Scena da Carrie (1976)

Nomi alternativi: Cynthia Daly

Caratteristiche fisiche: N/A

Prime apparizioni:

• Hot Connections (1972) come Joan

Ruoli più importanti:

• Beetlejuice (1988) come 3-Fingered Typist
• Carrie (1976) come Cora
• The Black Six (1973) come Jenny King (as Cynthia Daly)
• Coach (1978) come Wanda
• Hot Connections (1972) come Joan
• Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976) come Debbie
• Death Wish II (1982) come Nurse 2

Punti salienti della carriera:

• Beetlejuice (1988)
• Carrie (1976)
• The Black Six (1973)
• Coach (1978)
• Hot Connections (1972)
• Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976)
• Death Wish II (1982)

Cindy Daly is an American actress widely recognized for her supporting role as Cora in Brian De Palma’s classic 1976 film
Carrie. Born in Seattle, Washington, on August 29, 1951, Daly has built a career featuring appearances in several notable films and television shows across multiple decades.

Beyond her memorable turn in Carrie, she appeared as the "3-Fingered Typist" in Tim Burton’s 1988 fantasy comedy Beetlejuice and had roles in films such as Death Wish II and The Black 6. Her television work includes appearances in popular series like Eight is Enough, Days of Our Lives, and Barnaby Jones. Daly has been married to J.R. DeLang since 1983, and they have three children.

Nomi alternativi: Nancy Anne Allen, The Scream Queen, نانسی آلن

Caratteristiche fisiche: N/A

Prime apparizioni:

• The Last Detail (1973) come Nancy

Ruoli più importanti:

• Out of Sight (1998) come Midge
• The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) come Allison Hayes
• Poltergeist III (1988) come Patricia Wilson-Gardner
• Slashing 'Dressed to Kill' (2001) come Self
• Dressed to Kill (1980) come Liz Blake
• RoboCop 2 (1990) come Officer Anne Lewis
• RoboCop (1987) come Officer Anne Lewis
• RoboCop 3 (1993) come Anne Lewis
• 1941 (1979) come Donna Stratton
• Acting on Impulse (1993) come Cathy Thomas

Punti salienti della carriera:

• Out of Sight (1998)
• The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
• Poltergeist III (1988)
• Slashing 'Dressed to Kill' (2001)
• Dressed to Kill (1980)
• RoboCop 2 (1990)
• RoboCop (1987)
• RoboCop 3 (1993)
• 1941 (1979)
• Acting on Impulse (1993)

Premi:

• Nominated for 1 Saturn Award - Best Supporting Actress (1994)
• Nominated for 1 Saturn Award - Best Actress (1988)
• Nominated for 1 Saturn Award - Best Actress (1985)
• Nominated for 1 Golden Globe - New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Female (1981)
• Nominated for 1 Razzie Award - Worst Actress (1981)
• Nominated for 1 Stinker Award - Worst Actress (1980)
• Won Jury Award - Best Key Cast (2024)

Nancy Anne Allen (born June 24, 1950) is an American actress. She came to prominence for her performances in several films directed by Brian De Palma in the 1970s and early 1980s. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award nomination and three Saturn Award nominations.

The daughter of a New York City police lieutenant, Allen was raised in the Bronx, and attended the High School of Performing Arts, aspiring to have a career as a dancer. In her early twenties, she shifted her focus to acting and relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career there. Her first major role was as Chris Hargensen in Brian De Palma's film adaptation of Carrie (1976). Allen was subsequently cast as the lead in the Robert Zemeckis-directed comedy I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), followed by a supporting part in Steven Spielberg's 1941 (1979).

Allen married De Palma in 1979, and her subsequent portrayal of a prostitute who witnesses a murder in his feature Dressed to Kill (1980) earned her a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. She then appeared in De Palma's neo-noir film Blow Out (1981), playing a woman implicated in an assassination. Allen and DePalma divorced in 1984.

She appeared in the science fiction films Strange Invaders (1983) and The Philadelphia Experiment (1984), and Abel Ferrara's television film The Gladiator (1986). Allen garnered mainstream fame playing Anne Lewis in Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop (1987), a role she reprised for the two sequels that followed. Other credits include Poltergeist III (1988), Limit Up (1990), and Les patriotes (1994).

Allen stepped back from acting in 2008, and became involved in cancer support after her friend, Wendie Jo Sperber, died of breast cancer. In 2010, she was named executive director of the weSPARK Cancer Support Center in Los Angeles, which was founded by Sperber.

Nomi alternativi: 시시 스페이섹, سیسی اسپیسک

Caratteristiche fisiche: N/A

Prime apparizioni:

• Prime Cut (1972) come Poppy

Ruoli più importanti:

• The Straight Story (1999) come Rose
• An American Haunting (2005) come Lucy Bell
• JFK (1991) come Liz Garrison
• Badlands (1974) come Holly Sargis
• Hot Rod (2007) come Marie Powell
• The Ring Two (2005) come Evelyn
• In the Bedroom (2001) come Ruth Fowler
• Acting 'Carrie' (2001) come Self
• Carrie (1976) come Carrie
• Blast from the Past (1999) come Helen

Punti salienti della carriera:

• The Straight Story (1999)
• An American Haunting (2005)
• JFK (1991)
• Badlands (1974)
• Hot Rod (2007)
• The Ring Two (2005)
• In the Bedroom (2001)
• Acting 'Carrie' (2001)
• Carrie (1976)
• Blast from the Past (1999)

Premi:

• Academy Award (Oscar) - Academy Award for Best Actress (1981)
• Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (1986)
• Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (1980)
• Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama (2001)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress (2001)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast (2011)
• Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead (2001)
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (2011)
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Mary Elizabeth 'Sissy' Spacek (born December 25, 1949) is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and nominations for four British Academy Film Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award. Spacek was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011.

Born and raised in Texas, she initially aspired to a career as a recording artist. In 1968, at age 18, she recorded a single, "John, You Went Too Far This Time," under the name Rainbo. She began her professional acting career in the early 1970s, making her debut as an extra in Andy Warhol's Women in Revolt (1971). Her breakout role came with Terrence Malick's influential crime film Badlands (1973), which earned her a nomination for the British Academy Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles. She rose to international prominence with her portrayal of Carrie White in Brian De Palma's horror film Carrie (1976), for which she received her first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. After appearing in the acclaimed films Welcome to L.A. (1976) and Robert Altman's 3 Women (1977), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn in the biographical musical film Coal Miner's Daughter (1980).

Her other Oscar-nominated roles include Missing (1982), The River (1984), Crimes of the Heart (1986), and In the Bedroom (2001). Her other prominent films include Raggedy Man (1981), JFK (1991), Affliction (1997), The Straight Story (1999), Tuck Everlasting (2002), Nine Lives (2005), North Country (2005), Four Christmases (2008), Get Low (2010), The Help (2011), and The Old Man & the Gun (2018). She received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the television films The Good Old Boys (1995) and Last Call (2002), and for her guest role on the HBO drama series Big Love (2011). She portrayed matriarch Sally Rayburn on the Netflix drama thriller series Bloodline (2015–2017), Ruth Deaver on the Hulu psychological horror series Castle Rock (2018), and Ellen Bergman on the Amazon Prime Video psychological thriller series Homecoming (2018).

She has also ventured into music, and recorded vocals for the soundtrack album of Coal Miner's Daughter, which peaked at number two on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart and garnered her a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. She released a studio album, Hangin' Up My Heart (1983), which was critically well-received and peaked at number 17 on Billboard Top Country Albums chart.