Sissy Spacek

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 Warhols Women in Revolt 1971 Her breakout role came with Terrence Malicks 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 Palmas 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 LA 1976 and Robert Altmans 3 Women 1977 Spacek won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn in the biographical musical film Coal Miners Daughter 1980 Spaceks other Oscarnominated 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 20152017 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 Miners 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 wellreceived and peaked at number 17 on Billboard Top Country Albums chart