Octavia Spencer
Acting
Born: May 25, 1970 (age 56) · Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Highest Rated
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
Spider-Man
2002
Zootopia
2016
Green Book
2018
The Shape of Water
2017
The Big Bang Theory
2007
Hidden Figures
2016
Snowpiercer
2013
Insurgent
2015
The Help
2011
Seven Pounds
2008
Allegiant
2016
Onward
2020
Photos (7)
Movies (87)
Spider-Man
Check-In Girl
Zootopia
Mrs. Otterton (voice)
The Help
Minny Jackson
Hidden Figures
Dorothy Vaughan
Snowpiercer
Tanya
Insurgent
Johanna Reyes
The Shape of Water
Zelda Fuller
Smurfs
Asmodius (voice)
Onward
The Manticore (voice)
Allegiant
Johanna Reyes
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Grandma
Gifted
Roberta Taylor
Instant Family
Karen
A Time to Kill
Roark's Nurse
Dolittle
Dab-Dab (voice)
The Shack
Papa / Elouisa
Drag Me to Hell
Bank Co-Worker
S.W.A.T.
Neighbor in Alley
Coach Carter
Mrs. Battle
Being John Malkovich
Woman in Elevator
Ma
Sue Ann
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Security Guard
Blue Streak
Shawna
Spirited
Kimberly
Seven Pounds
Kate the Home Health Care Nurse
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Middle-Aged Woman
Big Momma's House
Twila
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Martha (voice)
Bad Santa
Opal
Fathers and Daughters
Dr. Corman
Halloween II
Nurse Daniels
Pretty Persuasion
Woman
Superintelligence
Octavia Spencer (voice)
Beauty Shop
Big Customer
The Soloist
Troubled Woman
Tow
Barbara
Bad Santa 2
Opal
Pulse
Landlady
What Planet Are You From?
Baby Nurse
The Nines
Streetwalker
Never Been Kissed
Cynthia
Dinner for Schmucks
Madame Nora
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Miss Harris
Fruitvale Station
Wanda
Encounter
Hattie Hayes
Thunder Force
Emily Stanton
Get On Up
Aunt Honey
Flypaper
Madge Wiggins
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Janine
The 6th Man
Nativity Watson
Black or White
Rowena Jeffers
Lansky
Evelyn
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Ayisha Lebaron
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Dr. Nance
Smashed
Jenny
Small Town Crime
Kelly Banks
Breakin' All the Rules
Stylist
Luce
Harriet Wilson
Small Town Saturday Night
Rhonda Dooley
Just Peck
Detention Teacher
A Kid Like Jake
Judy
American Virgin
Agnes Large
Love at First Hiccup
Mrs. Hambrick
Sol Goode
Unemployment Clerk
Love and Distrust
Rhonda (segment "Auto Motives")
Pretty Ugly People
Mary
The Free World
Linda Workman
Little John
Waitress
Valley Girls
Cheerleader
The Journeyman
Black Belly
Peep World
Alison
Follow the Stars Home
Hildy
Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School
Dr. Evilini
The Spleenectomy
Nurse
The Sky is Falling
Nurse #2
Four Dogs Playing Poker
Waitress
Missing Pieces
Elegant Guest (as Octavia L. Spencer)
Paradise
Loray
Car Dogs
Mrs. Barrett
Herpes Boy
Rochelle
Chicken Party
Laqueta Mills
Everything Put Together
Nurse B
Blues for Willadean
LeSonia Robinson
Sparkler
Wanda
Lost on Purpose
Nurse Keller
Jesus People
Angel Angelique
The Quest for Sleep
Narrator
TV Shows (45)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Sherry · 1 eps
American Dad!
Shonteeva (voice) · 1 eps
The X-Files
Nurse · 1 eps
Young Sheldon
Officer Rhonda Tomasson · 1 eps
Malcolm in the Middle
Cashier · 1 eps
CSI: NY
Child Welfare Rep · 1 eps
Chicago Hope
Nurse Jane · 1 eps
ER
Maria Jones · 1 eps
The Big Bang Theory
Octavia · 1 eps
Medium
Jurist · 1 eps
30 Rock
Octavia Spencer · 1 eps
Mom
Regina Tompkins · 9 eps
black-ish
Octavia Spencer · 1 eps
Just Shoot Me!
Nurse · 1 eps
Wizards of Waverly Place
Dr. Evilini · 2 eps
Ugly Betty
Constance Grady · 4 eps
Ride or Die
Debbie Claybourne · 8 eps
Dollhouse
Professor Janack · 1 eps
Grounded for Life
Admitting Nurse · 1 eps
Roswell
Nurse · 1 eps
Becker
Ticket Woman · 1 eps
Moesha
Gloria · 1 eps
Drunk History
Harriet Tubman · 1 eps
Dharma & Greg
Gloria · 1 eps
Truth Be Told
Poppy Scoville · 28 eps
L.A. Doctors
Bus Driver · 1 eps
Titus
Ms. Alice Hays · 2 eps
Raising the Bar
Arvina Watkins · 5 eps
Brimstone
Duty Nurse · 1 eps
LAX
Flight Attendant · 6 eps
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
Team Martha · 1 eps
Red Band Society
Nurse Jackson · 13 eps
Halfway Home
10 eps
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
Madam C. J. Walker · 4 eps
The Chronicle
Ruby Rydell · 22 eps
Presidio Med
Sheryl Washington · 1 eps
Standoff
Rapid Air Clerk · 1 eps
The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman
1 eps
Family Recipe Showdown
Host · 8 eps
Cavemen
1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Elegant guest · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Waitress · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hildy · 1 eps
The Santa Stories
Detective Grinchauser · 1 eps
Lost Women of Highway 20
Host · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (28)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 3 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 4 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 4 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · 1 eps
The View
Self · 2 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 3 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self · 1 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · 1 eps
To Tell the Truth
Self - Panelist · 1 eps
Entertainment Tonight
Self · 1 eps
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage) · 4 eps
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé
Self
My Happy Place
Self · 6 eps
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Self
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Self - Narrator (voice)
Becoming bell hooks
Self
Upcoming (2)
Producing (11)
Ride or Die
Executive Producer
Green Book
Executive Producer
Truth Be Told
Executive Producer
Ma
Executive Producer
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
Executive Producer
Tow
Executive Producer
Fruitvale Station
Co-Executive Producer
The Grass Harp
Extras Casting
Small Town Crime
Executive Producer
Lost Women of Highway 20
Executive Producer
Candid
Executive Producer