Octavia Spencer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 25, 1970 (age 56)
- Birthplace
- Montgomery, Alabama, USA
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.
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Filmography
Nobody Nothing Nowhere
Movie
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
Movie
The Heart
Movie
Ma 2
Movie · as Sue Ann
Death of a Salesman
Movie · as Linda Loman
Deck the Y'alls
Movie · as Gladys Gibbes
Margie Claus
Movie · as (voice)
Tow
Movie · as Barbara
Ride or Die
TV · as Debbie Claybourne
Lost Women of Alaska
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Smurfs
Movie · as Asmodius (voice)
Number One on the Call Sheet
TV · as Self · 1 ep
My Happy Place
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Family Recipe Showdown
TV · as Host · 8 eps
Becoming bell hooks
Movie · as Self
Hollywood Black
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 4 eps
Lost Women of Highway 20
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
The Santa Stories
TV · as Detective Grinchauser · 1 ep
Spirited
Movie · as Kimberly
The Quest for Sleep
Movie · as Narrator
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Movie · as Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Thunder Force
Movie · as Emily Stanton
Encounter
Movie · as Hattie Hayes
Onward
Movie · as The Manticore (voice)
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Movie · as Grandma
Dolittle
Movie · as Dab-Dab (voice)
Superintelligence
Movie · as Octavia Spencer (voice)
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
TV · as Madam C. J. Walker · 4 eps
Luce
Movie · as Harriet Wilson
Ma
Movie · as Sue Ann
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé
Movie · as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Truth Be Told
TV · as Poppy Scoville · 28 eps
Small Town Crime
Movie · as Kelly Banks
A Kid Like Jake
Movie · as Judy
Instant Family
Movie · as Karen
The Shack
Movie · as Papa / Elouisa
Gifted
Movie · as Roberta Taylor
The Shape of Water
Movie · as Zelda Fuller
Young Sheldon
TV · as Officer Rhonda Tomasson · 1 ep
Zootopia
Movie · as Mrs. Otterton (voice)
The Free World
Movie · as Linda Workman
Allegiant
Movie · as Johanna Reyes
Hidden Figures
Movie · as Dorothy Vaughan
Bad Santa 2
Movie · as Opal
Car Dogs
Movie · as Mrs. Barrett
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
TV · as Team Martha · 1 ep
To Tell the Truth
TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep
Black or White
Movie · as Rowena Jeffers
Fathers and Daughters
Movie · as Dr. Corman
Insurgent
Movie · as Johanna Reyes
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Movie · as Miss Harris
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Get On Up
Movie · as Aunt Honey
Red Band Society
TV · as Nurse Jackson · 13 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
black-ish
TV · as Octavia Spencer · 1 ep
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Snowpiercer
Movie · as Tanya
Paradise
Movie · as Loray
Fruitvale Station
Movie · as Wanda
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Movie · as Dr. Nance
Lost on Purpose
Movie · as Nurse Keller
Jesus People
Movie · as Angel Angelique
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Movie · as Martha (voice)
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Mom
TV · as Regina Tompkins · 9 eps
Drunk History
TV · as Harriet Tubman · 1 ep
Smashed
Movie · as Jenny
Blues for Willadean
Movie · as LeSonia Robinson
Flypaper
Movie · as Madge Wiggins
The Help
Movie · as Minny Jackson
Just Peck
Movie · as Detention Teacher
Dinner for Schmucks
Movie · as Madame Nora
Small Town Saturday Night
Movie · as Rhonda Dooley
Peep World
Movie · as Alison
Love and Distrust
Movie · as Rhonda (segment "Auto Motives")
Halloween II
Movie · as Nurse Daniels
Love at First Hiccup
Movie · as Mrs. Hambrick
Drag Me to Hell
Movie · as Bank Co-Worker
Herpes Boy
Movie · as Rochelle
The Soloist
Movie · as Troubled Woman
Dollhouse
TV · as Professor Janack · 1 ep
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Seven Pounds
Movie · as Kate the Home Health Care Nurse
Pretty Ugly People
Movie · as Mary
The Spleenectomy
Movie · as Nurse
Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School
Movie · as Dr. Evilini
Raising the Bar
TV · as Arvina Watkins · 5 eps
The Nines
Movie · as Streetwalker
The Big Bang Theory
TV · as Octavia · 1 ep
Wizards of Waverly Place
TV · as Dr. Evilini · 2 eps
Halfway Home
TV · 10 eps
Cavemen
TV · 1 ep
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Pulse
Movie · as Landlady
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Movie · as Ayisha Lebaron
Ugly Betty
TV · as Constance Grady · 4 eps
The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman
TV · 1 ep
30 Rock
TV · as Octavia Spencer · 1 ep
Standoff
TV · as Rapid Air Clerk · 1 ep
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Movie · as Middle-Aged Woman
Coach Carter
Movie · as Mrs. Battle
Beauty Shop
Movie · as Big Customer
Pretty Persuasion
Movie · as Woman
Medium
TV · as Jurist · 1 ep
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
American Dad!
TV · as Shonteeva (voice) · 1 ep
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Movie · as Janine
Breakin' All the Rules
Movie · as Stylist
CSI: NY
TV · as Child Welfare Rep · 1 ep
LAX
TV · as Flight Attendant · 6 eps
Sol Goode
Movie · as Unemployment Clerk
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Movie · as Security Guard
S.W.A.T.
Movie · as Neighbor in Alley
Chicken Party
Movie · as Laqueta Mills
Bad Santa
Movie · as Opal
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps
Spider-Man
Movie · as Check-In Girl
Little John
Movie · as Waitress
Presidio Med
TV · as Sheryl Washington · 1 ep
Follow the Stars Home
Movie · as Hildy
The Sky is Falling
Movie · as Nurse #2
Missing Pieces
Movie · as Elegant Guest (as Octavia L. Spencer)
Everything Put Together
Movie · as Nurse B
The Journeyman
Movie · as Black Belly
The Chronicle
TV · as Ruby Rydell · 22 eps
Grounded for Life
TV · as Admitting Nurse · 1 ep
Big Momma's House
Movie · as Twila
American Virgin
Movie · as Agnes Large
Four Dogs Playing Poker
Movie · as Waitress
What Planet Are You From?
Movie · as Baby Nurse
Auto Motives
Movie · as Rhonda
Titus
TV · as Ms. Alice Hays · 2 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Sherry · 1 ep
Malcolm in the Middle
TV · as Cashier · 1 ep
Being John Malkovich
Movie · as Woman in Elevator
Never Been Kissed
Movie · as Cynthia
Blue Streak
Movie · as Shawna
Lansky
Movie · as Evelyn
Roswell
TV · as Nurse · 1 ep
Becker
TV · as Ticket Woman · 1 ep
L.A. Doctors
TV · as Bus Driver · 1 ep
Brimstone
TV · as Duty Nurse · 1 ep
Sparkler
Movie · as Wanda
The 6th Man
Movie · as Nativity Watson
Dharma & Greg
TV · as Gloria · 1 ep
Just Shoot Me!
TV · as Nurse · 1 ep
The View
TV · as Self · 2 eps
A Time to Kill
Movie · as Roark's Nurse
Valley Girls
Movie · as Cheerleader
Moesha
TV · as Gloria · 1 ep
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Chicago Hope
TV · as Nurse Jane · 1 ep
ER
TV · as Maria Jones · 1 ep
The X-Files
TV · as Nurse · 1 ep
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Elegant guest, Waitress, Hildy · 1 ep