  sissy spacek (born mary elizabeth spacek, december 25, 1949) is an american actress and singer. she is an academy award winner and three-time golden globe award winner. spacek came to international prominence in the 1970s for her bafta award nominated role as holly sargis in terrence malick's film badlands (1973) and as carrie white in brian de palma's horror film carrie (1976), based on the first novel by stephen king, for which she earned her first academy award nomination. she won the academy award for best actress for her role as country star loretta lynn in the film coal miner's daughter (1980). and also earned a grammy award nomination for the song "coal miner's daughter" from the films soundtrack. she went on to receive further oscar nominations for her roles in missing (1982), the river (1984) and crimes of the heart (1986). coal miner's daughter and crimes of the heart also won her the golden globe award for best actress in a musical or comedy. a six-time oscar nominee, she received her sixth nomination for in the bedroom (2001), which also won her a third golden globe, this time for best actress in a drama. her other films include 3 women (1977), raggedy man (1981), jfk (1991), affliction (1997), the straight story (1999), nine lives (2005) and the help (2011). ==early life== spacek was born on december 25, 1949, in quitman, texas. she is the daughter of virginia frances (nÃ©e spilman) and edwin arnold spacek, sr., a county agricultural agent.sissy spacek biography. film reference.com. spacek's father was of three quarters czech (moravian) and one quarter german ancestry; her paternal grandparents were mary (cervenka) and arnold a. spacek (who served as mayor of granger, texas in williamson county).{{cite news|last=|first=|t
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