Sissy Spacek
Acting
95
Acting Credits
Biography
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 r...
Known For
Filmography
Die My Love
2025
as Pam
Henry Fonda for President
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Dying for Sex
2025
as Gail
Sam & Kate
2022
as Tina
Night Sky
2022
as Irene York
Without Getting Killed or Caught
2021
as Narrator / Voice of Susanna Clark (voice)
The Old Man & the Gun
2018
as Jewel
Castle Rock
2018
as Ruth Deaver
Homecoming
2018
as Ellen Bergman
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
2018
as Self
HyperNormalisation
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
2016
as Self / Loretta Lynn
River of Gold
2016
as Narrator
Bloodline
2015
as Sally Rayburn
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
Making Badlands
2013
as Self
Deadfall
2012
as June
The Help
2011
as Missus Walters
Get Low
2010
as Mattie Darrow
Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People
2009
Four Christmases
2008
as Paula
Lake City
2008
as Maggie
Hot Rod
2007
as Marie Powell
Pictures of Hollis Woods
2007
as Josie Cahill
Gray Matters
2007
as Dr. Sydney
Big Love
2006
as Marilyn Densham
An American Haunting
2005
as Lucy Bell
The Ring Two
2005
as Evelyn
North Country
2005
as Alice Aimes
Nine Lives
2005
as Ruth
A Home at the End of the World
2004
as Alice Glover
Absence of Malick
2003
as Self
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
Tuck Everlasting
2002
as Mae Tuck
Last Call
2002
as Zelda Fitzgerald
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
2002
as Self
In the Bedroom
2001
as Ruth Fowler
Acting 'Carrie'
2001
as Self
Visualizing 'Carrie'
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Midwives
2001
as Sibyl Danforth
Songs In Ordinary Time
2000
as Marie Fermoyle
The Straight Story
1999
as Rose
Blast from the Past
1999
as Helen
The Rage: Carrie 2
1999
as Carrie White (archive footage) (uncredited)
Affliction
1998
as Margie Fogg
The View
1997
as Self
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
as Barbara Barrows
The Grass Harp
1996
as Verena Talbo
Beyond the Call
1996
as Pam O'Brien
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
The Good Old Boys
1995
as Spring Renfro
Streets of Laredo
1995
as Lorena
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
1995
as Martha Jefferson Randolph (voice)
Trading Mom
1994
as Mommy / Mama / Mom / Natasha
A Place for Annie
1994
as Susan Lansing
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993
as Self
Hard Promises
1992
as Christine Ann Coalter
A Private Matter
1992
as Sherri Finkbine
Fonda on Fonda
1992
as Self - The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (archive footage)
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
as Narrator (voice)
JFK
1991
as Liz Garrison
Voices That Care
1991
as Self - Choir Member
The Talking Eggs
1991
as Narrator (voice)
The Long Walk Home
1990
as Miriam Thompson
Seitenblicke
1987
as self
'night, Mother
1986
as Jessie Cates
Crimes of the Heart
1986
as Babe Magrath
Violets are Blue
1986
as Augusta "Gussie" Sawyer
Marie: A True Story
1985
as Marie Ragghianti
The River
1984
as Mae Garvey
The Man with Two Brains
1983
as Anne Uumellmahaye (uncredited) (voice)
Missing
1982
as Beth Horman
Raggedy Man
1981
as Nita
Coal Miner's Daughter
1980
as Loretta Lynn
Heart Beat
1980
as Carolyn Cassady
Verna: USO Girl
1978
as Verna Vane
3 Women
1977
as Mildred "Pinky" Rose
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
1977
as Self
Carrie
1976
as Carrie
Welcome to L.A.
1976
as Linda Murray
Katherine
1975
as Katherine Alman
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Badlands
1974
as Holly Sargis
Ginger in the Morning
1974
as Ginger Brown
The Migrants
1974
as Wanda Trimpin
The Girls of Huntington House
1973
as Sara
Prime Cut
1972
as Poppy
The Rookies
1972
The Waltons
1972
Great Performances
1971
as Verna Vane
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Susan Lansing