Octavia Spencer
Acting
🎂 1970-05-25
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.
Cast credits(160)
Self
2005
Self
1996
2019
Self
2014
Self
2014
Self - Guest
2009
Self
2007
Self
2014
Shonteeva (voice)
2005
Sherry
2000
Officer Rhonda Tomasson
2017
Dr. Evilini
2007
Octavia
2007
Nurse
1993
Jurist
2005
Self
2003
Child Welfare Rep
2004
Self
2003
Regina Tompkins
2013
Octavia Spencer
2006
Cashier
2000
Self
2015
Maria Jones
1994
Self
2014
Harriet Tubman
2013
Poppy Parnell
2019
Poppy Scoville
2019
Self - Host
1975
1996
2001
Ticket Woman
1998
Self - Presenter
1953
Gloria
1997
Self
2022
Elegant guest
1951
Waitress
1951
Hildy
1951
1994
Professor Janack
2009
Self
2025
2000
Duty Nurse
1998
Nurse
1997
Self - Panelist
2016
Octavia Spencer
2014
Arvina Watkins
2008
Madam C. J. Walker
2020
Team Martha
2016
Mrs. Otterton (voice)
2016
Ruby Rydell
2001
2002
Nurse
1999
Check-In Girl
2002
2006
Asmodius (voice)
2025
Flight Attendant
2004
Constance Grady
2006
Self
1981
Rapid Air Clerk
2006
Nurse Jackson
2014
Minny Jackson
2011
Dorothy Vaughan
2016
2007
Tanya
2013
Johanna Reyes
2015
1998
Host
2023
The Manticore (voice)
2020
Karen
2018
Roberta Taylor
2017
Papa / Elouisa
2017
Neighbor in Alley
2003
Grandma
2020
Zelda Fuller
2017
Mrs. Battle
2005
Hattie Hayes
2021
Sue Ann
2019
Roark's Nurse
1996
Johanna Reyes
2016
Dab-Dab (voice)
2020
Kimberly
2022
Security Guard
2003
Bank Co-Worker
2009
Martha (voice)
2013
2007
Shawna
1999
Kate the Home Health Care Nurse
2008
Woman in Elevator
1999
Twila
2000
Middle-Aged Woman
2005
Cynthia
1999
Nurse Daniels
2009
Aunt Honey
2014
Wanda
2013
Opal
2003
Dr. Corman
2015
Landlady
2006
Big Customer
2005
Emily Stanton
2021
Madame Nora
2010
Nativity Watson
1997
Jenny
2012
Harriet Wilson
2019
Opal
2016
Madge Wiggins
2011
Troubled Woman
2009
Octavia Spencer (voice)
2020
Streetwalker
2007
Debbie
Miss Harris
2015
Rowena Jeffers
2014
Detective Grinchauser
2023
Judy
2018
Janine
2004
Mary
2008
Hildy
2001
Stylist
2004
Self
2025
Waitress
2002
Unemployment Clerk
2003
Self
2019
Kelly Banks
2018
Woman
2005
Dr. Evilini
2008
Dr. Nance
2013
Baby Nurse
2000
Waitress
2000
Rhonda Dooley
2010
Ayisha Lebaron
2006
Linda Workman
2016
Evelyn
1999
Agnes Large
2000
Mrs. Barrett
2017
Detention Teacher
2011
Loray
2013
Black Belly
2001
Mrs. Hambrick
2009
Self
2022
Nurse #2
2001
Nurse B
2001
Alison
2010
Angel Angelique
2013
Host
2025
Narrator (voice)
2013
Elegant Guest (as Octavia L. Spencer)
2001
Wanda
1997
Rhonda (segment "Auto Motives")
2010
2025
Cheerleader
1996
LeSonia Robinson
2012
Nurse
2008
Nurse Keller
2013
Rochelle
2009
Sue Ann
Laqueta Mills
2003
Self
2024
Narrator
2022
