Editing Sissy Spacek (section)

==Career==
===1970–1975: Early work and breakthrough===
Spacek worked as a photographic model (represented by [[Ford Models]]) and as an extra at [[Andy Warhol]]'s [[The Factory|Factory]]. With the help of her cousin, actor [[Rip Torn]], she enrolled in [[Lee Strasberg]]'s [[Actors Studio]] and later the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.

Spacek's first credited film role was in the action crime thriller ''[[Prime Cut]]'' (1972), in which she played Poppy, a girl sold into [[sexual slavery]].<ref name="tca" /> The film led to a guest role in the television series ''[[The Waltons]]'' (1973), which she played twice. Spacek received international attention for her [[breakthrough role]] in [[Terrence Malick]]'s [[neo-noir]] crime drama film ''[[Badlands (film)|Badlands]]'' (1973); she played Holly, the film's narrator and 15-year-old girlfriend of [[serial killer]] Kit ([[Martin Sheen]]).<ref name="tca" /> Spacek has described ''Badlands'' as the "most incredible" experience of her career.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/entertainment/2002/oscars_2002/1802501.stm |title=Sissy Spacek's shy career|website= BBC.co.uk | date=February 7, 2002}}</ref> Vincent Canby of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it a "cool, sometimes brilliant, always ferociously American film", and wrote "Sheen and Miss Spacek are splendid as the self-absorbed, cruel, possibly psychotic children of our time."<ref name="nyt73canby">{{cite web| title= Badlands | work= NYT Critics' Pick | url= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=EE05E7DF173EB42CA6494CC0B7799F8C6896 | publisher= The New York Times | first= Vincent |last= Canby | author-link= Vincent Canby| date= October 15, 1973| access-date=July 12, 2011}}</ref> On the set of ''Badlands'', Spacek met art director [[Jack Fisk]], whom she married in 1974.<ref name="biography.com">{{cite web |title=Sissy Spacek |work=Bio |url=http://www.biography.com/people/sissy-spacek-9542445 |access-date=June 6, 2016}}</ref> She worked as the set dresser for [[Brian De Palma]]'s film ''[[Phantom of the Paradise]]'' (1974).

===1976–1981: Rise to prominence===
Spacek's most prominent early role came in De Palma's supernatural horror film ''[[Carrie (1976 film)|Carrie]]'' (1976), playing [[Carrie White]], a shy, troubled high school senior with [[telekinetic]] powers.<ref name="tca" /> Spacek had to work hard to persuade De Palma to cast her in the role.<ref name=tca/> After rubbing [[Vaseline]] in her hair and donning an old [[sailor dress]] her mother had made for her as a child, she turned up at the audition with the odds against her, but won the part.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.briandepalma.net/carrie/carrint.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921090150/http://www.briandepalma.net/carrie/carrint.htm |title=Brian De Palma.net |archive-date=September 21, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Spacek's performance was critically acclaimed and led to a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]. [[Pauline Kael]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' wrote: "Though few actresses have distinguished themselves in gothics, Sissy Spacek, who is onscreen almost continuously, gives a classic chameleon performance. She shifts back and forth and sideways: a nasal, whining child; a chaste young beauty at the prom; and then a second transformation when her destructive impulses burst out and age her. Spacek uses her freckled pallor and whitish eyelashes to suggest a squashed, groggy girl who could go in any direction; at times, she seems unborn–a fetus. I don't see how this performance could be any better; she's touching, like [[Elizabeth Hartman]] in one of her victim roles, but she's also unearthly—a changeling."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kael |first=Pauline |date=November 15, 1976 |title=Brian De Palma's "Carrie," Reviewed |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1976/11/22/the-curse |magazine=[[The New Yorker]]}}</ref>
[[File:LorettaLynn1960s.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Spacek portrayed [[Loretta Lynn]] ''(pictured above)'' in ''[[Coal Miner's Daughter (film)|Coal Miner's Daughter]]'', which earned her the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]]]
After ''Carrie''{{'s}} success, Spacek played the role of housekeeper Linda Murray in [[Alan Rudolph]]'s drama musical romance film ''[[Welcome to L.A.]]'' (1976) and cemented her reputation in [[independent film]] with her performance as Pinky Rose in [[Robert Altman]]'s psychological drama ''[[3 Women]]'' (1977). A review in ''The New York Times'' said, "In this film Miss Spacek added a new dimension of eeriness to the waif she played so effectively in ''Carrie''."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/04/11/archives/altmans-3-women-a-moving-film-shelley-duvall-in-memorable-role.html|title=Altman's '3 Women' a Moving Film; Shelley Duvall in Memorable Role|first=Vincent|last=Canby|date=April 11, 1977|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Altman was deeply impressed by her performance: "She's remarkable, one of the top actresses I've ever worked with. Her resources are like a deep well." De Palma said: "[Spacek is] a phantom. She has this mysterious way of slipping into a part, letting it take over her. She's got a wider range than any young actress I know."<ref>{{Cite magazine| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,911902-1,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120181330/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,911902-1,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 20, 2013 | magazine=Time | title=Show Business: Basic Spacek: Keeping Life Tidy | date=December 6, 1976 | access-date=May 23, 2010}}</ref> Spacek helped finance ''[[Eraserhead]]'' (1977), [[David Lynch]]'s [[List of directorial debuts|directorial debut]], and is thanked in the film's credits.

