Sally Field

Sally Margaret Field born November 6 1946 is an American actress She has received many awards and nominations including two Academy Awards three Primetime Emmy Awards two Golden Globe Awards a Screen Actors Guild Award a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and nominations for a Tony Award and for two British Academy Film Awards Field began her career on television starring in the comedies Gidget 19651966 The Flying Nun 19671970 and The Girl with Something Extra 19731974 In 1967 she was also in the western The Way West In 1976 she attracted critical acclaim for her performance in the television film Sybil for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Her film debut was as an extra in Moon Pilot 1962 Her film career escalated during the 1970s with starring roles in films including Stay Hungry 1976 Smokey and the Bandit 1977 Heroes 1977 The End 1978 and Hooper 1978 During the 1980s she won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice for Norma Rae 1979 and Places in the Heart 1984 and she appeared in Smokey and the Bandit II 1980 Absence of Malice 1981 Kiss Me Goodbye 1982 Murphys Romance 1985 Steel Magnolias 1989 Soapdish 1991 Mrs Doubtfire 1993 and Forrest Gump 1994 In the 2000s Field returned to television with a recurring role on the NBC medical drama ER for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2001 and the following year made her stage debut with Edward Albees The Goat or Who Is Sylvia For her portrayal of Nora Walker in the ABC television family drama series Brothers Sisters 20062011 Field won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series She starred as Mary Todd Lincoln in Lincoln 2012 for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and she portrayed Aunt May in The Amazing SpiderMan 2012 and its 2014 sequel with the first being her highestgrossing release In 2015 she portrayed the title character in Hello My Name Is Doris for which she was nominated for the Critics Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy In 2017 she returned to the stage after an absence of 15 years with the revival of Tennessee Williamss The Glass Menagerie for which was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play In 2014 she was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in 2019 she received the Kennedy Center Honor