1949-12-25 Quitman, Texas, USA
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.
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Sam & Kate | Tina | 2022-11-11 |
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Without Getting Killed or Caught | Narrator / Voice of Susanna Clark (voice) | 2021-07-23 |
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LCD Soundsystem: Oh Baby | Wife | 2019-01-05 |
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The Old Man & the Gun | Jewel | 2018-09-27 |
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River of Gold | Narrator | 2016-03-26 |
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De Palma | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2016-06-10 |
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Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl | Self / Loretta Lynn | 2016-03-04 |
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And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
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Making 'Badlands' | Self | 2013-03-19 |
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Deadfall | June | 2012-11-08 |
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The Help | Missus Walters | 2011-08-09 |
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Get Low | Mattie Darrow | 2010-07-30 |
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Four Christmases | Paula | 2008-11-26 |
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Lake City | Maggie | 2008-01-01 |
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Hot Rod | Marie Powell | 2007-08-03 |
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Pictures of Hollis Woods | Josie Cahill | 2007-12-02 |
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Gray Matters | Dr. Sydney | 2006-10-21 |
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Nine Lives | Ruth | 2005-09-02 |
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An American Haunting | Lucy Bell | 2005-05-05 |
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The Ring Two | Evelyn | 2005-03-10 |
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North Country | Alice Aimes | 2005-02-12 |
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A Home at the End of the World | Alice Glover | 2004-07-23 |
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A Decade Under the Influence | Self | 2003-04-25 |
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Absence of Malick | Self | 2003-05-26 |
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Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick | Self | 2002-09-01 |
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Tuck Everlasting | Mae Tuck | 2002-10-11 |
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Last Call | Zelda Fitzgerald | 2002-05-25 |
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Midwives | Sibyl Danforth | 2001-04-02 |
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In the Bedroom | Ruth Fowler | 2001-11-23 |
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Acting 'Carrie' | Self | 2001-08-28 |
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Visualizing 'Carrie' | Self (archive footage) | 2001-08-28 |
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Songs In Ordinary Time | Marie Fermoyle | 2000-10-22 |
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The Straight Story | Rose | 1999-10-15 |
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Blast from the Past | Helen | 1999-02-12 |
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The Rage: Carrie 2 | Carrie White (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1999-03-12 |
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Affliction | Margie Fogg | 1998-02-12 |
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If These Walls Could Talk | Barbara Barrows | 1996-09-11 |
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Beyond the Call | Pam O'Brien | 1996-06-23 |
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The Good Old Boys | Spring Renfro | 1995-03-05 |
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The Grass Harp | Verena Talbo | 1995-09-10 |
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A Place for Annie | Susan Lansing | 1994-05-01 |
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Trading Mom | Mommy / Mama / Mom / Natasha | 1994-03-04 |
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Fonda on Fonda | Self - The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (archive footage) | 1992-01-13 |
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Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy | Self | 1992-01-01 |
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Hard Promises | Christine Ann Coalter | 1992-01-31 |
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A Private Matter | Sherri Finkbine | 1992-06-20 |
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JFK | Liz Garrison | 1991-12-20 |
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Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member | 1991-02-28 |
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The Long Walk Home | Miriam Thompson | 1990-12-21 |
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'night, Mother | Jessie Cates | 1986-09-12 |
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Violets are Blue | Augusta "Gussie" Sawyer | 1986-04-04 |
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Crimes of the Heart | Babe Magrath | 1986-12-12 |
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Marie | Marie Ragghianti | 1985-09-27 |
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The River | Mae Garvey | 1984-12-01 |
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The Man with Two Brains | Anne Uumellmahaye (uncredited) (voice) | 1983-06-10 |
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Missing | Beth Horman | 1982-02-12 |
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Raggedy Man | Nita | 1981-09-18 |
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Heart Beat | Carolyn Cassady | 1980-04-25 |
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Coal Miner's Daughter | Loretta Lynn | 1980-03-07 |
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3 Women | Mildred "Pinky" Rose | 1977-04-10 |
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Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary | Self | 1977-11-25 |
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Carrie | Carrie White | 1976-11-03 |
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Welcome to L.A. | Linda Murray | 1976-11-12 |
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Katherine | Katherine Alman | 1975-10-05 |
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Badlands | Holly Sargis | 1974-01-05 |
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The Migrants | Wanda Trimpin | 1974-02-04 |
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Ginger in the Morning | Ginger Brown | 1973-03-02 |
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The Girls of Huntington House | Sara | 1973-02-15 |
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Prime Cut | Poppy | 1972-06-01 |
