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