Sally Kirkland


Sally Kirkland is an American film, television and stage actress. She received Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Awards, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her performance in Anna. Kirkland was the lead actress in Cold Feet, and was nominated for a Golden Globe award for her work in The Haunted.

Early life

Kirkland was born in New York City. She was named after her mother, Sally Kirkland, who was a fashion editor at Vogue and LIFE magazines, and was raised in Oklahoma. Her father, Frederic McMichael Kirkland, worked in the scrap metal business.

Career

Kirkland began acting Off-Broadway in 1963. After a few uncredited and bit parts in film and television, she appeared in the underground film Coming Apart.
In the 1970s, she had small roles in popular films such as The Sting, The Way We Were, A Star Is Born and Private Benjamin. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Anna, and she won a Golden Globe Award, and an Independent Spirit Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture. Her performance received widespread critical praise, in a performance that Rita Kempley, writing for the Washington Post, deemed "superb".
Kirkland hosts a weekly program on the syndicated HealthyLife Radio Network. Kirkland has had frequent television roles, including Three's Company, The Incredible Hulk, Murder, She Wrote, High Tide, Roseanne, and the soap operas Valley of the Dolls and Days of Our Lives. Films in which she has appeared include EDtv, JFK, Adam & Steve and Coffee Date.

Affiliations

Kirkland is also a health activist including advocating for women harmed by breast implants. She founded the Kirkland Institute for Implant Survival Syndrome in August 1998.
Kirkland is an ordained minister in the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

YearAssociationCategoryNominated workResult
1987Los Angeles Film Critics AssociationBest Actress Anna
1988Academy AwardsBest Actress in a Leading RoleAnna
1988Golden Globe AwardBest Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - DramaAnna
1988Independent Spirit AwardsBest Female LeadAnna
1992Golden Globe AwardBest Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionThe Haunted
1997California Independent Film FestivalBest ActressBlind Spot
1999Online Film & Television AssociationBest Supporting Actress in a Daytime SerialDays of Our Lives
2003DVD Exclusive AwardsBest Supporting ActressWish You Were Dead
2005La Femme International Film FestivalLifetime Achievement Award
2013Fort Myers Beach Film FestivalBest ActressPosey
2013Studio City Film FestivalBest Actress: Short FilmPosey
2013Wild Rose Independent Film FestivalBest Actress – Short FilmPosey
2015Madrid International LGBT Film FestivalSpecial Mention Tom in America
2015Long Island International Film ExpoBest ActressTom in America
2015Maverick Movie AwardsBest Actress: ShortTom in America
2016Queens World Film FestivalBest Actress in a ShortTom in America