Spacek began the 1980s with an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in [[Michael Apted]]'s [[Biographical film|biographical]] musical ''[[Coal Miner's Daughter (film)|Coal Miner's Daughter]]'' (1980), in which she portrayed [[country music]] star [[Loretta Lynn]], who personally selected her for the role.<ref name=tca/> In addition to the Oscar, she also won the [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|New York Film Critics Circle Award]], [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award]], [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress|National Society of Film Critics Award]] and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress]]. Both Spacek and [[Beverly D'Angelo]], who played [[Patsy Cline]], sang their characters' vocals themselves in the film.<ref name=tca/> [[Roger Ebert]] credited the film's success to "the performance by Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn. With the same sort of magical chemistry she's shown before, when she played the high school kid in ''Carrie,'' Spacek at 29 has the ability to appear to be almost any age on screen. Here, she ages from about 14 to somewhere in her 30s, always looks the age, and never seems to be wearing makeup."<ref>{{Cite news |author=Ebert, Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=January 1, 1980 |title=''Coal Miner's Daughter'' |work=Chicago Sun-Times |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19800101/REVIEWS/1010310/1023 |access-date=June 18, 2008}}</ref> [[Andrew Sarris]] of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' wrote: "Sissy Spacek—yes, I'm flabbergasted—is simple and faithful as Lynn. Spacek's face is no more of an actor's instrument than it ever was, but given a human being to play, given a director concerned with acting, she makes that woman exist. She sings the songs herself, nicely, and she has mastered the Appalachian accent."<ref>Andrew Sarris, ''Village Voice''. ''Coal Miner's Daughter'' review. March 10, 1980</ref> Spacek also was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance]] for the film's [[soundtrack album]]. She followed this with her own country album, ''[[Hangin' Up My Heart]]'' (1983); spawning one [[Hit song|hit single]], "Lonely but Only for You," a song written by [[K. T. Oslin]], which reached No. 15 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart.<ref>''Joel Whitburn's Music Yearbook (1983)'' {{ISBN|978-0-898-20163-5}} p. 154</ref>

In [[John Byrum]]'s romantic drama film ''[[Heart Beat (film)|Heart Beat]]'' (1980), Spacek portrayed [[Carolyn Cassady]], who&mdash;under the influence of [[Jack Kerouac]] ([[John Heard (actor)|John Heard]]) and [[Neal Cassady]] ([[Nick Nolte]])&mdash;slips into a combination of drudgery and debauchery.<ref>{{cite book|last= Cassady |first= Carolyn |author-link= Carolyn Cassady |title= Heartbeat: My Life with Jack and Neal |date= July 1976 |publisher= Creative Arts Book Company |isbn= 978-0916870034}}</ref><ref name="allmovie1">{{cite web|last=Brenner |first=Paul |url=https://allmovie.com/work/heart-beat-21876 |title=Heart Beat &gt; Overview |website=AllMovie |access-date=August 30, 2010}}</ref> Spacek was so adamant about getting the role that she pored through over 4,000 pages of research to prepare for her character. Byrum and producer Ed Pressman took her to dinner to advise her that she did not have the role. Spacek was so distraught at the news that she shattered a glass of wine in her hand. After that, Pressman walked up to her with a piece of shattered glass and told her she had the role. He said that Spacek breaking the glass clinched the deal, and they believed she ultimately would best suit the part.<ref>{{cite news|title=From a nymphette to weirdo|work=The Montreal Gazette|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w2UxAAAAIBAJ&pg=3134%2C3920202|date=November 19, 1979|access-date=December 21, 2015}}</ref> The film was released on April 25, 1980, to mixed reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/heart_beat/|title=Heart Beat (1980) at Rotten Tomatoes|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=December 21, 2015}}</ref> Ebert called Spacek's performance "wonderfully played", and her scenes with Heard and Nolte "almost poetic".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/heart-beat-1980|title=Heart Beat movie review & film summary (1980) |first=Roger|last=Ebert|website=Rogerebert.com}}</ref>

