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 | 2025-06-07 | |
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Smurfs | (voice) | 2025-07-10 |
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Becoming bell hooks | Self | 2024-02-27 |
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Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter | Self | 2022-09-22 |
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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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Thunder Force | Emily Stanton | 2021-04-09 |
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Encounter | Hattie Hayes | 2021-12-03 |
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Superintelligence | Octavia Spencer (voice) | 2020-12-11 |
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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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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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Small Town Crime | Kelly Banks | 2018-01-19 |
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A Kid Like Jake | Judy | 2018-06-01 |
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Instant Family | Karen | 2018-11-13 |
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The Shack | Papa / Elouisa | 2017-03-03 |
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Car Dogs | Mrs. Barrett | 2017-03-24 |
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Gifted | Roberta Taylor | 2017-04-07 |
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The Shape of Water | Zelda Fuller | 2017-12-01 |
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Bad Santa 2 | Opal | 2016-11-23 |
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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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Hidden Figures | Dorothy Vaughan | 2016-12-10 |
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Zootopia | Mrs. Otterton (voice) | 2016-02-11 |
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The Great Gilly Hopkins | Miss Harris | 2015-10-05 |
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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 | 2014-09-06 |
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Get on Up | Aunt Honey | 2014-08-01 |
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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters | Martha (voice) | 2013-08-07 |
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Jesus People | Angel Angelique | 2013-12-19 |
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Snowpiercer | Tanya | 2013-08-01 |
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Fruitvale Station | Wanda | 2013-07-26 |
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Paradise | Loray | 2013-10-18 |
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Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy | Narrator (voice) | 2013-06-19 |
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Lost on Purpose | Nurse Keller | 2013-10-04 |
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Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Dr. Nance | 2013-04-20 |
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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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Small Town Saturday Night | Rhonda Dooley | 2010-05-31 |
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Peep World | Alison | 2010-09-15 |
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Love and Distrust | Rhonda (segment "Auto Motives") | 2010-08-16 |
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Dinner for Schmucks | Madame Nora | 2010-07-30 |
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Herpes Boy | Rochelle | 2009-10-24 |
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Halloween II | Nurse Daniels | 2009-08-28 |
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Love at First Hiccup | Mrs. Hambrick | 2009-02-02 |
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Drag Me to Hell | Bank Co-Worker | 2009-05-27 |
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The Soloist | Troubled Woman | 2009-04-24 |
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Pretty Ugly People | Mary | 2008-11-14 |
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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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Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School | Dr. Evilini | 2008-04-06 |
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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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Beauty Shop | Big Customer | 2005-04-22 |
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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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Coach Carter | Mrs. Battle | 2005-01-14 |
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Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! | Janine | 2004-01-23 |
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Breakin' All the Rules | Stylist | 2004-05-14 |
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Bad Santa | Opal | 2003-11-26 |
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Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Security Guard | 2003-07-02 |
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Chicken Party | Laqueta Mills | 2003-10-14 |
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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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Little John | Waitress | 2002-05-05 |
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Spider-Man | Check-In Girl | 2002-05-01 |
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The Journeyman | Black Belly | 2001-03-10 |
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Follow the Stars Home | Hildy | 2001-05-06 |
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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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Missing Pieces | Elegant Guest (as Octavia L. Spencer) | 2001-01-01 |
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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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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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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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