Octavia Spencer
Acting
Born: May 25, 1970
From: Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spirited | Kimberly | 2022 | 6.845 |
| The Quest for Sleep | Narrator | 2022 | 7.0 |
| Snowpiercer | Tanya | 2013 | 6.908 |
| Paradise | Loray | 2013 | 4.9 |
| Smashed | Jenny | 2012 | 6.5 |
| Flypaper | Madge Wiggins | 2011 | 6.39 |
| The Help | Minny Jackson | 2011 | 8.198 |
| Dinner for Schmucks | Madame Nora | 2010 | 5.721 |
| Small Town Saturday Night | Rhonda Dooley | 2010 | 5.2 |
| Halloween II | Nurse Daniels | 2009 | 5.324 |
| Love at First Hiccup | Mrs. Hambrick | 2009 | 5.345 |
| Drag Me to Hell | Bank Co-Worker | 2009 | 6.474 |
| Seven Pounds | Kate the Home Health Care … | 2008 | 7.601 |
| Pretty Ugly People | Mary | 2008 | 4.3 |
| The Spleenectomy | Nurse | 2008 | 6.3 |
| The Nines | Streetwalker | 2007 | 6.0 |
| Pulse | Landlady | 2006 | 5.069 |
| Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Ayisha Lebaron | 2006 | 5.924 |
| Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | Middle-Aged Woman | 2005 | 5.744 |
| Coach Carter | Mrs. Battle | 2005 | 7.573 |
| Beauty Shop | Big Customer | 2005 | 6.319 |
| Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! | Janine | 2004 | 5.711 |
| Sol Goode | Unemployment Clerk | 2003 | 4.2 |
| Spider-Man | Check-In Girl | 2002 | 7.325 |
| Little John | Waitress | 2002 | 6.375 |
| Big Momma's House | Twila | 2000 | 5.818 |
| American Virgin | Agnes Large | 2000 | 3.676 |
| Being John Malkovich | Woman in Elevator | 1999 | 7.4 |
| Never Been Kissed | Cynthia | 1999 | 6.162 |
| Nobody Nothing Nowhere | — | ||
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1970 |
| From | Montgomery, Alabama, USA |