Octavia Spencer
Octavia Spencer
Biography
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
Actor
as (voice)
as Self
as Detective Grinchauser
as Host
as Kimberly
as Narrator
as Self
as Hattie Hayes
as Emily Stanton
as Voice of Octavia Spencer (voice)
as Grandma
as The Manticore (voice)
as Dab-Dab (voice)
as Madam C. J. Walker
as Harriet Wilson
as Sue Ann
as Self
as Poppy Parnell
as Poppy Scoville
as Karen
as Judy
as Kelly Banks
as Zelda Fuller
as Roberta Taylor
as Mrs. Barrett
as Papa / Elouisa
as Officer Rhonda Tomasson
as Dorothy Vaughan
as Opal
as Linda Workman
as Johanna Reyes
as Mrs. Otterton (voice)
as Team Martha
as Self - Panelist
as Miss Harris
as Dr. Corman
as Johanna Reyes
as Rowena Jeffers
as Aunt Honey
as Self
as Octavia Spencer
as Nurse Jackson
as Self
as Self
as Angel Angelique
as Loray
as Nurse Keller
as Martha (voice)
as Tanya
as Wanda
as Narrator (voice)
as Dr. Nance
as Felicia (voice)
as Regina Tompkins
as Harriet Tubman
as LeSonia Robinson
as Jenny
as Madge Wiggins
as Minny Jackson
as Detention Teacher
as Alison
as Rhonda (segment "Auto Motives")
as Madame Nora
as Rhonda Dooley
as Rochelle
as Nurse Daniels
as Bank Co-Worker
as Troubled Woman
as Mrs. Hambrick
as Self - Guest
as Professor Janack
as Kate the Home Health Care Nurse
as Mary
as Nurse
as Dr. Evilini
as Arvina Watkins
as Streetwalker
as Dr. Evilini
as Octavia
as Self
as Landlady
as Ayisha Lebaron
as Octavia Spencer
as Constance Grady
as Rapid Air Clerk
as Big Customer
as Middle-Aged Woman
as Woman
as Mrs. Battle
as Shonteeva (voice)
as Jurist
as Stylist
as Janine
as Child Welfare Rep
as Flight Attendant
as Opal
as Laqueta Mills
as Neighbor in Alley
as Security Guard
as Unemployment Clerk
as Self
as Self
as Waitress
as Check-In Girl
as Nurse B
as Nurse #2
as Hildy
as Black Belly
as Elegant Guest (as Octavia L. Spencer)
as Ruby Rydell
as Waitress
as Agnes Large
as Twila
as Baby Nurse
as Sherry
as Cashier
as Woman in Elevator
as Shawna
as Cynthia
as Evelyn
as Nurse
as Ticket Woman
as Wanda
as Nativity Watson
as Gloria
as Nurse
as Cheerleader
as Roark's Nurse
as Self
as Maria Jones
as Nurse
as Self
as Self - Host
as Self - Presenter
as Elegant guest
as Waitress
as Hildy
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Co-Executive Producer