Editing Sissy Spacek (section)

===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).