Octavia Spencer
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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.
Known for
Credits
Spider-Man (2002)
as Check-In Girl
Zootopia (2016)
as Mrs. Otterton (voice)
The Help (2011)
as Minny Jackson
Insurgent (2015)
as Johanna Reyes
Hidden Figures (2016)
as Dorothy Vaughan
The Shape of Water (2017)
as Zelda Fuller
Smurfs (2025)
as Asmodius (voice)
Snowpiercer (2013)
as Tanya
Roald Dahl's The Witches (2020)
as Grandma
Onward (2020)
as The Manticore (voice)
Allegiant (2016)
as Johanna Reyes
Gifted (2017)
as Roberta Taylor
Dolittle (2020)
as Dab-Dab (voice)
Instant Family (2018)
as Karen
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
as Bank Co-Worker
The Shack (2017)
as Papa / Elouisa
A Time to Kill (1996)
as Roark's Nurse
S.W.A.T. (2003)
as Neighbor in Alley
Coach Carter (2005)
as Mrs. Battle
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
as Security Guard
Being John Malkovich (1999)
as Woman in Elevator
Seven Pounds (2008)
as Kate the Home Health Care Nurse
Big Momma's House (2000)
as Twila
Spirited (2022)
as Kimberly
Fathers and Daughters (2015)
as Dr. Corman
Blue Streak (1999)
as Shawna
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)
as Middle-Aged Woman
Ma (2019)
as Sue Ann
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
as Martha (voice)
Bad Santa (2003)
as Opal
Superintelligence (2020)
as Octavia Spencer (voice)
Halloween II (2009)
as Nurse Daniels
Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
as Madame Nora
The Soloist (2009)
as Troubled Woman
Never Been Kissed (1999)
as Cynthia
Beauty Shop (2005)
as Big Customer
Pretty Persuasion (2005)
as Woman
Bad Santa 2 (2016)
as Opal
Fruitvale Station (2013)
as Wanda
Tow (2026)
as Barbara
Get On Up (2014)
as Aunt Honey
What Planet Are You From? (2000)
as Baby Nurse
Pulse (2006)
as Landlady
Thunder Force (2021)
as Emily Stanton
The Nines (2007)
as Streetwalker
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
as Miss Harris
Flypaper (2011)
as Madge Wiggins
Encounter (2021)
as Hattie Hayes
Lansky (1999)
as Evelyn
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
as Janine
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
as Dr. Nance
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Margie Claus (2027)
as (voice)
Black or White (2015)
as Rowena Jeffers
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2006)
as Ayisha Lebaron
Luce (2019)
as Harriet Wilson
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé (2019)
as Self
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter (2022)
as Self
The 6th Man (1997)
as Nativity Watson
Smashed (2012)
as Jenny
Breakin' All the Rules (2004)
as Stylist
Small Town Crime (2018)
as Kelly Banks
A Kid Like Jake (2018)
as Judy
Follow the Stars Home (2001)
as Hildy
Sol Goode (2003)
as Unemployment Clerk
The Sky is Falling (2001)
as Nurse #2
American Virgin (2000)
as Agnes Large
Peep World (2010)
as Alison
Love at First Hiccup (2009)
as Mrs. Hambrick
Pretty Ugly People (2008)
as Mary
Just Peck (2011)
as Detention Teacher
The Spleenectomy (2008)
as Nurse
The Free World (2016)
as Linda Workman
Little John (2002)
as Waitress
Love and Distrust (2010)
as Rhonda (segment "Auto Motives")
Small Town Saturday Night (2010)
as Rhonda Dooley
The Heart (—)
Actor
Valley Girls (1996)
as Cheerleader
The Journeyman (2001)
as Black Belly
Paradise (2013)
as Loray
Four Dogs Playing Poker (2000)
as Waitress
Auto Motives (2000)
as Rhonda
Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School (2008)
as Dr. Evilini
Lost on Purpose (2013)
as Nurse Keller
Car Dogs (2016)
as Mrs. Barrett
Chicken Party (2003)
as Laqueta Mills
Missing Pieces (2001)
as Elegant Guest (as Octavia L. Spencer)
Ma 2 (—)
as Sue Ann
Blues for Willadean (2012)
as LeSonia Robinson
Everything Put Together (2001)
as Nurse B
Herpes Boy (2009)
as Rochelle
Sparkler (1997)
as Wanda
Death of a Salesman (—)
as Linda Loman
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project (—)
Actor
Nobody Nothing Nowhere (—)
Actor
Jesus People (2013)
as Angel Angelique
Becoming bell hooks (2024)
as Self
Deck the Y'alls (—)
as Gladys Gibbes
The Quest for Sleep (2022)
as Narrator