Sissy Spacek
Sissy Spacek
Sissy Spacek has appeared in 27 movies on CringeMDb. 10 contain sex scenes, nudity or sexual violence, and 17 do not.
- Most recent parent-safe movie: Sam & Kate (2022)
- Most recent with adult content: Die My Love (2025)
Born December 25, 1949 · Known for acting
37.0% Featured Movie Cringe Score (27 movies)
Sissy Spacek Movie Credits
Certified Parent-Safe
An American Haunting
...as Lucy Bell
JFK
...as Liz Garrison
Hot Rod
...as Marie Powell
The Ring Two
...as Evelyn
In the Bedroom
...as Ruth Fowler
Affliction
...as Margie Fogg
Tuck Everlasting
...as Mae Tuck
If These Walls Could Talk
...as Barbara Barrows
Trading Mom
...as Mommy / Mama / Mom / Natasha
Lake City
...as Maggie
Get Low
...as Mattie Darrow
The Grass Harp
...as Verena Talbo
The Help
...as Missus Walters
A Place for Annie
...as Susan Lansing
Beyond the Call
...as Pam O'Brien
The Old Man & the Gun
...as Jewel
Sam & Kate
...as Tina
Certified Cringeworthy
Blast from the Past
...as Helen
Four Christmases
...as Paula
North Country
...as Alice Aimes
Nine Lives
...as Ruth
A Home at the End of the World
...as Alice Glover
Deadfall
...as June
The Rage: Carrie 2
...as Carrie White (archive footage) (uncredited)
Die My Love
...as Pam
Gray Matters
...as Dr. Sydney
A Decade Under the Influence
...as Self
About Sissy Spacek
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.
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