Born Dec. 25, 1949, Sissy Spacek was a popular, outgoing girl growing up in Quitman, Texas. After high school, she studied at the Actors Studio and at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.In the wake of her film debut in Prime Cut (1972), Spacek boldly displayed her talent with a series of major roles in Badlands (1973), 1976's Carrie (which earned her the first of six Best Actress Oscar nominations) and 1980's Coal Miner's Daughter -- her first Oscar win for portraying country singer Loretta Lynn. She continued to rake in Oscar nods in the 1980s for her work in Missing (1982), The River (1984) and Crimes of the Heart (1986).
Choosing to slow the pace of her acting work, Spacek has since taken on a series of strong supporting roles in films such as JFK (1991), Affliction (1998), The Straight Story (1999) and 2001's In the Bedroom, which garnered her another Oscar nomination.
Coal Miner's Daughter: Collector's EditionSissy Spacek shines in her Oscar-winning role as country singer Loretta Lynn in this biopic that charts the queen of country music's rise -- from her hardscrabble upbringing in Appalachia to stardom at the Grand Ole Opry. Married at the age of 13, Lynn was pushed into a music career by her husband,... Read More
Raggedy ManIn a small Texas town during the dark, uncertain days of World War II, a divorced mother of two (Sissy Spacek) struggles valiantly -- during a time when divorcees were scorned and gossipy tongues wagged -- to build a life for her family. Eric Roberts co-stars in this uplifting and evocative slice of... Read More
Lake CityWhen Billy (Troy Garity) runs afoul of a local drug dealer, he is forced to return home to seek help from a woman he hasn't spoken to in a year: his mother (Sissy Spacek). As they try to rebuild their relationship, they must come to terms with the tragedy that drove them apart. And when his... Read More
'night, MotherJessie Cates (Sissy Spacek), an unemployed epileptic with a failed marriage and a deeply troubled son, tells her mother, Thelma (Anne Bancroft, in a Golden Globe-nominated performance), that she plans to kill herself before the night is over. Thelma tries to convince her daughter life is worth... Read More
The Help (2011) | PG-13 | |
Get Low (2009) | PG-13 | |
Four Christmases (2008) | PG-13 | |
Lake City (2008) | R | |
New Video Works (2008) | NR | |
Hot Rod (2007) | PG-13 | |
An American Haunting (2006) | UR | |
Gray Matters (2006) | PG-13 | |
Nine Lives (2005) | R | |
North Country (2005) | R | |
The Ring Two (2005) | UR | |
R | ||
Tuck Everlasting (2002) | PG | |
In the Bedroom (2001) | R | |
Songs in Ordinary Time (2000) | NR | |
The Straight Story (1999) | G | |
PG-13 | ||
Affliction (1998) | R | |
The Grass Harp (1996) | PG | |
If These Walls Could Talk (1996) | R | |
Beyond the Call (1996) | R | |
NR | ||
NR | ||
Hard Promises (1992) | PG | |
A Private Matter (1992) | PG-13 | |
NR | ||
R | ||
The Long Walk Home (1990) | PG | |
Crimes of the Heart (1986) | PG-13 | |
'night, Mother (1986) | PG-13 | |
The River (1984) | PG-13 | |
The Man with Two Brains (1983) | R | |
Missing (1982) | PG | |
Raggedy Man (1981) | PG | |
PG | ||
Verna: USO Girl (1978) | NR | |
3 Women (1977) | PG | |
Carrie (1976) | R | |
Ginger in the Morning (1974) | PG | |
Badlands (1973) | PG | |
Prime Cut (1972) | R | |
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