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Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of various accolades including an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, two Critics' Choice Movie Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and nominations for four BAFTA Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award. She has also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Birth Name
Mary Elizabeth Spacek
Born
Sunday, 25 December 1949
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Sam & Kate | Tina | 2022 |
Night Sky | Irene York | 2022 |
Without Getting Killed or Caught | Narrator / Susanna Clark | 2021 |
The Movies | Loretta Lynn | 2019 |
The Old Man & the Gun | Jewel | 2018 |
Homecoming | Ellen Bergman | 2018 |
Castle Rock | Ruth Deaver | 2018 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
River of Gold | Narrator | 2016 |
Bloodline | Sally Rayburn | 2015 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Sam & Kate | Tina | 2022 |
Night Sky | Irene York | 2022 |
Without Getting Killed or Caught | Narrator / Susanna Clark | 2021 |
The Movies | Loretta Lynn | 2019 |
The Old Man & the Gun | Jewel | 2018 |
Homecoming | Ellen Bergman | 2018 |
Castle Rock | Ruth Deaver | 2018 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
River of Gold | Narrator | 2016 |
Bloodline | Sally Rayburn | 2015 |
Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2014 |
And the Oscar Goes to... | Self | 2014 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
Deadfall | June Mills / June | 2012 |
Amazon Gold | 2012 | |
A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King | Carrie White | 2011 |
The Help | Missus Walters | 2011 |
Get Low | Mattie Darrow | 2010 |
Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People | Self - Narrator | 2009 |
The Rotten Tomatoes Show | Self | 2009 |
Four Christmases | Paula | 2008 |
Beautiful People | Carrie | 2008 |
The 80th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 2008 |
Lake City | Maggie | 2008 |
Pictures of Hollis Woods | Josie Cahill | 2007 |
Hot Rod | Marie Powell | 2007 |
Gray Matters | Dr. Sydney | 2006 |
Big Love | Marilyn Densham | 2006 |
Summer Running: The Race to Cure Breast Cancer | Mrs. Flora Good | 2006 |
Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
Nine Lives | Ruth | 2005 |
An American Haunting | Lucy Bell | 2005 |
The Ring Two | Evelyn | 2005 |
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live | Self | 2005 |
North Country | Alice Aimes | 2005 |
A Home at the End of the World | Alice Glover | 2004 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 2003 |
A Decade Under the Influence | Self | 2003 |
The 75th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Past Winner | 2003 |
Tuck Everlasting | Mae Tuck | 2002 |
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: a Film on Terrence Malick | Herself / Self | 2002 |
Last Call | Zelda Fitzgerald | 2002 |
The 74th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2002 |
In the Bedroom | Ruth Fowler | 2001 |
Midwives | Sibyl Danforth | 2001 |
Songs in Ordinary Time | Marie Fermoyle | 2000 |
The Straight Story | Rose / Rose Straight | 1999 |
Saturday Night Live 25 | Self | 1999 |
The Rage: Carrie 2 | Carrie White | 1999 |
The Directors | Self | 1999 |
Blast from the Past | Helen / Helen Thomas Webber | 1998 |
Affliction | Margie Fogg | 1998 |
If These Walls Could Talk | Barbara Barrows / Barbara Barrows (segment "1974") | 1996 |
Beyond the Call | Pam O'Brien | 1996 |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
E! True Hollywood Story | Herself | 1996 |
Streets of Laredo | Lorena | 1995 |
The Grass Harp | Verena Talbo | 1995 |
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain | Martha Jefferson | 1995 |
The Good Old Boys | Spring Renfro | 1995 |
Extra with Billy Bush | Self | 1994 |
Inside the Actors Studio | Self - Guest | 1994 |
A Place for Annie | Susan Lansing | 1994 |
Trading Mom | Natasha / Mommy / Mama / Mom / Mrs. Mommy Martin / Mama, Snappy French / Mom, the Nature-Hiker / Natasha, the Circus Performer | 1994 |
A Private Matter | Sherri Finkbine | 1992 |
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories | Self - Narrator (segment "There's Something in My Attic") | 1992 |
Oscar's Greatest Moments | Self | 1992 |
Hard Promises | Christine Ann Coalter / Chris | 1992 |
Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy | Self | 1992 |
JFK | Liz Garrison | 1991 |
The Long Walk Home | Miriam Thompson | 1990 |
Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member | 1990 |
Biography | Self, Carrie White | 1987 |
The 59th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 1987 |
Crimes of the Heart | Babe Magrath | 1986 |
Siskel & Ebert | Self | 1986 |
'night, Mother | Jessie Cates | 1986 |
Violets Are Blue... | Gussie Sawyer / Augusta "Gussie" Sawyer | 1986 |
American Masters | Loretta Lynn / Self | 1985 |
Marie | Marie Ragghianti | 1985 |
The 57th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 1985 |
The River | Mae Garvey | 1984 |
The 56th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1984 |
The Man with Two Brains | Anne Uumellmahaye | 1983 |
The 55th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 1983 |
The 54th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1982 |
Missing | Beth Horman | 1982 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 1981 |
Raggedy Man | Nita | 1981 |
Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
The 53rd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter & Winner | 1981 |
Heart Beat | Carolyn Cassady | 1980 |
Coal Miner's Daughter | Loretta Lynn | 1980 |
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary | Self | 1977 |
Three Women | Pinky Rose / Mildred "Pinky" Rose | 1977 |
Welcome to L.A. | Linda Murray | 1976 |
Carrie | Carrie / Carrie White | 1976 |
Saturday Night Live | Self - Host / Amy Carter | 1975 |
Katherine | Katherine Alman | 1975 |
The Migrants | Wanda Trimpin | 1974 |
Badlands | Holly / Holly Sargis | 1973 |
Ginger in the Morning | Ginger Brown / Ginger | 1973 |
The Girls of Huntington House | Sara | 1973 |
The Waltons | Sarah Jane Simmons | 1972 |
The Midnight Special | Herself - Musical Guest | 1972 |
Prime Cut | Poppy | 1972 |
The Rookies | Barbara Tabnor | 1972 |
Film '72 | Self | 1971 |
Great Performances | Verna Vane | 1971 |
Love, American Style | Terri (segment "Love and the Old Lover") | 1969 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest | 1962 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2010 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
2008 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
2002 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
2002 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Won |
2002 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |
1995 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | Nominated |
1987 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
1987 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Won |
1985 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
1985 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |
1983 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
1983 | Golden Globe | Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |
1982 | Golden Globe | Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |
1981 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Won |
1981 | Golden Globe | Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Won |
1977 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |