question: What actress earned a nomination to for an Academy Award for a movie directed by an American who also was known for, "hooper," tuesdays with morrie" and Truman?
answer: Sissy Spacek
context: Title: Thomas Rickman (writer)
  Passage: Thomas Rickman (sometimes credited as Tom Rickman) is an American film director and screenwriter known for such films as "Coal Miner's Daughter", "Hooper", "Tuesdays with Morrie" and "Truman".
  Title: Micheal Kott
  Passage: Micheal Andrew Kott (born June 17, 1961) is an American actor.  He works in theatre, film and achieved recognition for his role in a Chicago production of "Blood Brothers", winning a Jeni Award for Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Musical in 1997.  He was also seen as Morrie in Tuesdays With Morrie.  Most recently he received critical acclaim for his role as the Psychic in the horror film "Secrets Of The Clown".  Micheal can currently be seen in the Chicago premiere of Rupert Holmes' Solitary Confinement.
  Title: Nick Meyer
  Passage: Nick Meyer is an American film producer and CEO of Sierra/Affinity.  Meyer was the president of Paramount Vantage until December 2008.  In 2007, with Meyer as co-head of Paramount, the Studio received 19 Academy Award nominations.  Four of the Studio's 2007 feature films were honored: "There Will Be Blood", a Paramount Vantage and Miramax co-production, received eight nominations, winning Best Picture among others; "No Country for Old Men", also a Miramax and Paramount Vantage co-production, received eight nominations; "Into the Wild" earned two nominations; "The Kite Runner" garnered one nomination.  At the 80th Academy Awards, Blood and No Country won a combined six awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture for No Country, the Academy Award for Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis in Blood, and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Javier Bardem in No Country.
  Title: Jack Lemmon
  Passage: John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician.  Lemmon was an eight time Academy Award nominee, with two wins.  He starred in over 60 films, such as "Some Like It Hot", "The Apartment", "Mister Roberts" (for which he won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), "Days of Wine and Roses", "The Great Race", "Irma la Douce", "The Odd Couple" and its sequel 30 years later, "The Odd Couple II", (and other frequent collaborations with "Odd Couple" co-star Walter Matthau), "Save the Tiger" (for which he won the 1973 Academy Award for Best Actor), "The Out-of-Towners", "The China Syndrome", "Missing" (for which he won Best Actor at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival), "Glengarry Glen Ross", "Tuesdays with Morrie", "Grumpy Old Men", and "Grumpier Old Men".
  Title: Carol Littleton
  Passage: Carol Littleton (born October 1948) is an American feature film editor.  Her work includes "Body Heat" (1981), "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (1982), and "The Big Chill" (1983).  Carol Littleton was the recipient of an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing (for a TV Miniseries, Movie or a Special) for "Tuesdays with Morrie" (1999).
  Title: Cate Blanchett
  Passage: Catherine Elise Blanchett, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( ; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actress and theatre director.  She has received international acclaim and many accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTA Awards, six AACTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Blanchett came to international attention for her role as Elizabeth I of England in Shekhar Kapur's 1998 film "Elizabeth", for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award, and earned her first Academy Award for Best Actress nomination.  Her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's 2004 film "The Aviator" brought her critical acclaim and many accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, making her the only actor to win an Oscar for portraying another Oscar-winning actor.  In 2013, she starred as Jasmine Francis in Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine", for which she won numerous accolades including the Academy Award for Best Actress.
  Title: Coal Miner's Daughter (film)
  Passage: Coal Miner's Daughter is a 1980 American biographical film which tells the story of country music singer Loretta Lynn.  It stars Sissy Spacek as Loretta, a role that earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress.  Tommy Lee Jones as Loretta's husband Mooney Lynn, Beverly D'Angelo and Levon Helm also star.  The film was directed by Michael Apted.
  Title: Sissy Spacek
  Passage: Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek ( ; born December 25, 1949) is an American actress and singer.  She began her career in the early 1970s and first gained attention for her role in the film "Badlands" (1973).  Her major breakthrough came in 1976 when she played the title character of Carrie White in Brian De Palma's horror film "Carrie", based on the first novel by Stephen King, for which she earned an Oscar nomination (a rare feat for an actor or actress in a horror movie).  She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn in the 1980 film "Coal Miner's Daughter," and also earned a Grammy nomination for the song "Coal Miner's Daughter" from the film's soundtrack.  She went on to receive further Oscar nominations for her roles in "Missing" (1982), "The River" (1984) and "Crimes of the Heart" (1986).  "Coal Miner's Daughter" and "Crimes of the Heart" also won her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy.
  Title: Diana Scarwid
  Passage: Diana Elizabeth Scarwid (born August 27, 1955) is an American actress.  Her performance in the 1980 film "Inside Moves" garnered her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.  The following year she portrayed the adult Christina Crawford in "Mommie Dearest" (1981).  Scarwid has over 70 film and television credits, including "Pretty Baby" (1978), "Silkwood" (1983) "Psycho III" (1986), "Extremities" (1986), "Brenda Starr" (1989) and "What Lies Beneath" (2000).  She received an Emmy Award nomination for the 1995 TV movie "Truman".
  Title: Guy Hendrix Dyas
  Passage: Guy Hendrix Dyas (born 20 August 1968) is a British production designer for feature films.  He collaborated with Christopher Nolan on his science fiction thriller "Inception" which earned him an Academy Award nomination as well as a BAFTA Award for Best Production Design.  In 2017, Dyas was nominated for another Academy Award, this time for his work on Passengers.  In 2010, Dyas became the first British designer to win a Goya Award for Best Production Design for his work on Alejandro Amenábar's historical epic "Agora" which premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.  Dyas previously received three consecutive Art Directors Guild Award nominations for his production design work on Steven Spielberg's "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", Shekhar Kapur's "" and "Superman Returns" for Bryan Singer.  He won an ADG award in 2011 for "Inception".  He also earned a BAFTA Award nomination in 2007 for Best Production Design for "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" and for four years in a row Dyas has been named by "The Sunday Times" as one of the top ten Brits working behind the camera in Hollywood.
citations: Thomas Rickman (writer) Coal Miner's Daughter (film)