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Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek's extensive film work includes Badlands, Carrie, Coal Miner’s Daughter, a performance which earned her both an Academy® and Golden Globe® Award, Missing, The River, Crimes of the Heart, Nine Lives, Four Christmases, and many more. Her television credits include Emmy®-nominated performances in Last Call, The Good Old Boys, and Big Love.