Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek was born
on 25 December 1949 in
Quitman, Texas.
She is famous for her role in
Stephen King's
thriller Carrie, for which she won an
Oscar nomination. Ironically Spacek was
the
homecoming queen at her own
prom, in
stark contrast to her character, Carrie.
Four years after that leading role, she
won an
Academy Award for her performance
in
Coal Miner's Daughter. She was nominated
three more times for an Oscar for
Missing,
The River, and
Crimes of the Heart.
Since 1974 she has been married to director
Jack Fisk, who directed her in Raggedy Man.
Actor Rip Torn is her cousin.
Spacek is a brilliant actor, and refreshingly,
an actress who does not come from Hollywood's usual
cookie-cutter mold for leading ladies, who often
rely on a pretty face, an absurdly thin body,
and a few swooning glances.
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