===1982–2003: Established actress===
In 1982, Spacek starred alongside [[Jack Lemmon]] in [[Costa-Gavras]]'s biographical thriller drama film ''[[Missing (1982 film)|Missing]]'' (based on the book ''The Execution of [[Charles Horman]]: An American Sacrifice'' by [[Thomas Hauser]]). She co-starred with [[Mel Gibson]] in [[Mark Rydell]]'s drama film ''[[The River (1984 film)|The River]]'' (1984), and with [[Diane Keaton]] and [[Jessica Lange]] in [[Bruce Beresford]]'s black comedy drama film ''[[Crimes of the Heart (film)|Crimes of the Heart]]'' (1986).<ref name=tca/> Spacek was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for all these roles, and won her second [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]] for the latter.<ref name=tca/> Other performances of the decade included star turns in husband Jack Fisk's directorial debut ''[[Raggedy Man]]'' (1981) and [[Tom Moore (director)|Tom Moore]]'s drama film ''[['night, Mother (film)|<nowiki/>'night, Mother]]'' (1986), alongside [[Anne Bancroft]].<ref name=tca/> Spacek showed a lighter side by voicing the brain in [[Carl Reiner]]'s science fiction black comedy film ''[[The Man with Two Brains]]'' (1983), starring [[Steve Martin]].<ref name=mw2b>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/movies-you-might-have-missed-carl-reiner-the-man-with-two-brains-steve-martin-a7801011.html| title=Movies You Might Have Missed: Carl Reiner's The Man with Two Brains| work=The Independent| date=June 21, 2017| access-date=April 24, 2018}}</ref>

Spacek had a supporting role as the wife of [[Jim Garrison]] (played by [[Kevin Costner]]) in [[Oliver Stone]]'s epic political thriller film ''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]'' (1991) and made a number of comedies and television films. She played Verena Talbo in [[Charles Matthau]]'s comedy drama film ''[[The Grass Harp (film)|The Grass Harp]]'' (1995), which reunited her with both Lemmon and [[Piper Laurie]]. Spacek lent a supporting role as the waitress Margie Fogg in [[Paul Schrader]]'s neo-noir crime drama film ''[[Affliction (1997 film)|Affliction]]'' (1997). She also played Rose Straight in [[David Lynch]]'s biographical road drama film ''[[The Straight Story]]'' (1999) and the mother of [[Brendan Fraser]]'s character in [[Hugh Wilson (director)|Hugh Wilson]]'s romantic comedy fantasy adventure film ''[[Blast from the Past (film)|Blast from the Past]]'' (1999).

Spacek began the 2000s with critical acclaim for her performance as Ruth Fowler, a grieving mother consumed by revenge, in [[Todd Field]]'s drama film ''[[In the Bedroom]]'', which was released in 2001.<ref name=tca/> [[Stephen Holden]] of ''The New York Times'' said of her work in the film: "Ms. Spacek's performance is as devastating as it is unflashy. With the slight tightening of her neck muscles and a downward twitch of her mouth, she conveys her character's relentlessness, then balances it with enough sweetness to make Ruth seem entirely human. It is one of Ms. Spacek's greatest performances."<ref>{{cite news|author=Holden, Stephen| url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9401EED8143AF930A15752C1A9679C8B63 |title=When Grief Becomes A Member of the Family|work=The New York Times|date= November 23, 2001}}</ref> She earned a sixth nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, which established her as the eighth and most recent actress to be nominated for at least six leading role Oscars. She additionally won the New York Film Critics Circle Award and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress,<ref name="'Bedroom' Is Top Pick of L.A. Film Critics">{{cite news|last=King|first=Susan|title='Bedroom' Is Top Pick of L.A. Film Critics|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-16-me-15388-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=March 28, 2013|date=December 16, 2001}}</ref> as well as the [[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress]], [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]] and [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead]], among others.<ref name="7th Critics' Choice Movie Awards Winners and Nominees">{{cite web|last=Broadcast Film Critics Association|title=7th Critics' Choice Movie Awards Winners and Nominees|url=http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2001.php|publisher=Broadcast Film Critics Association|access-date=March 28, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204173555/http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2001.php|archive-date=February 4, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Golden Globes 2002 / A night for the Aussies / 'Beautiful Mind,' 'Moulin Rouge,' cable TV take top Golden Globes">{{cite news|last=LaSalle|first=Mick|title=Golden Globes 2002 / A night for the Aussies / 'Beautiful Mind,' 'Moulin Rouge,' cable TV take top Golden Globes|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/GOLDEN-GLOBES-2002-A-night-for-the-Aussies-2881537.php#page-2|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=March 28, 2013|date=January 21, 2002}}</ref> Spacek starred in [[Jay Russell]]'s romantic fantasy drama film ''[[Tuck Everlasting (2002 film)|Tuck Everlasting]]'' (2002). That same year, she was nominated for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie]] for her portrayal of [[Zelda Fitzgerald]] in the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] film ''[[Last Call (2002 film)|Last Call]]'' (2002).

