Octavia Spencer
Spencer is a native of Montgomery, Alabama, which she claims is the proverbial buckle of the Bible belt. She's the sixth of seven siblings and holds a BS in Liberal Arts from Auburn University. A "closet" lover of acting, this practical Alabamian knew that she'd someday work in the film industry, but never dreamed it would be in front of the ...
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- Born:
- May 25, 1970 In Montgomery, Alabama, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 166
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Oprah's Oscar Special
- Latest Project:
- Movie Family Practice 2016-03-06
Won 1 Oscar. Another 26 wins & 27 nominations.
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Car Dogs | Unknown | 2016 |
| Movie | The Shack | Unknown | 2016 |
| Movie | The Free World | Unknown | 2016 |
| Movie | Family Practice | Helen Overby | 2016-03-06 |
| Series | Standoff | Unknown | 2016-01-26 |
| Movie | Gifted | Unknown | 2016 |
| Movie | Zootopia | Mrs. Otterton | 2016-03-04 |
| Series | The Meredith Vieira Show | Unknown | 2016-03-05 |
| Movie | The Great Gilly Hopkins | Miss Harris | 2016-02-19 |
| Series | Halfway Home | Serenity Johnson | 2016-03-05 |
| Series | IMDb: What to Watch | Unknown | 2016-03-05 |
| Series | Break a Hip | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | Fathers and Daughters | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | Insurgent: The Peter Hayes Story | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | The 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | Shades of Gray: Making Black or White | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | Insurgent | Unknown | 2015-03-20 |
| Movie | Black or White | Rowena Jeffers | 2015-01-30 |
| Movie | The Oscars | Unknown | 2015-02-22 |
| Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Unknown | 2014 |
| Series | The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 2014-08-25 |
| Movie | The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards | Unknown | 2014 |
| Series | Días de cine | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | Get on Up | Unknown | 2014-08-01 |
| Series | Red Band Society | Nurse Jackson | 2014-09-17 |
| Movie | Lost on Purpose | Nurse Keller | 2013-04-06 |
| Movie | The Oscars | Unknown | 2013 |
| Movie | Paradise | Loray | 2013-10-18 |
| Series | Mom | Unknown | 2013-09-23 |
| Movie | Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters | Unknown | 2013-08-07 |
| Series | Live with Kelly and Michael | Unknown | 2013 |
| Series | Drunk History | Unknown | 2013-07-09 |
| Movie | Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy | Unknown | 2013 |
| Movie | 18th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Unknown | 2013 |
| Movie | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Dr. Nance | 2013-04-20 |
| Series | The Queen Latifah Show | Unknown | 2013-09-16 |
| Series | The Hollywood Reporter Roundtables | Unknown | 2013-12-22 |
| Movie | Fruitvale Station | Unknown | 2013 |
| Movie | Snowpiercer | Unknown | 2013 |
| Movie | Oprah's Oscar Special | Unknown | 2012 |
| Series | Movie Talk with Peter Bart | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 2012-01-15 |
| Movie | 43rd NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Unknown | 2012-01-12 |
| Movie | The Orange British Academy Film Awards | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | The 84th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | The Perfect Fit | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | Blues for Willadean | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 2012-01-29 |
| Movie | Rising Sun | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | 2012 Writers Guild Awards | Unknown | 2012-02-19 |
| Movie | Smashed | Unknown | 2012-12-14 |
| Movie | Girls! Girls! Girls! | Unknown | 2011 |
| Series | The Big Picture | Unknown | 2011-03-29 |
| Series | Good Day L.A. | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | The Biggest Schmucks in the World | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | The Help | Minny Jackson | 2011-08-10 |
| Series | Janela Indiscreta | Unknown | 2011 |
| Series | Hawthorne | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | Flypaper | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | Dinner for Schmucks | Unknown | 2010 |
| Movie | Small Town Saturday Night | Unknown | 2010 |
| Movie | The Unforgiving Minute | Unknown | 2010 |
| Movie | Peep World | Unknown | 2010 |
| Series | The Talk | Unknown | 2010-10-18 |
| Series | Conan | Unknown | 2010-11-08 |
| Movie | Jesus People: The Movie | Unknown | 2009 |
| Series | Dollhouse | Unknown | 2009-02-13 |
| Movie | Halloween II | Nurse Daniels | 2009-08-28 |
