Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
5/25/1970
Place of Birth
Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Also Known As
Octavia L. SpencerOctavia Lenora Spencer
Octavia Spencer
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 Suppo...
Known For
Zootopia
as Mrs. Otterton (voice)
Smurfs
as Asmodius (voice)
Spider-Man
as Check-In Girl
Snowpiercer
as Tanya
Spirited
as Kimberly
Gifted
as Roberta Taylor
The Help
as Minny Jackson
Dolittle
as Dab-Dab (voice)
Insurgent
as Johanna Reyes
Hidden Figures
as Dorothy Vaughan
Pulse
as Landlady
A Time to Kill
as Roark's Nurse
Allegiant
as Johanna Reyes
Blue Streak
as Shawna
Ma
as Sue Ann
Big Momma's House
as Twila
Onward
as The Manticore (voice)
The Shape of Water
as Zelda Fuller
Roald Dahl's The Witches
as Grandma
Coach Carter
as Mrs. Battle
Career Timeline
2025
2022
2020
2019
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
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