Abigail Spencer

Abigail Spencer

Known for
Acting
Born
August 4, 1981 (age 45)
Birthplace
Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA

Biography

Abigail Leigh Spencer (born August 4, 1981) is an American actress known for her roles in several television series. A native of Florida, she began her career on the ABC daytime television soap opera All My Children playing Rebecca Tyree from 1999 to 2001, before going on to star in the short-lived Lifetime crime drama series Angela's Eyes (2006). Spencer has appeared in films such as In My Sleep (2010), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), This Means War (2012), Chasing Mavericks (2012), The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), and This Is Where I Leave You (2014). On television, she has had recurring roles on Mad Men, Hawthorne, and Suits. From 2013 to 2016, Spencer starred as Amantha Holden in the SundanceTV drama series Rectify, for which she received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination. In 2016, Spencer began playing the leading role of history professor Lucy Preston in the NBC series Timeless.

Known For

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Filmography

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Here and Now

Here and Now

Movie

2026
Clean Hands poster

Clean Hands

Movie · as Dana

2026
Best Medicine poster

Best Medicine

TV · as Louisa Glasson · 20 eps

2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert poster

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Movie · as Self

2025
With Love, Meghan poster

With Love, Meghan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
Extended Family poster

Extended Family

TV · as Julia Mariano · 13 eps

2023
Shatter Belt poster

Shatter Belt

TV · as Ramina · 1 ep

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · 1 ep

2022
Harry & Meghan poster

Harry & Meghan

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2021
Rebel poster

Rebel

TV · as Dr. Misha Nelson · 10 eps

2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh poster

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Wayne poster

Wayne

TV · as Donna Luccetti · 1 ep

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2019
Reprisal poster

Reprisal

TV · as Doris Dearie / Katherine Harlow · 10 eps

2018
Buttons poster

Buttons

Movie · as Adult Annabelle

2018
9-1-1 poster

9-1-1

TV · as Detective Amber Braeburn · 2 eps

2017
The Sweet Life poster

The Sweet Life

Movie · as Lolita

2017
Three Women poster

Three Women

Movie · as Madeline

2016
Timeless poster

Timeless

TV · as Lucy Preston · 26 eps

2015
A Beautiful Now poster

A Beautiful Now

Movie · as Romy

2015
H8RZ poster

H8RZ

Movie · as Laura Sedgewick

2015
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards poster

The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards

Movie · as Abigail

2015
A Walk in Winter poster

A Walk in Winter

Movie · as Abigail

2015
Stars

Stars

Movie

2014
The Forger poster

The Forger

Movie · as DEA Agent Catherine Paisley

2014
This Is Where I Leave You poster

This Is Where I Leave You

Movie · as Quinn Altman

2014
True Detective poster

True Detective

TV · as Gena Brune · 7 eps

2013
Oz the Great and Powerful poster

Oz the Great and Powerful

Movie · as May

2013
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia poster

The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia

Movie · as Lisa Wyrick

2013
Kilimanjaro poster

Kilimanjaro

Movie · as Yvonne

2013
Rectify poster

Rectify

TV · as Amantha Holden · 30 eps

2012
Chasing Mavericks poster

Chasing Mavericks

Movie · as Brenda Hesson

2012
This Means War poster

This Means War

Movie · as Katie

2012
Burning Love poster

Burning Love

TV · as Annie · 31 eps

2011
Cowboys & Aliens poster

Cowboys & Aliens

Movie · as Alice

2011
Suits poster

Suits

TV · as Dana Scott · 15 eps

2011
NTSF:SD:SUV:: poster

NTSF:SD:SUV::

TV · as Caroline · 1 ep

2010
In My Sleep poster

In My Sleep

Movie · as Gwen

2010
The Glades poster

The Glades

TV · as Ashley Carter · 1 ep

2010
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer poster

Rex Is Not Your Lawyer

TV · as Lindsey Steers · 1 ep

2009
Castle poster

Castle

TV · as Sarah Reed · 1 ep

2008
Childrens Hospital poster

Childrens Hospital

TV · as Young Cheif, Chief in Her 20s, Maxine Spratt · 1 ep

2007
Backyards & Bullets

Backyards & Bullets

Movie

2007
Jekyll poster

Jekyll

Movie · as Talia Carew

2007
Mad Men poster

Mad Men

TV · as Suzanne Farrell · 6 eps

2007
Private Practice poster

Private Practice

TV · as Rachel · 1 ep

2007
Moonlight poster

Moonlight

TV · as Simone Walker · 1 ep

2007
The Wedding Bells poster

The Wedding Bells

TV · 1 ep

2006
Angela's Eyes poster

Angela's Eyes

TV · as Angela Clinton · 13 eps

2005
Fathers and Sons poster

Fathers and Sons

Movie · as Clarissa

2005
How I Met Your Mother poster

How I Met Your Mother

TV · as Carol · 2 eps

2005
Ghost Whisperer poster

Ghost Whisperer

TV · as Cindy Brown · 1 ep

2005
Bones poster

Bones

TV · as Phillipa Fitz · 1 ep

2005
Killer Instinct poster

Killer Instinct

TV · 1 ep

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Megan Hunt · 15 eps

2003
Graduation Night poster

Graduation Night

Movie · as Skye

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2001
Campfire Stories poster

Campfire Stories

Movie · as Melissa

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Becky Lester · 1 ep

2000
Gilmore Girls poster

Gilmore Girls

TV · as Megan · 1 ep

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Michelle Burns · 1 ep

1975
People's Choice Awards poster

People's Choice Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep