Sally Margaret Field is an American actress with a career spanning over five decades. She's known for her roles as strong-willed women in films like Norma Rae (1979), Places in the Heart (1984), and Steel Magnolias (1989). Field has won two Academy Awards for Best Actress, three Emmys, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2019.