
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 (1965–1966), The Flying Nun (1967–1970), and The Girl with Something Extra (1973–1974). 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), Murphy's 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 Albee's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?. For her portrayal of Nora Walker in the ABC television family drama series Brothers & Sisters (2006-2011), 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 Spider-Man (2012) and its 2014 sequel, with the first being her highest-grossing 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 Williams's 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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 6, 1946 (79)
- Pasadena, California, USA
- Actor, also producer and director
- 60 on MovieCove · 79 credits in all
What are Sally Field's films like?
Across their 57 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 2 · Earnest 47
A split, not a type: Light 26 · Serious 16 · Dark 9
Grounded 36 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 3
Gentle 19 · Charged 24 · Intense 8
Steady 28 · Shifting 19 · Whiplash 4
Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 26 · Funny 10
A split, not a type: Slow burn 25 · Even-paced 23 · Relentless 3
Casual 31 · Engaged 18 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 19 · Affecting 21 · Heavy 11
Resolved 49 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 15 of 32 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Gidget in Gidget (1965)
- Heroas Denise 'Dennie' Miller in Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (1971)
- Heroas Jane Duden in Marriage: Year One (1971)
- Heroas Christine Morgan in Home for the Holidays (1972)
- Allyas Mary Tate Farnsworth in Stay Hungry (1976)
- Allyas Carol Bell in Heroes (1977)
- Allyas Mary Ellen in The End (1978)
- Heraldas Gwen Doyle in Hooper (1978)
- Allyas Celeste Whitman in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
- Heroas Norma Rae in Norma Rae (1979)
- Allyas Carrie in Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
- Heroas Mary Follet in All the Way Home (1981)
- Allyas Megan Carter in Absence of Malice (1981)
- Heroas Kay in Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
- Heroas Emma Moriarty in Murphy's Romance (1985)
- Heroas Daisy Morgan in Surrender (1987)
- Heroas Lilah Krytsick in Punchline (1988)
- Mentoras M'Lynn Eatenton in Steel Magnolias (1989)
- Heroas Celeste Talbert in Soapdish (1991)
- Heroas Betty Mahmoody in Not Without My Daughter (1991)
- Mentoras Mrs. Gump in Forrest Gump (1994)
- Allyas Sassy in Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)
- Heroas Karen McCann in Eye for an Eye (1996)
- Mentoras Aunt Betsey Trotwood in David Copperfield (2000)
- Shapeshifteras Valdine Wingfield in Say It Isn't So (2001)
- Shadowas Anita Bergman in Two Weeks (2006)
- Mentoras Nora Walker in Brothers & Sisters (2006)
- Threshold guardianas Marina Del Ray in The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008)
- Heroas Doris Miller in Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015)
- Shadowas Dr. Greta Mantleray in Maniac (2018)
- Allyas Betty in 80 for Brady (2023)
- Heroas Tova in Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026)
Moods and endings
- Happy22
- Bittersweet29
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Sally Field's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 42 of their 60 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (20).
- Forrest Gump (1994) · actor · free
- Steel Magnolias (1989) · actor · free
- Places in the Heart (1984) · actor · free
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) · actor · free
- Murphy's Romance (1985) · actor · free
- Absence of Malice (1981) · actor · free
- Not Without My Daughter (1991) · actor · free
- Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015) · actor · free
- Hooper (1978) · actor · free
- Two Weeks (2006) · actor · free
- Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (1971) · actor · free
- The Way West (1967) · actor · free
- +8 more
- Not Without My Daughter (1991) · actor · free
- Two Weeks (2006) · actor · free
- A Woman of Independent Means (1995) · actor, producer · free
- Gidget (1965) · actor · free
- Dispatches from Elsewhere (2020) · actor · free
- Beautiful (2000) · director · free
- Stay Hungry (1976) · actor · free
- Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) · actor · free
Subscription and free streaming for Sally Field's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
79 credits, 60 with a MovieCove page; 60 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
80 for Brady(2023)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Spoiler Alert(2022)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Love Letters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
National Theatre Live: All My Sons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Maniac(2018)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Olympia(2018)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Little Evil(2017)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Hello, My Name Is Doris(2015)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
The Amazing Spider-Man 2(2014)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Lincoln(2012)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Amazing Spider-Man(2012)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Two Weeks(2006)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Brothers & Sisters(2006)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
The Court (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

David Copperfield(2000)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Say It Isn't So(2001)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
David Copperfield (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

Beautiful(2000)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Where the Heart Is(2000)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Saturday Night Live: Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

A Cooler Climate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Eye of God(1997)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
King of the Hill(1997)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
The Christmas Tree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Eye for an Eye(1996)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
ER(1994)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Forrest Gump(1994)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Mrs. Doubtfire(1993)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
The Larry Sanders Show(1992)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Dying Young(1991)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Soapdish(1991)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Not Without My Daughter(1991)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Steel Magnolias(1989)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Punchline(1988)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Surrender(1987)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Murphy's Romance(1985)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Places in the Heart(1984)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Kiss Me Goodbye(1982)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Lily for President? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

All the Way Home(1981)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Absence of Malice(1981)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Back Roads(1981)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Smokey and the Bandit II(1980)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Norma Rae(1979)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Hooper(1978)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
The End(1978)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Heroes(1977)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Smokey and the Bandit(1977)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Sybil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Bridger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Stay Hungry(1976)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Home for the Holidays(1972)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
The Girl with Something Extra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Hitched (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Mongo's Back in Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Marriage: Year One(1971)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Alias Smith and Jones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Night Gallery(1969)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
The Flying Nun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

The Way West(1967)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Occasional Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

The Dating Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Gidget(1965)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Moon Pilot(1962)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 79 titles from 1962 to 2026; peak year 1992.

