Cast
Octavia Spencer
Acting
Cast
Octavia Spencer
Known for
Acting
Born
1970-05-25
From
Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Also known as Octavia L. Spencer, Octavia Lenora 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Octavia Spencer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Spider-Man
as Check-In Girl
Zootopia
as Mrs. Otterton (voice)
The Help
as Minny Jackson
Hidden Figures
as Dorothy Vaughan
Snowpiercer
as Tanya
Gifted
as Roberta Taylor
Insurgent
as Johanna Reyes
Smurfs
as Asmodius (voice)
Dolittle
as Dab-Dab (voice)
Allegiant
as Johanna Reyes
A Time to Kill
as Roark's Nurse
The Shape of Water
as Zelda Fuller
Onward
as The Manticore (voice)
Roald Dahl's The Witches
as Grandma
Coach Carter
as Mrs. Battle
The Shack
as Papa / Elouisa
Ma
as Sue Ann
Instant Family
as Karen
Blue Streak
as Shawna
Big Momma's House
as Twila
Drag Me to Hell
as Bank Co-Worker
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
as Security Guard
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
as Martha (voice)
Seven Pounds
as Kate the Home Health Care Nurse
Being John Malkovich
as Woman in Elevator
Beauty Shop
as Big Customer
Bad Santa
as Opal
S.W.A.T.
as Neighbor in Alley
Pretty Persuasion
as Woman
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
as Middle-Aged Woman
Pulse
as Landlady
Halloween II
as Nurse Daniels
Fruitvale Station
as Wanda
Dinner for Schmucks
as Madame Nora
Never Been Kissed
as Cynthia
Spirited
as Kimberly
Superintelligence
as Octavia Spencer (voice)
Just Peck
as Detention Teacher
Tow
as Barbara
Fathers and Daughters
as Dr. Corman
Flypaper
as Madge Wiggins
Bad Santa 2
as Opal
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
as Janine
Thunder Force
as Emily Stanton
The Nines
as Streetwalker
Get On Up
as Aunt Honey
Paradise
as Loray
Luce
as Harriet Wilson
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé
as Self
Lansky
as Evelyn
Encounter
as Hattie Hayes
Smashed
as Jenny
A Kid Like Jake
as Judy
Little John
as Waitress
Sparkler
as Wanda
Love and Distrust
as Rhonda (segment "Auto Motives")
The Soloist
as Troubled Woman
Sol Goode
as Unemployment Clerk
The 6th Man
as Nativity Watson
What Planet Are You From?
as Baby Nurse
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
as Self
Black or White
as Rowena Jeffers
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Ayisha Lebaron
Peep World
as Alison
Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School
as Dr. Evilini
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Dr. Nance
Missing Pieces
as Elegant Guest (as Octavia L. Spencer)
The Great Gilly Hopkins
as Miss Harris
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Journeyman
as Black Belly
Valley Girls
as Cheerleader
Breakin' All the Rules
as Stylist
The Free World
as Linda Workman
Nobody Nothing Nowhere
The Spleenectomy
as Nurse
Car Dogs
as Mrs. Barrett
Small Town Saturday Night
as Rhonda Dooley
Follow the Stars Home
as Hildy
Four Dogs Playing Poker
as Waitress
The Sky is Falling
as Nurse #2
Pretty Ugly People
as Mary
Love at First Hiccup
as Mrs. Hambrick
Small Town Crime
as Kelly Banks
Everything Put Together
as Nurse B
American Virgin
as Agnes Large
Blues for Willadean
as LeSonia Robinson
Becoming bell hooks
as Self
The Heart
Auto Motives
as Rhonda
Chicken Party
as Laqueta Mills
Lost on Purpose
as Nurse Keller
The Quest for Sleep
as Narrator
Jesus People
as Angel Angelique
Deck the Y'alls
as Gladys Gibbes
Herpes Boy
as Rochelle
Death of a Salesman
as Linda Loman
Ma 2
as Sue Ann