1970-05-25 Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Octavia Lenora Spencer (born May 25, 1970) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. Spencer made her film debut in the 1996 drama A Time to Kill. Following a decade of brief roles in film and television, her breakthrough came in 2011 when she played a maid in 1960s America in the drama film The Help, which won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In ensuing years, she won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Ryan Coogler's biopic Fruitvale Station (2013), had a recurring role in the CBS sitcom Mom (2013–2015), and starred in the Fox drama series Red Band Society (2014–2015). Spencer's roles as other black women in 1960s America, as Dorothy Vaughan in the biopic Hidden Figures (2016) and a cleaning woman in the fantasy The Shape of Water (2017), earned her two consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first black actress to achieve such feat, as well as the first, and to date only, to be nominated twice after winning. She has since starred in The Divergent Series (2015–16), The Shack (2017), Gifted (2017), Instant Family (2018), Luce (2019), Ma (2019), Onward (2020), and Spirited(2022). She led the Apple TV+ drama series Truth Be Told (2019–2023). She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for portraying Madam C. J. Walker in the Netflix miniseries Self Made (2020). As an author, Spencer created the children's book series Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective. She has published two books in the series: The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit (2013) and The Sweetest Heist in History (2015). Description above from the Wikipedia article Octavia Spencer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Tow | Barbara | 2026-03-20 |
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Smurfs | Asmodius (voice) | 2025-06-30 |
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Becoming bell hooks | Self | 2024-02-27 |
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The Quest for Sleep | Narrator | 2022-03-18 |
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Spirited | Kimberly | 2022-11-10 |
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Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter | Self | 2022-09-22 |
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Thunder Force | Emily Stanton | 2021-04-09 |
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Encounter | Hattie Hayes | 2021-12-03 |
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Roald Dahl's The Witches | Grandma | 2020-10-26 |
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Dolittle | Dab-Dab (voice) | 2020-01-02 |
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Superintelligence | Octavia Spencer (voice) | 2020-11-26 |
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Onward | The Manticore (voice) | 2020-02-29 |
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Luce | Harriet Wilson | 2019-08-02 |
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HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé | Self | 2019-04-16 |
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Ma | Sue Ann | 2019-05-29 |
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Instant Family | Karen | 2018-11-13 |
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Small Town Crime | Kelly Banks | 2018-01-19 |
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A Kid Like Jake | Judy | 2018-06-01 |
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The Shape of Water | Zelda Fuller | 2017-12-01 |
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The Shack | Papa / Elouisa | 2017-03-02 |
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Gifted | Roberta Taylor | 2017-04-07 |
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Bad Santa 2 | Opal | 2016-11-23 |
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Car Dogs | Mrs. Barrett | 2016-03-24 |
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Zootopia | Mrs. Otterton (voice) | 2016-02-11 |
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Hidden Figures | Dorothy Vaughan | 2016-12-10 |
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The Free World | Linda Workman | 2016-09-23 |
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Allegiant | Johanna Reyes | 2016-03-09 |
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Fathers and Daughters | Dr. Corman | 2015-10-01 |
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Insurgent | Johanna Reyes | 2015-03-18 |
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Black or White | Rowena Jeffers | 2015-01-30 |
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The Great Gilly Hopkins | Miss Harris | 2015-10-05 |
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Get On Up | Aunt Honey | 2014-08-01 |
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Paradise | Loray | 2013-10-18 |
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Jesus People | Angel Angelique | 2013-12-19 |
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설국열차 | Tanya | 2013-08-01 |
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Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Dr. Nance | 2013-04-20 |
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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters | Martha (voice) | 2013-08-07 |
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Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2013-06-19 |
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Fruitvale Station | Wanda | 2013-07-26 |
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Lost on Purpose | Nurse Keller | 2013-10-04 |
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Smashed | Jenny | 2012-01-22 |
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Blues for Willadean | LeSonia Robinson | 2012-10-05 |
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Flypaper | Madge Wiggins | 2011-08-19 |
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Just Peck | Detention Teacher | 2011-02-16 |
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The Help | Minny Jackson | 2011-08-09 |
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Dinner for Schmucks | Madame Nora | 2010-07-30 |
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Small Town Saturday Night | Rhonda Dooley | 2010-05-31 |
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Love and Distrust | Rhonda (segment "Auto Motives") | 2010-08-16 |
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Peep World | Alison | 2010-09-15 |
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The Soloist | Troubled Woman | 2009-04-24 |
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Love at First Hiccup | Mrs. Hambrick | 2009-02-02 |
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Halloween II | Nurse Daniels | 2009-08-28 |
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Herpes Boy | Rochelle | 2009-10-24 |
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Drag Me to Hell | Bank Co-Worker | 2009-05-27 |
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Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School | Dr. Evilini | 2008-04-06 |
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The Spleenectomy | Nurse | 2008-10-14 |
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Seven Pounds | Kate the Home Health Care Nurse | 2008-12-18 |
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Pretty Ugly People | Mary | 2008-11-14 |
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The Nines | Streetwalker | 2007-01-21 |
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Pulse | Landlady | 2006-08-11 |
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Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Ayisha Lebaron | 2006-01-12 |
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Pretty Persuasion | Woman | 2005-01-22 |
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Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | Middle-Aged Woman | 2005-03-11 |
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Beauty Shop | Big Customer | 2005-04-22 |
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Coach Carter | Mrs. Battle | 2005-01-14 |
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Breakin' All the Rules | Stylist | 2004-05-14 |
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Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! | Janine | 2004-01-23 |
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Chicken Party | Laqueta Mills | 2003-10-14 |
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Bad Santa | Opal | 2003-11-26 |
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Sol Goode | Unemployment Clerk | 2003-03-11 |
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S.W.A.T. | Neighbor in Alley | 2003-08-08 |
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Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Security Guard | 2003-07-02 |
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Spider-Man | Check-In Girl | 2002-05-01 |
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Little John | Waitress | 2002-05-05 |
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Missing Pieces | Elegant Guest (as Octavia L. Spencer) | 2001-01-01 |
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Follow the Stars Home | Hildy | 2001-05-06 |
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The Journeyman | Black Belly | 2001-03-10 |
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The Sky is Falling | Nurse #2 | 2001-06-07 |
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Everything Put Together | Nurse B | 2001-11-02 |
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Four Dogs Playing Poker | Waitress | 2000-06-06 |
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What Planet Are You From? | Baby Nurse | 2000-03-03 |
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Auto Motives | Rhonda | 2000-03-05 |
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Big Momma's House | Twila | 2000-05-31 |
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American Virgin | Agnes Large | 2000-06-02 |
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Being John Malkovich | Woman in Elevator | 1999-10-29 |
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Blue Streak | Shawna | 1999-09-17 |
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Lansky | Evelyn | 1999-02-27 |
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Never Been Kissed | Cynthia | 1999-04-09 |
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The 6th Man | Nativity Watson | 1997-03-28 |
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Sparkler | Wanda | 1997-10-01 |
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Valley Girls | Cheerleader | 1996-11-09 |
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A Time to Kill | Roark's Nurse | 1996-07-24 |
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Death of a Salesman | Linda Loman | |
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Deck the Y'alls | Gladys Gibbes | |
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Nobody Nothing Nowhere | ||
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The Heart | ||
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Ma 2 | Sue Ann |