Biggest box office
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

Highest rated
Forrest Gump (1994)

Most popular right now
Brothers & Sisters (2006)
Film career
Peak 1992 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 33 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1967Screen debut· The Way West
- 1977Golden Globe nomination· Smokey and the Bandit
- 1979First top-billed film· Norma Rae
- 1984Oscar win· Places in the Heart
- 1985Golden Globe nomination· Murphy's Romance
- 1989Golden Globe nomination· Steel Magnolias
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- 1994BAFTA Award nomination· Forrest Gump
- 1994Primetime Emmy win· ER
- 2006Career best· Brothers and Sisters
- 2006Primetime Emmy win· Brothers and Sisters
- 2012Oscar nomination· Lincoln
- 2026Best so far· Remarkably Bright Creatures
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
Awards
2 Oscars, 3 Primetime Emmys, 2 Golden Globes, 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards and 2 other major awards from 40 major nominations, 1977–2026.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Screen Actors Guild Award, won
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress in a Comedy
- Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
- Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Show 13 earlier yearsShow fewer
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Berlinale award, won
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Miniseries
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
- Oscar, won · Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Oscar, won · Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Golden Globe, won · Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Cannes award, won
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama or Comedy Special
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Sally Field's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 49; across their 51 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up23
- 50th to 74th13
- 25th to 49th19
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
28 of their 60 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved6
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser28
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed20
Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 43 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Sally Field's work okay for kids?
Across up to 29 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Sally Field work with?
People who share at least 2 of Sally Field's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Burt Reynolds shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Martin RittShared titles: Murphy's Romance (1985), Back Roads (1981), Norma Rae (1979)See all 3 shared titles with Martin Ritt

- Hal NeedhamShared titles: Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), Hooper (1978), Smokey and the Bandit (1977)See all 3 shared titles with Hal Needham

- Marc WebbShared titles: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn (2012), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Marc Webb

Writers
- Jerry BelsonShared titles: Surrender (1987), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), The End (1978)See all 3 shared titles with Jerry Belson

- Sheila BurnfordShared titles: Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996), Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Sheila Burnford
- Robert HarlingShared titles: Soapdish (1991), Steel Magnolias (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Harling

- Harriet Frank Jr.Shared titles: Murphy's Romance (1985), Norma Rae (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Harriet Frank Jr.

Actors
- Burt ReynoldsShared titles: I Am Burt Reynolds (2020), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), Hooper (1978), The End (1978), Smokey and the Bandit (1977)See all 5 shared titles with Burt Reynolds

- Emma StoneShared titles: Maniac (2018), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn (2012), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)See all 4 shared titles with Emma Stone

- Andrew GarfieldShared titles: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn (2012), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Andrew Garfield

- Campbell ScottShared titles: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), Dying Young (1991)See all 3 shared titles with Campbell Scott

Cinematographers and editors
- John A. AlonzoShared titles: Steel Magnolias (1989), Back Roads (1981), Norma Rae (1979)See all 3 shared titles with John A. Alonzo

- Sidney LevinShared titles: Murphy's Romance (1985), Back Roads (1981), Norma Rae (1979)See all 3 shared titles with Sidney Levin
- Donn CambernShared titles: Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), Hooper (1978), The End (1978)See all 3 shared titles with Donn Cambern
- Bobby ByrneShared titles: Hooper (1978), The End (1978), Smokey and the Bandit (1977)See all 3 shared titles with Bobby Byrne

Producers
- Aaron SpellingShared titles: Soapdish (1991), Surrender (1987), Home for the Holidays (1972)See all 3 shared titles with Aaron Spelling

- Jim Van WyckShared titles: Punchline (1988), Surrender (1987), Murphy's Romance (1985)See all 3 shared titles with Jim Van Wyck
- Hank MoonjeanShared titles: Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), Hooper (1978), The End (1978)See all 3 shared titles with Hank Moonjean
- Avi AradShared titles: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn (2012), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Avi Arad

Mixed roles
- Robert ZemeckisShared titles: Forrest Gump (1994), Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Zemeckis

- Wendy FinermanShared titles: Forrest Gump (1994), Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Wendy Finerman

- David W. RintelsShared titles: Not Without My Daughter (1991), All the Way Home (1981)See all 2 shared titles with David W. Rintels

- Herbert RossShared titles: Soapdish (1991), Steel Magnolias (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Herbert Ross





