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