Octavia Spencer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 25, 1970
- Birthplace
- Montgomery, Alabama, USA
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
- Deck the Y'alls
Deck the Y'alls TBA
as Gladys Gibbes
- Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman TBA
as Linda Loman, Producer
Ma 2 TBA
as Sue Ann
- The Heart
The Heart TBA
Actor
- Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project TBA
Actor
- Nobody Nothing Nowhere
Nobody Nothing Nowhere TBA
Actor, Producer
Margie Claus 2027
as (voice)
Tow 2026
as Barbara, Executive Producer
Smurfs 2025
as Asmodius (voice)
Becoming bell hooks 2024
as Self
Spirited 2022
as Kimberly
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter 2022
as Self
The Quest for Sleep 2022
as Narrator
Encounter 2021
as Hattie Hayes
Thunder Force 2021
as Emily Stanton
Superintelligence 2020
as Octavia Spencer (voice)
Roald Dahl's The Witches 2020
as Grandma
Onward 2020
as The Manticore (voice)
Dolittle 2020
as Dab-Dab (voice)
Luce 2019
as Harriet Wilson
Ma 2019
as Sue Ann, Executive Producer
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé 2019
as Self
Green Book 2018
Executive Producer
Instant Family 2018
as Karen
A Kid Like Jake 2018
as Judy
Small Town Crime 2018
as Kelly Banks, Executive Producer
The Shape of Water 2017
as Zelda Fuller
Candid 2017
Executive Producer
Gifted 2017
as Roberta Taylor
The Shack 2017
as Papa / Elouisa
Hidden Figures 2016
as Dorothy Vaughan
Bad Santa 2 2016
as Opal
The Free World 2016
as Linda Workman
Car Dogs 2016
as Mrs. Barrett
Allegiant 2016
as Johanna Reyes
Zootopia 2016
as Mrs. Otterton (voice)
The Great Gilly Hopkins 2015
as Miss Harris
Fathers and Daughters 2015
as Dr. Corman
Insurgent 2015
as Johanna Reyes
Black or White 2015
as Rowena Jeffers
Get On Up 2014
as Aunt Honey
Jesus People 2013
as Angel Angelique
Paradise 2013
as Loray
Lost on Purpose 2013
as Nurse Keller
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 2013
as Martha (voice)
Snowpiercer 2013
as Tanya
Fruitvale Station 2013
as Wanda, Co-Executive Producer
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy 2013
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film 2013
as Dr. Nance
Blues for Willadean 2012
as LeSonia Robinson
Smashed 2012
as Jenny
Flypaper 2011
as Madge Wiggins
The Help 2011
as Minny Jackson
Just Peck 2011
as Detention Teacher
Peep World 2010
as Alison
Love and Distrust 2010
as Rhonda (segment "Auto Motives")
Dinner for Schmucks 2010
as Madame Nora
Small Town Saturday Night 2010
as Rhonda Dooley
Herpes Boy 2009
as Rochelle
Halloween II 2009
as Nurse Daniels
Drag Me to Hell 2009
as Bank Co-Worker
The Soloist 2009
as Troubled Woman
Love at First Hiccup 2009
as Mrs. Hambrick
Seven Pounds 2008
as Kate the Home Health Care Nurse
Pretty Ugly People 2008
as Mary
The Spleenectomy 2008
as Nurse
Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School 2008
as Dr. Evilini
The Nines 2007
as Streetwalker
Pulse 2006
as Landlady
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School 2006
as Ayisha Lebaron
Beauty Shop 2005
as Big Customer
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous 2005
as Middle-Aged Woman
Pretty Persuasion 2005
as Woman
Coach Carter 2005
as Mrs. Battle
Breakin' All the Rules 2004
as Stylist
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! 2004
as Janine
Bad Santa 2003
as Opal
Chicken Party 2003
as Laqueta Mills
S.W.A.T. 2003
as Neighbor in Alley
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde 2003
as Security Guard
Sol Goode 2003
as Unemployment Clerk
Little John 2002
as Waitress
Spider-Man 2002
as Check-In Girl
Everything Put Together 2001
as Nurse B
The Sky is Falling 2001
as Nurse #2
Follow the Stars Home 2001
as Hildy
The Journeyman 2001
as Black Belly
Missing Pieces 2001
as Elegant Guest (as Octavia L. Spencer)
Four Dogs Playing Poker 2000
as Waitress
American Virgin 2000
as Agnes Large
Big Momma's House 2000
as Twila
Auto Motives 2000
as Rhonda
What Planet Are You From? 2000
as Baby Nurse
Being John Malkovich 1999
as Woman in Elevator
Blue Streak 1999
as Shawna
Never Been Kissed 1999
as Cynthia
Lansky 1999
as Evelyn
Sparkler 1997
as Wanda
The 6th Man 1997
as Nativity Watson
Valley Girls 1996
as Cheerleader
The Grass Harp 1996
Extras Casting
A Time to Kill 1996
as Roark's Nurse
Credits from TMDB.