8.9
8.9
Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School
2008
as Dr. Evilini
Octavia Spencer
Also known as: Octavia Lenora Spencer, Octavia L. Spencer
Acting
Born:May 25, 1970(age 56)
Birthplace:Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Auburn University, Johnson Abernathy Graetz High School
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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.
Filmography (89 movies)
8.2
8.2
Green Book
2018
Executive Producer
8.2
8.2
The Help
2011
as Minny Jackson
8.1
8.1
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé
2019
as Self
8.1
8.1
Hidden Figures
2016
as Dorothy Vaughan
8.0
8.0
The Sky is Falling
2001
as Nurse #2
8.0
8.0
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
2022
as Self
8.0
8.0
Gifted
2017
as Roberta Taylor
7.8
7.8
Zootopia
2016
as Mrs. Otterton (voice)
7.7
7.7
Onward
2020
as The Manticore (voice)
7.6
7.6
Seven Pounds
2008
as Kate the Home Health Care Nurse
7.6
7.6
Coach Carter
2005
as Mrs. Battle
7.5
7.5
Instant Family
2018
as Karen
7.5
7.5
The Shack
2017
as Papa / Elouisa
7.4
7.4
Being John Malkovich
1999
as Woman in Elevator
7.4
7.4
Fruitvale Station
2013
as Wanda
7.2
7.2
The Shape of Water
2017
as Zelda Fuller
7.1
7.1
Fathers and Daughters
2015
as Dr. Corman
7.0
7.0
The Quest for Sleep
2022
as Narrator
6.9
6.9
Snowpiercer
2013
as Tanya
6.9
6.9
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
as Dr. Nance
6.9
6.9
Spirited
2022
as Kimberly
6.8
6.8
Black or White
2014
as Rowena Jeffers
6.8
6.8
Get on Up
2014
as Aunt Honey
6.7
6.7
The Soloist
2009
as Troubled Woman
6.6
6.6
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
as Self - Narrator (voice)
6.6
6.6
The Great Gilly Hopkins
2015
as Miss Harris
6.6
6.6
Dolittle
2020
as Dab-Dab (voice)
6.5
6.5
Smashed
2012
as Jenny
6.5
6.5
Blue Streak
1999
as Shawna
6.4
6.4
Insurgent
2015
as Johanna Reyes
6.4
6.4
Flypaper
2011
as Madge Wiggins
6.4
6.4
Luce
2019
as Harriet Wilson
6.4
6.4
Small Town Crime
2018
Executive Producer
6.4
6.4
Roald Dahl's The Witches
2020
as Grandma
6.3
6.3
Encounter
2021
as Hattie Hayes
6.3
6.3
The Spleenectomy
2008
as Nurse
6.3
6.3
Beauty Shop
2005
as Big Customer
6.2
6.2
Little John
2002
as Waitress
6.2
6.2
Follow the Stars Home
2001
as Hildy
6.2
6.2
S.W.A.T.
2003
as Neighbor in Alley
6.2
6.2
Never Been Kissed
1999
as Cynthia
6.2
6.2
The Free World
2016
as Linda Workman
6.1
6.1
Allegiant
2016
as Johanna Reyes
6.1
6.1
The 6th Man
1997
as Nativity Watson
6.0
6.0
Breakin' All the Rules
2004
as Stylist
6.0
6.0
Superintelligence
2020
as Octavia Spencer (voice)
6.0
6.0
The Nines
2007
as Streetwalker
6.0
6.0
A Kid Like Jake
2018
as Judy
5.9
5.9
Smurfs
2025
as Asmodius (voice)
5.8
5.8
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
as Ayisha Lebaron
5.8
5.8
Big Momma's House
2000
as Twila
5.8
5.8
Ma
2019
Executive Producer
5.8
5.8
Pretty Persuasion
2005
as Woman
5.7
5.7
Dinner for Schmucks
2010
as Madame Nora
5.7
5.7
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
2004
as Janine
5.7
5.7
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003
as Security Guard
5.5
5.5
Lansky
1999
as Evelyn
5.5
5.5
Car Dogs
2016
as Mrs. Barrett
5.5
5.5
Thunder Force
2021
as Emily Stanton
5.4
5.4
What Planet Are You From?
2000
as Baby Nurse
5.4
5.4
Bad Santa 2
2016
as Opal
5.3
5.3
Love at First Hiccup
2009
as Mrs. Hambrick
5.2
5.2
Small Town Saturday Night
2010
as Rhonda Dooley
5.1
5.1
Pulse
2006
as Landlady
5.0
5.0
The Journeyman
2001
as Black Belly
4.9
4.9
Paradise
2013
as Loray
4.8
4.8
Everything Put Together
2001
as Nurse B
4.7
4.7
Peep World
2010
as Alison
4.5
4.5
Blues for Willadean
2012
as LeSonia Robinson
4.3
4.3
Pretty Ugly People
2008
as Mary
4.3
4.3
Lost on Purpose
2013
as Nurse Keller
4.0
4.0
Sol Goode
2003
as Unemployment Clerk
4.0
4.0
Jesus People
2013
as Angel Angelique
3.5
3.5
Four Dogs Playing Poker
2000
as Waitress
3.2
3.2
American Virgin
2000
as Agnes Large
2.3
2.3
Sparkler
1997
as Wanda
Deck the Y'alls
TBA
as Gladys Gibbes
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
TBA
Herpes Boy
2009
as Rochelle
The Heart
TBA
Chicken Party
2003
as Laqueta Mills
Valley Girls
1996
as Cheerleader
Ma 2
TBA
as Sue Ann
Nobody Nothing Nowhere
TBA
Producer
Becoming bell hooks
2024
as Self
Death of a Salesman
TBA
Producer
Tow
2026
as Barb
Candid
2017
Executive Producer
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