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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 |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| 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 |
