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