| Movie | Drag Me to Hell | Unknown | 2009-05-29 |
| Movie | Just Peck | Unknown | 2009 |
| Movie | The Soloist | Unknown | 2009 |
| Movie | Love at First Hiccup | Unknown | 2009 |
| Movie | Herpes Boy | Unknown | 2009 |
| Series | Wizards of Waverly Place | Unknown | 2008 |
| Movie | Next of Kin | Unknown | 2008 |
| Movie | Pretty Ugly People | Unknown | 2008 |
| Series | Raising the Bar | Unknown | 2008 |
| Movie | Seven Pounds | Unknown | 2008 |
| Movie | The Spleenectomy | Unknown | 2008 |
| Series | Faux Baby | Unknown | 2008 |
| Series | Worst Week | Unknown | 2008-09-22 |
| Movie | The Captain | Unknown | 2008 |
| Series | The Big Bang Theory | Unknown | 2007-09-24 |
| Series | Chelsea Lately | Unknown | 2007-07-01 |
| Series | Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Unknown | 2007-10-01 |
| Series | The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman | Unknown | 2007 |
| Movie | The Nines | Unknown | 2007-11-30 |
| Movie | The Room | Herself | 2006-07-28 |
| Series | Ugly Betty | Unknown | 2006-09-28 |
| Movie | Pulse | Landlady | 2006-08-11 |
| Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
| Movie | Coach Carter | Unknown | 2005 |
| Movie | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | Unknown | 2005 |
| Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Unknown | 2005-01-03 |
| Series | Medium | Unknown | 2005-01-03 |
| Movie | Wannabe | Unknown | 2005 |
| Movie | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Unknown | 2005 |
| Movie | Pretty Persuasion | Unknown | 2005 |
| Movie | Beauty Shop | Unknown | 2005 |
| Series | Made in Hollywood | Unknown | 2005-09-30 |
| Series | American Dad! | Unknown | 2005-02-06 |
| Series | LAX | Flight Attendant | 2004-09-06 |
| Movie | Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! | Janine | 2004-01-23 |
| Series | Tavis Smiley | Unknown | 2004-01-05 |
| Movie | Breakin' All the Rules | Unknown | 2004 |
| Series | CSI: NY | Unknown | 2004-09-22 |
| Series | Huff | Unknown | 2004-11-07 |
| Movie | Chicken Party | Unknown | 2003 |
| Series | Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Movie | Bad Santa | Unknown | 2003 |
| Movie | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Unknown | 2003-07-02 |
| Movie | S.W.A.T. | Unknown | 2003-08-08 |
| Movie | Sol Goode | Unknown | 2003-03-11 |
| Series | Presidio Med | Unknown | 2002-09-24 |
| Movie | Spider-Man | Unknown | 2002 |
| Movie | Little John | Unknown | 2002-05-05 |
| Series | The Chronicle | Unknown | 2001 |
| Series | Grounded for Life | Unknown | 2001-01-10 |
| Movie | The Journeyman | Unknown | 2001-03-10 |
| Movie | Follow the Stars Home | Hildy | 2001-05-06 |
| Movie | The Sky Is Falling | Unknown | 2001 |
| Series | Titus | Unknown | 2000 |
| Movie | Auto Motives | Rhonda | 2000-03-05 |
| Series | City of Angels | Unknown | 2000-01-16 |
| Series | Malcolm in the Middle | Unknown | 2000-01-09 |
| Movie | Missing Pieces | Unknown | 2000 |
| Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
| Movie | Big Momma's House | Twila | 2000-06-02 |
| Movie | Four Dogs Playing Poker | Unknown | 2000 |
| Movie | What Planet Are You From? | Unknown | 2000 |
| Movie | Everything Put Together | Unknown | 2000 |
| Movie | Blue Streak | Unknown | 1999 |
| Movie | Lansky | Unknown | 1999 |
| Movie | Never Been Kissed | Unknown | 1999 |
| Series | Dharma & Greg | Unknown | 1999 |
| Series | Roswell | Unknown | 1999-10-06 |
| Movie | Being John Malkovich | Unknown | 1999-12-03 |
| Movie | Live Virgin | Unknown | 1999 |
| Series | Chicken Soup for the Soul | Unknown | 1999-08-24 |
| Movie | Sparkler | Wanda | 1999-03-19 |
| Series | Brimstone | Unknown | 1998-10-23 |
| Series | To Have & to Hold | Unknown | 1998 |
| Movie | Making Sandwiches | Unknown | 1998 |
| Series | L.A. Doctors | Unknown | 1998-09-21 |
| Series | Fox and Friends | Unknown | 1998-02-01 |
| Series | Becker | Unknown | 1998-11-02 |
| Series | Just Shoot Me! | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
| Series | 413 Hope St. | Unknown | 1997-09-11 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | The Sixth Man | Unknown | 1997 |
| Series | Moesha | Unknown | 1996-01-23 |
| Movie | A Time to Kill | Unknown | 1996-07-24 |
| Movie | Tom and Huck | Unknown | 1995 |
| Movie | The Grass Harp | Unknown | 1995 |
| Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
| Series | Chicago Hope | Unknown | 1994-09-18 |
| Series | Extra | Unknown | 1994-09-05 |
| Series | NYPD Blue | Unknown | 1993-09-21 |
| Series | The X-Files | Unknown | 1993-09-10 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Series | Entertainment Tonight | Unknown | 1981-09-14 |
| Series | Good Morning America | Unknown | 1975-01-06 |
| Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |