Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek is, to me, the gold standard of American screen longevity. A Christmas-born Texan who won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1981 and was still collecting Golden Globe and Critics' Choice honors in 2001, then ensemble awards in 2011 — that is not a career, that is an institution. What I treasure most is her translucency: she does not perform emotions so much as let them pass visibly through her. Her songwriter side explains a lot; her best performances have musical phrasing, an instinct for when to hold a note and when to let silence work. Five decades in, she remains incapable of a false moment.

Name (English)

Sissy Spacek

Name (Japanese)

シシー・スペイセク

Reading

ししー・すぺいせく

Born

December 25, 1949 (age 76)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Ox

Origin

Quitman, Texas, United States

Occupation

actor / character actor / songwriter / film actor / television actor

High school

Quitman High School

Awards & achievements

• 1981 Academy Award for Best Actress
• 1986 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
• 1980 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
• 2001 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
• 2001 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
• 2011 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
• 2001 Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
• 2011 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9A%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BB%E3%82%AF

Tags

• Texas
• actor
• character actor
• songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.