Sally Field: Hollywood Icon with Two Oscars
Sally Field (full name: Sally Margaret Field) was born on November 6, 1946 in Pasadena, California, USA. As of February 27, 2026, she is 79 years old and remains active in the entertainment industry.
Profession: Actress (film, television, Broadway theater), occasional director, and producer.
She began her career in the early 1960s with light-hearted TV roles, gaining widespread recognition as the star of the sitcoms Gidget (1965–1966) and The Flying Nun (1967–1970), where she played the lovable, wholesome “girl next door.” After studying at the Actors Studio, she transitioned to more serious dramatic work, earning critical acclaim for her Emmy-winning performance in the miniseries Sybil (1976).
Sally Field won two Academy Awards for Best Actress:
- In 1980 for Norma Rae (1979) – portraying a determined union organizer in a textile mill.
- In 1985 for Places in the Heart (1984) – a powerful role as a widowed mother struggling during the Great Depression.
Her famous 1985 Oscar acceptance speech line — “You like me, right now, you like me!” — has become one of the most quoted and parodied moments in Academy Awards history.
Her filmography includes major roles in:
- Steel Magnolias (1989)
- Forrest Gump (1994) – as Forrest’s devoted mother
- Lincoln (2012) – as Mary Todd Lincoln (Oscar nomination)
- The Amazing Spider-Man films (2012 & 2014) – as Aunt May
- More recently, 80 for Brady (2023) alongside Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Rita Moreno.
She has also received multiple Emmy Awards, Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and other honors. In recent years, Sally Field has been an advocate for women’s health issues (particularly osteoporosis) and continues to appear in select film and television projects.
Here are some extra photos of Sally Field across the decades:
From the sunny, curly-haired 1970s portraits to her elegant, silver-haired appearances in recent years, Sally Field remains one of Hollywood’s most respected and enduring talents. 🌟
