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
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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
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2019
asSue Ann

2018
asKaren

2020
asThe Manticore (voice)

2020
asGrandma

2019
asSelf

2021
asEmily Stanton
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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
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asFlight Attendant
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asNurse
asTicket Woman
asNurse
asConstance Grady
asSelf
asAdmitting Nurse
asElegant guest
asNurse
asNurse Jane
asMaria Jones
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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
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2018
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2017
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2018
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2013
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2019
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Directing