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