Carrietta N. White, better known as Carrie White is the main character of Carrie. She was portrayed by actress Sissy Spacek. Carrie had an anxiety disorder and was a troubled, shy and outcast girl at Bates High School, Carrie was insulted, abused, loathed and bullied by her schoolmates and sometimes even her teachers, and also mistreated regularly by her abusive, mentally ill, emotionally unstable, and religiously fanatic mother, Margaret White, who insulted, loathed, bullied and abused Carrie. A seemingly ordinary girl, Carrie was born with devastating telekinetic powers, which are set on the loose after she is pranked at her Senior Prom.