 Her first credited role was in "Prime Cut" (1972), in which she played Poppy, a girl sold into sexual slavery.The role led to television work, which included a guest role in "The Waltons", which she played twice in 1973.Spacek received international attention after landing her breakthrough role in Terrence Malick's "Badlands" (1973), in which she played Holly, the film's narrator and a 15-year-old girlfriend of mass-murderer Kit (Martin Sheen).