===2004–present: Professional expansion===
[[File:Sissy Spacek (2005).jpg|thumb|left|170px|Spacek at the 2005 [[Toronto International Film Festival]]]] 
Spacek played unfaithful wife Ruth in [[Rodrigo García (director)|Rodrigo García]]'s drama film ''[[Nine Lives (2005 film)|Nine Lives]]'' (2005) and a woman suffering from [[Alzheimer's disease]] in the television film ''[[Pictures of Hollis Woods (film)|Pictures of Hollis Woods]]'' (2007). She played a supporting role in [[Seth Gordon]]'s comedy film ''[[Four Christmases]]'' (2008) and the lead role in the drama film ''[[Lake City (film)|Lake City]]'' (2008). Spacek appeared in the [[HBO]] series ''[[Big Love]]'' for a multi-episode arc as a powerful [[Washington, D.C.]] lobbyist and earned a nomination for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]].<ref>{{Cite news |author=Gina DiNunnot |date=September 17, 2009 |title=Sissy Spacek Signs On for Big Love |work=TVGuide.com |url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Sissy-Spacek-Signs-1009847.aspx |access-date=September 17, 2009}}</ref> She narrated the 2005 [[audiobook]] of [[Stephen King]]'s 1974 novel ''[[Carrie (novel)|Carrie]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=StephenKing.com – Carrie |url=http://www.stephenking.com/library/audiobook/carrie.html |access-date=October 26, 2013}}</ref> In 2006, Spacek narrated [[Harper Lee]]'s novel ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' (1960), which sold over 30 million copies. She was honored with a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 26, 2011 |title=Actress Sissy Spacek To Receive Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame Next Monday |newspaper=Beverly Hills Courier |url=http://www.bhcourier.com/article/Local/Local/Actress_Sissy_Spacek_To_Receive_Star_On_Hollywood_Walk_Of_Fame_Next_Monday/78562 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722214810/http://www.bhcourier.com/article/Local/Local/Actress_Sissy_Spacek_To_Receive_Star_On_Hollywood_Walk_Of_Fame_Next_Monday/78562 |archive-date=July 22, 2012}}</ref> That same year, Spacek appeared in [[Tate Taylor (filmmaker)|Tate Taylor]]'s period drama film ''[[The Help (film)|The Help]]'', whose [[ensemble cast]], including [[Emma Stone]], [[Viola Davis]], [[Bryce Dallas Howard]], [[Octavia Spencer]], [[Jessica Chastain]] and [[Allison Janney]], received the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards {{!}} Screen Actors Guild Awards |url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/18th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |access-date=February 4, 2017 |website=Sagawards.org |language=en}}</ref>

