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