Actor

Octavia Spencer

May 25, 1970 · 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.

Notable work

7.3
Spider-Man (2002)
as Check-In Girl
7.8
Zootopia (2016)
as Mrs. Otterton (voice)
7.2
The Shape of Water (2017)
as Zelda Fuller
7.9
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
as Octavia
8
Hidden Figures (2016)
as Dorothy Vaughan
6.9
Snowpiercer (2013)
as Tanya
6.4
Insurgent (2015)
as Johanna Reyes
8.2
The Help (2011)
as Minny Jackson
7.6
Seven Pounds (2008)
as Kate the Home Health Care Nurse
6.1
Allegiant (2016)
as Johanna Reyes
7.6
Onward (2020)
as The Manticore (voice)
8
Gifted (2017)
as Roberta Taylor

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