In 2012, Spacek published her [[memoir]], ''My Extraordinary Ordinary Life'', with co-author Maryanne Vollers.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Sissy Spacek |author2=Maryanne Vollers |url=http://www.hyperionbooks.com/book/my-extraordinary-ordinary-life/ |title=My Extraordinary Ordinary Life|publisher= Hyperion| date= May 2012| access-date=May 6, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Douglass K. Daniel |url=http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20120430/NEWS01/120439980 |title=Quitman Native Sissy Spacek Writes Tender, Touching Book |agency=Associated Press |work=[[Tyler Morning Telegraph]] |date=April 30, 2012 |access-date=May 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508064250/http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20120430/NEWS01/120439980 |archive-date=May 8, 2012 }}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]''{{'s}} Jen Chaney called it "refreshingly down-to-earth" and "beautifully written",<ref name="Book Spacek's ">{{cite news|last=Chaney|first=Jen|title=Book review: Sissy Spacek's "My Extraordinary Ordinary Life"|url=http://www.denverpost.com/books/ci_20859036/book-review-my-extraordinary-ordinary-life-by-sissy|newspaper=Denver Post|access-date=March 15, 2013}}</ref> adding that Spacek's description of her childhood is so "evocative that one can almost taste the sour stalks of goatweed she chewed on steamy summer afternoons." Jay Stafford of ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'' wrote that, unlike other actors' autobiographies, Spacek's "benefits from good writing and remarkable frankness."<ref name="Nonfiction review: My Extraordinary Ordinary Life">{{cite web|last=Stafford|first=Jay|title=Nonfiction review: My Extraordinary Ordinary Life|date=May 6, 2012 |url=http://www.timesdispatch.com/entertainment-life/nonfiction-review-my-extraordinary-ordinary-life/article_b0befe41-d8b7-59c2-b5cf-56a0b16a04c2.html|publisher=timedispatch.com|access-date=March 15, 2013}}</ref> Margaret Moser of ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]'' wrote that Spacek's memoir is "as easy to read as it is a pleasure to digest."<ref name="Margaret Moser">{{cite news|last=Moser|first=Margaret|title=My Extraordinary Ordinary Life|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2012-05-04/new-in-print/|newspaper=The Austin Chronicle|access-date=March 15, 2013}}</ref> ''Biographile''{{'s}} ''Kirkus Reviews'' was less appreciative, calling it "an average memoir" and "overly detailed" while criticizing its lack of "narrative arc", but complimented Spacek for being "truly down-to-earth."<ref name="My Extraordinary Ordinary Life">{{cite web|last=Kirkus Reviews|title=My Extraordinary Ordinary Life|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sissy-spacek/my-extraordinary-ordinary-life/|publisher=kirkusreviews.com|access-date=March 15, 2013}}</ref> ''Kirkus'' added that "the book is 'ordinary' and does not have enough drama to engage readers not directly interested in Spacek and her work" and is "for diehard movie buffs and Spacek fans only."<ref name="My Extraordinary Ordinary Life" />
[[File:Sissy Spacek Get Low TIFF09 (cropped).jpg|thumb|170px|Spacek at the ''[[Get Low (film)|Get Low]]'' premiere in 2009]]
Spacek became the first actor to appear in a film nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] in each of the four most recent decades. Each film was released near the beginning of its decade: ''[[Coal Miner's Daughter (film)|Coal Miner's Daughter]]'' (1980), ''[[Missing (1982 film)|Missing]]'' (1982), ''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]'' (1991), ''[[In the Bedroom]]'' (2001) and ''The Help'' (2011). Spacek appeared in the crime drama film ''[[Deadfall (2012 film)|Deadfall]]'' (2012). She also co-starred with [[Robert Redford]] in his next-to-last role before his retirement in [[David Lowery (director)|David Lowery]]'s biographical crime film ''[[The Old Man & the Gun]]'' (2018), which received largely positive reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_old_man_and_the_gun|title=The Old Man & the Gun (2018)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date=April 12, 2025}}</ref> Spacek also had starring roles in a variety of television series in the late 2010s. She played matriarch Sally Rayburn in the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Bloodline (TV series)|Bloodline]]'', which aired from 2015 to 2017; Ruth Deaver in the [[Hulu]] series ''[[Castle Rock (TV series)|Castle Rock]]'' (2018), which intertwines characters and themes from King's fictional town of [[Castle Rock (Stephen King)|Castle Rock, Maine]]; and Ellen Bergman, the mother of [[Julia Roberts]]'s character, in the [[Amazon Prime Video]] series ''[[Homecoming (TV series)|Homecoming]]'' (2018). Spacek co-starred alongside [[Dustin Hoffman]] in Darren Le Gallo's directorial debut ''[[Sam & Kate]]'' (2022).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/dustin-hoffman-sissy-spacek-darren-le-gallos-sam-kate-cannes-market-1234773004/ |title=Dustin Hoffman And Sissy Spacek To Star in Darren Le Gallo's 'Sam & Kate' – Cannes Market |website=Deadline Hollywood |first=Justin |last=Kroll |date=10 June 2021 |access-date=4 May 2022}}</ref> That same year, she acted in the Amazon Prime Video series ''[[Night Sky (TV series)|Night Sky]]'', acting opposite [[J. K. Simmons]]. Despite positive reviews, the series was cancelled after its first season.