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).
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Known For
Acting
1999
asWoman in Elevator
2002
asCheck-In Girl
2005
asMiddle-Aged Woman
as
1999
asCynthia
2008
asKate the Home Health Care Nurse
2009
asNurse Daniels
2003
asUnemployment Clerk
2005
asMrs. Battle
2008
asMary
2007
asStreetwalker
2000
asTwila
2006
asLandlady
2022
asKimberly
2004
asJanine
2005
asBig Customer
2009
asMrs. Hambrick
2000
asAgnes Large
2011
asMadge Wiggins
2010
asMadame Nora
2009
asBank Co-Worker
2010
asRhonda Dooley
2011
asMinny Jackson
2006
asAyisha Lebaron
2012
asJenny
2008
asNurse
2013
asTanya
2002
asWaitress
2022
asNarrator
2013
asLoray
2013
asWanda
2013
asDr. Nance
2009
asRochelle
2013
asNurse Keller
2013
asSelf - Narrator (voice)
2014
asRowena Jeffers
2014
asAunt Honey
1997
asWanda
2015
asDr. Corman
2013
asAngel Angelique
2012
asLeSonia Robinson
2015
asJohanna Reyes
2022
asSelf
2024
asSelf
2017
asPapa / Elouisa
2026
asBarb
2025
asAsmodius (voice)
2016
asMrs. Otterton (voice)
2015
asMiss Harris
2016
asLinda Workman
2016
asJohanna Reyes
2003
asSecurity Guard
2016
asDorothy Vaughan
2017
asRoberta Taylor
2018
asKelly Banks
1999
asShawna
2017
asZelda Fuller
2011
asDetention Teacher
2016
asOpal
2003
asNeighbor in Alley
2004
asStylist
2001
asElegant Guest (as Octavia L. Spencer)
2000
asBaby Nurse
2000
asWaitress
2005
asWoman
1999
asEvelyn
1996
asRoark's Nurse
2001
asBlack Belly
2001
asHildy
2001
asNurse #2
2009
asTroubled Woman
2013
asMartha (voice)
1997
asNativity Watson
2001
asNurse B
2010
asAlison
2016
asMrs. Barrett
2018
asJudy
2008
asDr. Evilini
2019
asHarriet Wilson
as 
2019
asSue Ann
2018
asKaren
2020
asThe Manticore (voice)
2020
asGrandma
2019
asSelf
2021
asEmily Stanton
as 
2020
asDab-Dab (voice)
2003
asLaqueta Mills
2021
asHattie Hayes
2010
asRhonda (segment "Auto Motives")
2020
asOctavia Spencer (voice)
1996
asCheerleader
2003
asOpal
asSue Ann
asLinda Loman
asGladys Gibbes
2000
asRhonda
asSheryl Washington
asJurist
asMs. Alice Hays
asOctavia
asSherry
asRuby Rydell
asCashier
asChild Welfare Rep
asGloria
asDr. Evilini
asGloria
as
asFlight Attendant
as
asNurse
asTicket Woman
asNurse
asConstance Grady
asSelf
asAdmitting Nurse
asElegant guest
asNurse
asNurse Jane
asMaria Jones
as
asProfessor Janack
asArvina Watkins
asRegina Tompkins
asNurse Jackson
asSelf
asSelf
asHarriet Tubman
asSelf
asOctavia Spencer
asSelf
asHost
asSelf
asSelf
asPoppy Scoville
asHildy
asWaitress
asSelf - Guest
asDetective Grinchauser
asSelf - Host
asTeam Martha
asOctavia Spencer
asSelf - Presenter
asSelf - Panelist
asSelf
asSelf
asOfficer Rhonda Tomasson
asRapid Air Clerk
asShonteeva (voice)
asSelf
asSelf
asMadam C. J. Walker
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asBus Driver
asSelf
asDuty Nurse
asHost
asSelf - Guest
asSelf - Guest
Production
as 2018
as
2017
as
2018
as2013
as2019
asas as as as as Crew
Directing
