Actor Biography

Reba McEntire plays Sunny Barnes on "Big Sky: Deadly Trails," the mercurial matriarch of a successful backcountry outfitter with a secret history of missing customers.

Multimedia entertainment mogul McEntire has become a household name through a successful career that spans across music, television, film, theater and retail.

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Hollywood Bowl member has won 16 ACM Awards, 15 American Music Awards, nine People's Choice Awards, six CMA Awards, three GRAMMY® Awards, a GMA Dove Award, and was a 2018 Kennedy Center Honors recipient in addition to multiple philanthropic and leadership honors. She has celebrated unprecedented success including 35 career No. 1 singles and selling over 56 million albums worldwide. McEntire recently earned her 60th Top 10 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, extending her record for the most Top 10 hits among female artists. McEntire's Top 10 success spans across five straight decades and lands her alongside only George Jones, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton in the achievement. Her special CD and DVD pairing, "My Chains Are Gone," debuted as her 28th Top 10 on Billboard's Country Album Chart.

McEntire recently wrapped Reba: Live in Concert, hitting every corner of the country across 20 dates, the superstar treated sold-out audiences to a stacked set of her most celebrated hits. The Oklahoma native and Golden Globe®-nominated actress has 11 movie credits to her name, a lead role on Broadway in Irving Berlin's "Annie Get Your Gun," and starred in the six-season television sitcom "Reba."

Her brand partnerships include Dillard's, REBA by Justin™, and she was named the first female and musician to portray KFC's iconic founder Colonel Harland Sanders in their celebrity colonel campaign. In 2020, McEntire launched her very first Spotify original podcast, "Living & Learning with Reba McEntire," featuring guests including Dolly Parton, Lady A, Trisha Yearwood, Leslie Jordan, Kristin Chenoweth, Jane Fonda and more. McEntire announced the development of "Reba's Place" — a restaurant, bar, live music venue and retail store — set to open in Atoka, Oklahoma, later this year.