• Name: Sissy Spacek
  
• Birth Name: Mary Elizabeth Spacek
  
• Height: 5'2"
  
• Sex: F
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: December 25, 1949
  
• Birth Place: Quitman, Texas, USA
  
• Profession: actress
  
• Education: Quitman High School
  
•   : Lee Strasberg Institute New York New York
  
• Husband/Wife: Jack Fisk (art director; married in 1974)
  
• Father: Edwin Spacek
  
• Mother: Virginia Spacek
  
• Daughter: Virginia Madison Fisk (born in 1988), Schuyler Elizabeth Fisk (actress; born in 1982)
  
• Cousin: Rip Torn (aka Elmore Rual Torn Jr.; actor; born on February 6, 1931)
  
• Claim to fame: as Carieta 'Carrie' N. White in Brian de Palma's Carrie (1976)
  

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• "I had a dozen years to act before starting a family then found that motherhood dwarfed everything else. Once or twice a year, I take a project that appeals to me for its redeeming social value."
• "My cousin, Rip Torn, persuaded me not to change my name: You shouldn't change what you are in the search for success."
• "There's a real danger in trying to stay king of the mountain. You stop taking risks, you stop being as creative, because you're trying to maintain a position. Apart from anything else that really takes the fun out of it."
• "When I started out in independent films in the early 70s, we did everything for the love of art. It wasn't about money and stardom. That was what we were reacting against. You'd die before you'd be bought."
• About her daughter Schuyler Fisk becoming an actress: "The business has been good to me. I would be a hypocrite if I tried to convince her not to do this."
• On why she didn't want to appear in THE RAGE: CARRIE 2: "I asked if they could use some backflashes instead. I enjoyed the sequel, but hated my role in the first film. I was awful."

• AFI Awards: AFI Actor of the Year - Female - Movies, IN THE BEDROOM (2002)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actress, IN THE BEDROOM (2002)
• Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actress, IN THE BEDROOM (2002)
• Florida Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actress, IN THE BEDROOM (2002)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama, IN THE BEDROOM (2002)
• Golden Satellite Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama, IN THE BEDROOM (2002)
• Independent Spirit Awards: Best Female Lead, IN THE BEDROOM (2002)
• Vancouver Film Critics Circle: Best Actress, IN THE BEDROOM (2002)
• Boston Film Festival: Film Excellence Award (2001)
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actress, IN THE BEDROOM (2001)
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actress, IN THE BEDROOM (2001)
• Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actress, IN THE BEDROOM (2001)
• Sundance Film Festival: Special Jury Prize - Dramatic, IN THE BEDROOM (2001)
• Western Heritage Awards: Bronze Wrangler - Television Feature Film, STREETS OF LAREDO (1996)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical, CRIMES OF THE HEART (1987)
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actress, CRIMES OF THE HEART (1986)
• Academy Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role, COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER (1981)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy, COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER (1981)
• National Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Actress, COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER (1981)
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actress, COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER (1980)
• National Board of Review: Best Actress, COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER (1980)
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actress, COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER (1980)
• National Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Actress, CARRIE (1977)
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Supporting Actress, THREE WOMEN (1977)

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