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