About Sally Field
Sally Margaret Field, born on November 6, 1946, is a renowned American actress celebrated for her exceptional talent and versatility. Over her illustrious career, she has garnered numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a prestigious Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. She has also received nominations for a Tony Award and for two British Academy Film Awards.
Field's career began on television, where she starred in popular comedies such as "Gidget" (1965–1966), "The Flying Nun" (1967–1970), and "The Girl with Something Extra" (1973–1974). Her breakthrough performance came in the western film "The Way West" in 1967. In 1976, her role in the television film "Sybil" earned her critical acclaim and her first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. Sally made her film debut as an extra in "Moon Pilot" (1962), but her career gained significant momentum in the 1970s with leading roles in films like "Stay Hungry" (1976), "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977), "Heroes" (1977), "The End" (1978), and "Hooper" (1978).
Throughout the 1980s, Field further solidified her status as a leading actress by winning the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, first for "Norma Rae" (1979) and then for "Places in the Heart" (1984). She also featured in notable films such as "Smokey and the Bandit II" (1980), "Absence of Malice" (1981), "Kiss Me Goodbye" (1982), "Murphy's Romance" (1985), "Steel Magnolias" (1989), "Soapdish" (1991), "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993), and "Forrest Gump" (1994).
In the 2000s, Field made a triumphant return to television with a recurring role in the NBC medical drama "ER," for which she won her second Primetime Emmy Award in 2001. The following year, she made her stage debut in Edward Albee's "The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?" Her performance as Nora Walker in the ABC family drama series "Brothers & Sisters" (2006-2011) earned her yet another Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Field starred as Mary Todd Lincoln in "Lincoln" (2012), earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and she portrayed Aunt May in "The Amazing Spider-Man" (2012) and its 2014 sequel, with the first film becoming her highest-grossing release.
In 2015, she played the titular role in "Hello, My Name Is Doris," which led to a Critics' Choice Movie Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy. Field returned to the stage in 2017 after a 15-year hiatus, starring in a revival of Tennessee Williams's "The Glass Menagerie," earning a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play. Honoring her contributions to the film industry, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2014 and was awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 2019.
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Movie Credits
Sally Field has appeared in 69 movies.
TV Credits
Sally Field has appeared in 49 shows.
