People
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 Supporting Actress for her role in Ryan Coogler's biopic Fruitvale Station (2013), had a... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Smurfs as (voice) | 2025-07-10 |
Becoming bell hooks as Self | 2024-02-27 |
Spirited as Kimberly | 2022-11-10 |
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter as Self | 2022-09-22 |
The Quest for Sleep as Narrator | 2022-03-18 |
Encounter as Hattie Hayes | 2021-12-03 |
Thunder Force as Emily Stanton | 2021-04-09 |
Superintelligence as Octavia Spencer (voice) | 2020-12-11 |
Roald Dahl's The Witches as Grandma | 2020-10-26 |
Onward as The Manticore (voice) | 2020-02-29 |
Dolittle as Dab-Dab (voice) | 2020-01-02 |
Luce as Harriet Wilson | 2019-08-02 |
Ma as Sue Ann | 2019-05-29 |
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé as Self | 2019-04-16 |
Instant Family as Karen | 2018-11-13 |
A Kid Like Jake as Judy | 2018-06-01 |
Small Town Crime as Kelly Banks | 2018-01-19 |
The Shape of Water as Zelda Fuller | 2017-12-01 |
Gifted as Roberta Taylor | 2017-04-07 |
Car Dogs as Mrs. Barrett | 2017-03-24 |
The Shack as Papa / Elouisa | 2017-03-03 |
Hidden Figures as Dorothy Vaughan | 2016-12-10 |
Bad Santa 2 as Opal | 2016-11-23 |
The Free World as Linda Workman | 2016-09-23 |
Allegiant as Johanna Reyes | 2016-03-09 |
Zootopia as Mrs. Otterton (voice) | 2016-02-11 |
The Great Gilly Hopkins as Miss Harris | 2015-10-05 |
Fathers and Daughters as Dr. Corman | 2015-10-01 |
Insurgent as Johanna Reyes | 2015-03-18 |
Black or White as Rowena Jeffers | 2014-09-06 |
Get on Up as Aunt Honey | 2014-08-01 |
Jesus People as Angel Angelique | 2013-12-19 |
Paradise as Loray | 2013-10-18 |
Lost on Purpose as Nurse Keller | 2013-10-04 |
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters as Martha (voice) | 2013-08-07 |
Snowpiercer as Tanya | 2013-08-01 |
Fruitvale Station as Wanda | 2013-07-26 |
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy as Narrator (voice) | 2013-06-19 |
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film as Dr. Nance | 2013-04-20 |
Blues for Willadean as LeSonia Robinson | 2012-10-05 |
Smashed as Jenny | 2012-01-22 |
Flypaper as Madge Wiggins | 2011-08-19 |
The Help as Minny Jackson | 2011-08-09 |
Just Peck as Detention Teacher | 2011-02-16 |
Peep World as Alison | 2010-09-15 |
Love and Distrust as Rhonda (segment "Auto Motives") | 2010-08-16 |
Dinner for Schmucks as Madame Nora | 2010-07-30 |
Small Town Saturday Night as Rhonda Dooley | 2010-05-31 |
Herpes Boy as Rochelle | 2009-10-24 |
Halloween II as Nurse Daniels | 2009-08-28 |
Drag Me to Hell as Bank Co-Worker | 2009-05-27 |
The Soloist as Troubled Woman | 2009-04-24 |
Love at First Hiccup as Mrs. Hambrick | 2009-02-02 |
Seven Pounds as Kate the Home Health Care Nurse | 2008-12-18 |
Pretty Ugly People as Mary | 2008-11-14 |
The Spleenectomy as Nurse | 2008-10-14 |
Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School as Dr. Evilini | 2008-04-06 |
The Nines as Streetwalker | 2007-01-21 |
Pulse as Landlady | 2006-08-11 |
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Ayisha Lebaron | 2006-01-12 |
Beauty Shop as Big Customer | 2005-04-22 |
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous as Middle-Aged Woman | 2005-03-11 |
Pretty Persuasion as Woman | 2005-01-22 |
Coach Carter as Mrs. Battle | 2005-01-14 |
Breakin' All the Rules as Stylist | 2004-05-14 |
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! as Janine | 2004-01-23 |
Bad Santa as Opal | 2003-11-26 |
Chicken Party as Laqueta Mills | 2003-10-14 |
S.W.A.T. as Neighbor in Alley | 2003-08-08 |
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde as Security Guard | 2003-07-02 |
Sol Goode as Unemployment Clerk | 2003-03-11 |
Little John as Waitress | 2002-05-05 |
Spider-Man as Check-In Girl | 2002-05-01 |
Everything Put Together as Nurse B | 2001-11-02 |
The Sky is Falling as Nurse #2 | 2001-06-07 |
Follow the Stars Home as Hildy | 2001-05-06 |
The Journeyman as Black Belly | 2001-03-10 |
Missing Pieces as Elegant Guest (as Octavia L. Spencer) | 2001-01-01 |
Four Dogs Playing Poker as Waitress | 2000-06-06 |
American Virgin as Agnes Large | 2000-06-02 |
Big Momma's House as Twila | 2000-05-31 |
What Planet Are You From? as Baby Nurse | 2000-03-03 |
Being John Malkovich as Woman in Elevator | 1999-10-29 |
Blue Streak as Shawna | 1999-09-17 |
Never Been Kissed as Cynthia | 1999-04-09 |
Lansky as Evelyn | 1999-02-27 |
Sparkler as Wanda | 1997-10-01 |
The 6th Man as Nativity Watson | 1997-03-28 |
Valley Girls as Cheerleader | 1996-11-09 |
A Time to Kill as Roark's Nurse | 1996-07-24 |