Editing Sissy Spacek (section)

===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.