American actress with an Academy Award for "Coal Miner's Daughter", with six Oscar nominations across genres including "Carrie" and "In the Bedroom".
Background
Born Mary Elizabeth Spacek in Quitman, Texas, Spacek is the cousin of actor Rip Torn. She moved to New York to pursue music before turning to acting after training with Lee Strasberg.
Career
Terrence Malick’s “Badlands” (1973) and Brian De Palma’s “Carrie” (1976) cemented her as a leading character actress. She did her own singing for “Coal Miner’s Daughter” (1980), winning the Oscar as Loretta Lynn.
Style
Spacek is recognized for an unforced rural authenticity and continuity from 1970s to contemporary independent film. She has lived on a horse farm in Virginia for decades and authored the memoir “My Extraordinary Ordinary Life” (2012).
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