Sally Field

Sally Field is an American actor and director whose screen career spans television and film. Her performances in Norma Rae and Places in the Heart earned Academy Awards for Best Actress.

Norma Rae: A 1979 drama film starring Sally Field as a textile worker who organizes a union. Field won her first Academy Award for playing its title character.
Martin Ritt: An American film and television director known for socially engaged dramas. Ritt directed Field in Norma Rae and helped shape her transition to serious film roles.
Sybil (1976 film): A television film about a young woman diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, starring Sally Field. Its demanding role helped recast Field from sitcom performer as a dramatic actor.
Directing: The creative process of shaping a film or television production’s performances and visual storytelling. Field has directed television films, extending her work behind the camera.
Places in the Heart: A 1984 drama film about a Depression-era Texas widow struggling to save her farm. Field won her second Academy Award for Best Actress for this film.
Burt Reynolds: An American actor and director known for action films and comedies. Reynolds and Field became frequent screen partners after Smokey and the Bandit.
Steel Magnolias: A 1989 comedy-drama film about a close-knit group of women in a Louisiana town. Field’s performance as M'Lynn earned an Academy Award nomination and broadened her dramatic repertoire.
Not Without My Daughter: A 1991 television film directed by Sally Field, adapted from Betty Mahmoody’s memoir. It is a prominent example of Field’s work as a director.
Forrest Gump: A 1994 film following the life of Forrest Gump, played by Tom Hanks. Field plays Forrest’s mother, a role that brought her to a new generation of viewers.
Steven Spielberg: An American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Spielberg directed Field as Mary Todd Lincoln in Lincoln.

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Jodie FosterRelated: Field directed Foster in Home for the Holidays, one of Foster’s feature films as an actor.