras Loretta Lynn | |
| 1978 | Verna: USO Girlas Verna Vane | |
| 1977 | Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversaryas Self | |
| 1977 | 3 Womenas Mildred "Pinky" Rose | |
| 1976 | Welcome to L.A.as Linda Murray | |
| 1976 | Carrieas Carrie | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Liveas Self - Host | |
| 1975 | Katherineas Katherine Alman | |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimancheas Self | |
| 1974 | Ginger in the Morningas Ginger Brown | |
| 1974 | The Migrantsas Wanda Trimpin | |
| 1974 | Badlandsas Holly Sargis | |
| 1973 | The Girls of Huntington Houseas Sara | |
| 1972 | The Waltonsas | |
| 1972 | The Rookiesas | |
| 1972 | Prime Cutas Poppy | |
| 1971 | Film '72as Self | |
| 1971 | Great Performancesas Verna Vane | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Showas Self | |
| 1953 | The Oscarsas Self | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fameas Susan Lansing | |
| A Woman in the Sunas |
| 1997 | Eye of God...Thanks | |
| 1977 | Death Game...Set Dresser | |
| 1974 | Phantom of the Paradise...Set Dresser | |
| 1974 | Ginger in the Morning...Songs |