Sally Kirkland

Sally Kirkland

ActressProducerAdditional Crew
Born
October 31, 1941
Died
November 11, 2025
Awards
29 wins, 42 nominations

Sally Kirkland, Best Actress Oscar Nominee, Golden Globe winner, Independent Spirit Award winner, LA Film Critics Circle Award winner, and veteran of over 200 movies. Feisty, hard-working, famously liberal, with the trademark blonde hair, actress Sally Kirkland has certainly made an indelible mark…

Biography

Sally Kirkland, Best Actress Oscar Nominee, Golden Globe winner, Independent Spirit Award winner, LA Film Critics Circle Award winner, and veteran of over 200 movies. Feisty, hard-working, famously liberal, with the trademark blonde hair, actress Sally Kirkland has certainly made an indelible mark on Hollywood history. Born in New York City, her mother was the fashion editor at Vogue and LIFE magazine. Sally began her career on the off-Broadway circuit and trained under Lee Strasberg. Sally Kirkland is a movie, television, and theater veteran since the 1960s and is probably best known for the drama movie Anna (1987), for which she garnered the Best Actress Oscar nomination and won the Best Actress Golden Globe, the Independent Spirit Award, and the LA Film Critic's Circle Award.

Sally's first director was Andy Warhol in The 13 Most Beautiful Women (1964). Her 220 movies also include Coming Apart (1969), The Sting (1973), The Way We Were (1973), Cold Feet (1989), Best of the Best (1989), Revenge (1990), JFK (1991), Edtv (1999), Bruce Almighty (2003), Coffee Date (2006) and Archaeology of a Woman (2012). In the past couple of years, she has starred in Buddy Solitaire (2016), Apartment 212 (2017), and The Most Hated Woman in America (2017) co-starring with Melissa Leo and Peter Fonda. And coming out soon, she has starred in Sarah Q (2018), Cuck (2019), Invincible (2020) and Hope for the Holidays (2020). She was nominated for Best Actress in a television movie by the Hollywood Foreign Press for The Haunted (1991). Her television credits include: guest starring on Criminal Minds (2005), and recurring roles on Head Case (2007) and The Simple Life (2003). She guest starred on Resurrection Blvd. (2000) and in the television movie Another Woman's Husband (2000).

Sally had a recurring role on Felicity (1998) and starred in the NBC movie Brave New World (1998). She also starred in the television episode Song of Songs (1994), and was a series regular on the television series Valley of the Dolls (1994). She also co-starred in the television movie The Woman Who Loved Elvis (1993). She had a recurring role as Barbara Healy in the original Roseanne (1988) series. She starred in the television movie Heat Wave (1990), and recurred as Tracy on Days of Our Lives (1965). Sally is also an exhibited painter, poet, renowned acting coach and ordained minister.

Actress

KallieKallie(2025)as Ms. Hayes
SallywoodSallywood(2024)as Sally Kirkland
AftermathAftermath(2024)as Dr. Jane Dunning
Skeletons in the ClosetSkeletons in the Closet(2024)as Madam Futura
Woods WitchWoods Witch(2023)as Charlotte

Casting Director

Starry NightStarry Night(1999)
Candy Stripe NursesCandy Stripe Nurses(1974)

Production Department

Savannah SmilesSavannah Smiles(1982)

Additional Crew

Women: Stories of PassionWomen: Stories of Passion(1996)
BlueBlue(1968)

Soundtrack

The HungerThe Hunger(1997)

Archive Footage

TCM Remembers 2025TCM Remembers 2025(2025)as Self - Actress, producer
And the Oscar Goes to...And the Oscar Goes to...(2014)as Self
Stars in ShortsStars in Shorts(2012)as Madame Ulaila
Special Collector's EditionSpecial Collector's Edition(2010)as Willie
The Award Show Awards ShowThe Award Show Awards Show(2003)as Self

Known for

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Sally Kirkland in Big Bad Mama (1974)Sally Kirkland in Revenge (1990)Sally Kirkland and Matt Achine in The Wishmakers (2011)Sally Kirkland and Matt Achine in The Wishmakers (2011)Sally Kirkland and Roger Moore in Bullseye! (1990)Michael Caine, Sally Kirkland, and Roger Moore in Bullseye! (1990)

Credit Score: Sally Kirkland

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#NameScoreYearWinNomKnownWinsNomsVotes
1The Sting48.0019738.2710301247
2Anna16.2519876.401889
3JFK15.0019918.028182236
4The Way We Were5.0019737.02630815
5Sallywood4.8820257.40093
6Aftermath3.0920245.0004466
7Bruce Almighty3.0020036.800469968
8Edtv2.5019996.10046778
9A Star Is Born2.0019766.11414406
10Blazing Saddles2.0019747.703164637