Biography
Mary Elizabeth 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, Spacek 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. Spacek 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), Spacek won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn in the biographical musical film Coal Miner's Daughter (1980).
Spacek's 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).
Spacek 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 also 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.
Filmography
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Movies 74
self 23
TV Shows 22
Voice 3
Narrator 2
The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty (2023)
Sam & Kate (2022)
Night Sky (2022)
Without Getting Killed or Caught (2021)
LCD Soundsystem: Oh Baby (2019)
Homecoming (2018)
The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
Castle Rock (2018)
De Palma (2016)
River of Gold (2016)
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl (2016)
Bloodline (2015)
Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Making 'Badlands' (2013)
Deadfall (2012)
The Help (2011)
Get Low (2010)
Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (2009)
Four Christmases (2008)
Lake City (2008)
Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007)
Hot Rod (2007)
Gray Matters (2006)
Nine Lives (2005)
An American Haunting (2005)
The Ring Two (2005)
North Country (2005)
A Home at the End of the World (2004)
Absence of Malick (2003)
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
Tuck Everlasting (2002)
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick (2002)
Last Call (2002)
In the Bedroom (2001)
Visualizing 'Carrie' (2001)
Acting 'Carrie' (2001)
Midwives (2001)
Songs In Ordinary Time (2000)
The Straight Story (1999)
The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)
Blast from the Past (1999)
Affliction (1998)
The View (1997)
If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
Beyond the Call (1996)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)
Streets of Laredo (1995)
The Grass Harp (1995)
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain (1995)
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain (1995)
The Good Old Boys (1995)
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
A Place for Annie (1994)
Trading Mom (1994)
A Private Matter (1992)
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (1992)
Hard Promises (1992)
Fonda on Fonda (1992)
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy (1992)
JFK (1991)
The Long Walk Home (1990)
Voices That Care (1990)
Seitenblicke (1987)
Crimes of the Heart (1986)
'night, Mother (1986)
Violets are Blue (1986)
Marie (1985)
The River (1984)
The Man with Two Brains (1983)
Missing (1982)
Raggedy Man (1981)
Heart Beat (1980)
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary (1977)
Death Game (1977)
3 Women (1977)
Welcome to L.A. (1976)
Carrie (1976)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Katherine (1975)
Arena (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
The Migrants (1974)
Badlands (1974)
Ginger in the Morning (1973)
The Girls of Huntington House (1973)
The Waltons (1972)
The Rookies (1972)
Prime Cut (1972)
Great Performances (1971)
The Oscars (1953)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
3 Women
Last Call
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1949-12-25 (74 years old)
Birth NameMary Elizabeth Spacek
Birth PlaceQuitman, United States
Height
SpouseJack Fisk
ChildrenSchuyler Fisk
FatherEdwin Arnold Spacek
MotherVirginia Spilman
RelativesRip Torn
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known As시시 스페이섹, Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek, Mary Elizabeth Spacek
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Actress, Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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