Sissy Spacek

Birthday: 1949-12-25
Birthplace: Quitman, Texas, USA
Gender: Female
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 5
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0

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.

Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
1977 28 Carrie (1976) Leading Actress Nom 0
1981 32 Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) Leading Actress Win 0
1983 34 Missing (1982) Leading Actress Nom 0
1985 36 The River (1984) Leading Actress Nom 0
1987 38 Crimes of the Heart (1986) Leading Actress Nom 0
2002 53 In the Bedroom (2001) Leading Actress Nom 0
Career 0

Transaction History

Date Location Team Receives Team Receives Team Receives

Credits

Year Title Character
Die, My Love
2022-11-11 Sam & Kate Tina
2018-09-27 The Old Man & the Gun Jewel
2012-11-08 Deadfall June
2011-08-09 The Help Missus Walters
2010-07-30 Get Low Mattie Darrow
2008-11-26 Four Christmases Paula
2008-01-01 Lake City Maggie
2007-12-02 Pictures of Hollis Woods Josie Cahill
2007-08-03 Hot Rod Marie Powell
2006-10-21 Gray Matters Dr. Sydney
2005-09-02 Nine Lives Ruth
2005-05-05 An American Haunting Lucy Bell
2005-03-10 The Ring Two Evelyn
2005-02-12 North Country Alice Aimes
2004-07-23 A Home at the End of the World Alice Glover
2002-10-11 Tuck Everlasting Mae Tuck
2002-05-25 Last Call Zelda Fitzgerald
2001-11-23 In the Bedroom Ruth Fowler
2001-04-02 Midwives Sibyl Danforth
2000-10-22 Songs In Ordinary Time Marie Fermoyle
1999-10-15 The Straight Story Rose
1999-02-12 Blast from the Past Helen
1998-02-12 Affliction Margie Fogg
1996-09-11 If These Walls Could Talk Barbara Barrows
1996-06-23 Beyond the Call Pam O'Brien
1995-09-10 The Grass Harp Verena Talbo
1995-03-05 The Good Old Boys Spring Renfro
1994-05-01 A Place for Annie Susan Lansing
1994-03-04 Trading Mom Mommy / Mama / Mom / Natasha
1992-06-20 A Private Matter Sherri Finkbine
1992-01-31 Hard Promises Christine Ann Coalter
1991-12-20 JFK Liz Garrison
1990-12-21 The Long Walk Home Miriam Thompson
1986-12-12 Crimes of the Heart Babe Magrath
1986-09-12 'night, Mother Jessie Cates
1986-04-04 Violets are Blue Augusta "Gussie" Sawyer
1985-09-27 Marie: A True Story Marie Ragghianti
1984-12-01 The River Mae Garvey
1983-06-10 The Man with Two Brains Anne Uumellmahaye (uncredited) (voice)
1982-02-12 Missing Beth Horman
1981-09-18 Raggedy Man Nita
1980-04-25 Heart Beat Carolyn Cassady
1980-03-07 Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn
1978-01-25 Verna: USO Girl Verna Vane
1977-04-10 3 Women Mildred "Pinky" Rose
1976-11-12 Welcome to L.A. Linda Murray
1976-11-03 Carrie Carrie
1975-10-05 Katherine Katherine Alman
1974-02-04 The Migrants Wanda Trimpin
1974-01-05 Badlands Holly Sargis
1973-03-02 Ginger in the Morning Ginger Brown
1973-02-15 The Girls of Huntington House Sara
1972-06-01 Prime Cut Poppy