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).
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Fotos
Películas (102)
Margie Claus
2027 · (voice)
Tow
2026 · Barbara, Executive Producer
Pitufos
2025 · Asmodius (voice)
Becoming bell hooks
2024 · Self
Spirited
2022 · Kimberly
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
2022 · Self
The Quest for Sleep
2022 · Narrator
Encounter
2021 · Hattie Hayes
Thunder Force
2021 · Emily Stanton
Superintelligence
2020 · Octavia Spencer (voice)
Roald Dahl's The Witches
2020 · Grandma
Onward
2020 · The Manticore (voice)
Dolittle
2020 · Dab-Dab (voice)
Luce
2019 · Harriet Wilson
Ma
2019 · Sue Ann, Executive Producer
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé
2019 · Self
Green Book
2018 · Executive Producer
Instant Family
2018 · Karen
A Kid Like Jake
2018 · Judy
Small Town Crime
2018 · Kelly Banks, Executive Producer
The Shape of Water
2017 · Zelda Fuller
Candid
2017 · Executive Producer
Gifted
2017 · Roberta Taylor
The Shack
2017 · Papa / Elouisa
Hidden Figures
2016 · Dorothy Vaughan
Bad Santa 2
2016 · Opal
The Free World
2016 · Linda Workman
Car Dogs
2016 · Mrs. Barrett
Allegiant
2016 · Johanna Reyes
Zootopia
2016 · Mrs. Otterton (voice)
The Great Gilly Hopkins
2015 · Miss Harris
Fathers and Daughters
2015 · Dr. Corman
Insurgent
2015 · Johanna Reyes
Black or White
2015 · Rowena Jeffers
Get On Up
2014 · Aunt Honey
Jesus People
2013 · Angel Angelique
Paradise
2013 · Loray
Lost on Purpose
2013 · Nurse Keller
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
2013 · Martha (voice)
Snowpiercer
2013 · Tanya
Fruitvale Station
2013 · Wanda, Co-Executive Producer
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013 · Dr. Nance
Blues for Willadean
2012 · LeSonia Robinson
Smashed
2012 · Jenny
Flypaper
2011 · Madge Wiggins
The Help
2011 · Minny Jackson
Just Peck
2011 · Detention Teacher
Peep World
2010 · Alison
Love and Distrust
2010 · Rhonda (segment "Auto Motives")
Dinner for Schmucks
2010 · Madame Nora
Small Town Saturday Night
2010 · Rhonda Dooley
Herpes Boy
2009 · Rochelle
Halloween II
2009 · Nurse Daniels
Drag Me to Hell
2009 · Bank Co-Worker
The Soloist
2009 · Troubled Woman
Love at First Hiccup
2009 · Mrs. Hambrick
Seven Pounds
2008 · Kate the Home Health Care Nurse
Pretty Ugly People
2008 · Mary
The Spleenectomy
2008 · Nurse
Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School
2008 · Dr. Evilini
The Nines
2007 · Streetwalker
Pulse
2006 · Landlady
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006 · Ayisha Lebaron
Beauty Shop
2005 · Big Customer
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005 · Middle-Aged Woman
Pretty Persuasion
2005 · Woman
Coach Carter
2005 · Mrs. Battle
Breakin' All the Rules
2004 · Stylist
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
2004 · Janine
Bad Santa
2003 · Opal
Chicken Party
2003 · Laqueta Mills
S.W.A.T.
2003 · Neighbor in Alley
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003 · Security Guard
Sol Goode
2003 · Unemployment Clerk
Little John
2002 · Waitress
Spider-Man
2002 · Check-In Girl
Everything Put Together
2001 · Nurse B
The Sky is Falling
2001 · Nurse #2
Follow the Stars Home
2001 · Hildy
The Journeyman
2001 · Black Belly
Missing Pieces
2001 · Elegant Guest (as Octavia L. Spencer)
Four Dogs Playing Poker
2000 · Waitress
American Virgin
2000 · Agnes Large
Big Momma's House
2000 · Twila
Auto Motives
2000 · Rhonda
What Planet Are You From?
2000 · Baby Nurse
Being John Malkovich
1999 · Woman in Elevator
Blue Streak
1999 · Shawna
Never Been Kissed
1999 · Cynthia
Lansky
1999 · Evelyn
Sparkler
1997 · Wanda
The 6th Man
1997 · Nativity Watson
Valley Girls
1996 · Cheerleader
The Grass Harp
1996 · Extras Casting
A Time to Kill
1996 · Roark's Nurse
Nobody Nothing Nowhere
· Producer
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
The Heart
Ma 2
· Sue Ann
Death of a Salesman
· Linda Loman, Producer
Deck the Y'alls
· Gladys Gibbes
Series (66)
Juntas o muertas
2026 · Debbie Claybourne, Debbie, Executive Producer
Lost Women of Alaska
2026 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Family Recipe Showdown
2025 · Host
My Happy Place
2025 · Self
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025 · Self
Hollywood Black
2024 · Self (archive footage)
The Santa Stories
2023 · Detective Grinchauser
Lost Women of Highway 20
2023 · Self - Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self - Guest
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
2020 · Madam C. J. Walker, Executive Producer
Truth Be Told
2019 · Poppy Scoville, Executive Producer
El programa de Kelly Clarkson
2019 · Self
Young Sheldon
2017 · Officer Rhonda Tomasson
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
2016 · Team Martha
To Tell the Truth
2016 · Self - Panelist
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
black-ish
2014 · Octavia Spencer
Red Band Society
2014 · Nurse Jackson
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self, Self - Guest
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · Self
Mom
2013 · Regina Tompkins
Drunk History
2013 · Harriet Tubman
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Dollhouse
2009 · Professor Janack
Raising the Bar
2008 · Arvina Watkins
Wizards of Waverly Place
2007 · Dr. Evilini
Cavemen
2007
The Big Bang Theory
2007 · Octavia
Halfway Home
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
30 Rock
2006 · Octavia Spencer
Ugly Betty
2006 · Constance Grady
Standoff
2006 · Rapid Air Clerk
The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman
2006
American Dad: Un Agente de Familia
2005 · Shonteeva (voice)
Medium
2005 · Jurist
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Self
CSI: NY
2004 · Child Welfare Rep
LAX
2004 · Flight Attendant
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self, Self - Guest
Presidio Med
2002 · Sheryl Washington
The Chronicle
2001 · Ruby Rydell
Grounded for Life
2001 · Admitting Nurse
CSI: Las Vegas
2000 · Sherry
Titus
2000 · Ms. Alice Hays
Malcolm in the Middle
2000 · Cashier
Roswell
1999 · Nurse
Becker
1998 · Ticket Woman
Brimstone
1998 · Duty Nurse
L.A. Doctors
1998 · Bus Driver
Dharma & Greg
1997 · Gloria
The View
1997 · Self
Just Shoot Me!
1997 · Nurse
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
Moesha
1996 · Gloria
ER
1994 · Maria Jones
Chicago Hope
1994 · Nurse Jane
The X-Files
1993 · Nurse
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
The Oscars
1953 · Self - Presenter
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Elegant guest, Hildy, Waitress