Sissy Spacek
Born 1949-12-25
(74 years old)
Quitman, Texas, USA
Biography
Sissy Spacek has been one of the industry’s most respected actresses for more than three decades. Her many honors include an Academy Award®, five additional Oscar® nominations, three Golden Globe Awards® and numerous critics’ awards.
She first gained the attention of critics and audiences with her performance in Terrence Malick’s widely praised 1973 drama Badlands, in which she starred opposite Martin Sheen. In 1976, Spacek earned her first Academy Award® nomination and won a National Society of Film Critics Award for her chilling performance in the title role of Brian De Palma’s Carrie, based on the Stephen King novel. The following year, she won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for her work in Robert Altman’s 3 Women.
In 1980, Spacek starred as Loretta Lynn in the acclaimed biopic Coal Miner’s Daughter, winning an Oscar® and Golden Globe Award® for her performance. Spacek also swept the New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics, National Board of Review and National Society of Film Critics’ Awards for her portrayal of the country music legend.
Spacek received another Golden Globe® nomination the next year for her work in Raggedy Man, directed by her husband, Jack Fisk. She earned her third Oscar® and Golden Globe® nominations for her role in Costa-Gavras’ 1982 drama Missing, opposite Jack Lemmon, and her fourth Oscar® and Golden Globe® nominations for her work in 1984’s The River, in which she starred with Mel Gibson.
In 1987, Spacek gained her fifth Academy Award® nomination and won another Golden Globe® and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for her performance in the dark comedy Crimes of the Heart. Her most recent Oscar® nomination came for her portrayal of a mother grieving for her murdered son in the drama In the Bedroom, for which she also won a Golden Globe Award®, an Independent Spirit Award and an AFI Film Award for Best Actress. In addition, she garnered Best Actress awards from a number of critic’s organizations, including the Los Angeles, New York and Broadcast Film Critics Association. Her work in In the Bedroom also brought Spacek two Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award nominations, one for Outstanding Lead Actress and another for Outstanding Cast, shared with the rest of the film’s ensemble.
Spacek’s other film credits include A Home at the End of the World, The Straight Story, Blast from the Past, Affliction, The Grass Harp, JFK, The Long Walk Home, Night, Mother, Marie, North Country, Nine Lives, Hot Rod, Lake City and Four Christmases. Spacek most recently starred in Get Low alongside Robert Duvall and Bill Murray. Her next film will be the film adaptation of New York Times best-seller The Help.
Spacek has also been honored for her work on the small screen, where she has starred in several highly praised long-form projects. She received Emmy Award® nominations for her portrayal of Zelda Fitzgerald in Last Call and for her work in Tommy Lee Jones’ Western The Good Old Boys, as well as SAG Award nominations for her performances in Midwives and A Place for Annie. Her additional television credits include If These Walls Could Talk, Beyond the Call, Streets of Laredo, A Private Matter, a Golden Globe® nominated performance for Pictures of Hollis Woods, and recently, an Emmy®-nominated performance for her guest role on HBO’s Big Love.
Trimark Pictures
Actress
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2022 |
Night Sky |
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Compensation (E08) |
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Lake Diving (E07) |
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Dear Franklin (E06) |
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more episodes (5) | ||
2018 |
Castle Rock |
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Romans (S01E10) |
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Past Perfect (S01E08) |
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The Queen (S01E07) |
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more episodes (5) | ||
Homecoming |
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Stop (S01E10) |
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Work (S01E09) |
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Protocol (S01E08) |
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more episodes (3) | ||
2017 |
Bloodline |
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Part 33 (S03E10) |
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Part 32 (S03E09) |
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Part 31 (S03E08) |
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more episodes (7) | ||
2016 |
Bloodline |
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Part 23 (S02E10) |
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Part 22 (S02E09) |
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Part 21 (S02E08) |
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more episodes (7) | ||
2015 |
Bloodline |
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Part 13 (S01E13) |
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Part 12 (S01E12) |
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Part 11 (S01E11) |
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more episodes (10) | ||
2010 |
Big Love |
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End of Days (S04E09) |
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Next Ticket Out (S04E08) |
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Under One Roof (S04E06) |
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more episodes (2) | ||
1995 |
Streets of Laredo |
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1973 |
The Waltons |
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The Townie (S01E23) |
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The Odyssey (S02E02) |
Documentaries | |
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2020 |
Stars of the Silver Screen (series) - a.f. |
Sissy Spacek - a.f. (S11E12) |
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Without Getting Killed or Caught - narrator |
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2008 |
Moviemaking in Virginia: Take 3 |
2004 |
Scream Queens: The E! True Hollywood Story (TV movie) |
2003 |
Absence of Malick |
2002 |
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: a Film on Terrence Malick |
2001 |
Acting 'Carrie' |
1999 |
Saturday Night Live 25 (TV movie) |
1995 |
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain (TV movie) |
1992 |
Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy |
1990 |
Intimate Portrait (series) |
Music videos | |
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2018 |
LCD Soundsystem - Oh Baby |
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