Octavia Spencer
Born in Montgomery, Alabama, USA — May 25 1970
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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 Natio…
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Sherry
American Dad!
Shonteeva (voice)
The X-Files
Nurse
Mom
Regina Tompkins
30 Rock
Octavia Spencer
Young Sheldon
Officer Rhonda Tomasson
CSI: NY
Child Welfare Rep
Malcolm in the Middle
Cashier
Medium
Jurist
black-ish
Octavia Spencer
ER
Maria Jones
The Big Bang Theory
Octavia
Chicago Hope
Nurse Jane
Ugly Betty
Constance Grady
Becker
Ticket Woman
Wizards of Waverly Place
Dr. Evilini
Zootopia
Mrs. Otterton (voice)
Moesha
Gloria
Roswell
Nurse
Grounded for Life
Admitting Nurse
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
Spider-Man
Check-In Girl
Dollhouse
Professor Janack
To Tell the Truth
Self - Panelist
Truth Be Told
Poppy Scoville
Dharma & Greg
Gloria
L.A. Doctors
Bus Driver
The Shape of Water
Zelda Fuller
Titus
Ms. Alice Hays
Just Shoot Me!
Nurse
Gifted
Roberta Taylor
Raising the Bar
Arvina Watkins
Green Book
Production
Smurfs
Asmodius (voice)
The Help
Minny Jackson
Brimstone
Duty Nurse
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
Snowpiercer
Tanya
Hidden Figures
Dorothy Vaughan
Presidio Med
Sheryl Washington
Insurgent
Johanna Reyes
Dolittle
Dab-Dab (voice)
Onward
The Manticore (voice)
The Chronicle
Ruby Rydell
LAX
Flight Attendant
Ma
Sue Ann
A Time to Kill
Roark's Nurse
Drag Me to Hell
Bank Co-Worker
Red Band Society
Nurse Jackson
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Grandma
The Shack
Papa / Elouisa
S.W.A.T.
Neighbor in Alley
Standoff
Rapid Air Clerk
Allegiant
Johanna Reyes
Big Momma's House
Twila
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Elegant guest
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Security Guard
Coach Carter
Mrs. Battle
Being John Malkovich
Woman in Elevator
Bad Santa
Opal
Instant Family
Karen
Seven Pounds
Kate the Home Health Care Nurse
Blue Streak
Shawna
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
Madam C. J. Walker
Spirited
Kimberly
Cavemen
Fathers and Daughters
Dr. Corman
Tow
Barb
Halloween II
Nurse Daniels
Fruitvale Station
Wanda
Pulse
Landlady
Bad Santa 2
Opal
The Soloist
Troubled Woman
What Planet Are You From?
Baby Nurse
Never Been Kissed
Cynthia
Superintelligence
Octavia Spencer (voice)
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Martha (voice)
Dinner for Schmucks
Madame Nora
Get On Up
Aunt Honey
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Middle-Aged Woman
Beauty Shop
Big Customer
Flypaper
Madge Wiggins
Ride or Die
Production
Halfway Home
Encounter
Hattie Hayes
Thunder Force
Emily Stanton
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Miss Harris
The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman
Smashed
Jenny
The Santa Stories
Detective Grinchauser
Black or White
Rowena Jeffers
My Happy Place
Self
Lansky
Evelyn
Luce
Harriet Wilson
Paradise
Loray
The Nines
Streetwalker
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Janine
Breakin' All the Rules
Stylist
Sol Goode
Unemployment Clerk
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé
Self
American Virgin
Agnes Large
Love and Distrust
Rhonda (segment "Auto Motives")
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Dr. Nance
Pretty Persuasion
Woman
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Ayisha Lebaron
Family Recipe Showdown
Host
Peep World
Alison
Missing Pieces
Elegant Guest (as Octavia L. Spencer)
Just Peck
Detention Teacher
Love at First Hiccup
Mrs. Hambrick
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Self - Narrator (voice)
Little John
Waitress
Small Town Crime
Kelly Banks
Follow the Stars Home
Hildy
The Journeyman
Black Belly
Sparkler
Wanda
The 6th Man
Nativity Watson
Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School
Dr. Evilini
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Self
Car Dogs
Mrs. Barrett
A Kid Like Jake
Judy
The Sky is Falling
Nurse #2
Ma 2
Sue Ann
Herpes Boy
Rochelle
The Free World
Linda Workman
Small Town Saturday Night
Rhonda Dooley
Blues for Willadean
LeSonia Robinson
The Spleenectomy
Nurse
Nobody Nothing Nowhere
Four Dogs Playing Poker
Waitress
Jesus People
Angel Angelique
Everything Put Together
Nurse B
Chicken Party
Laqueta Mills
Valley Girls
Cheerleader
Candid
Production
Pretty Ugly People
Mary
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
Lost Women of Highway 20
Host
Auto Motives
Rhonda
Death of a Salesman
Linda Loman
The Heart
Lost on Purpose
Nurse Keller
Deck the Y'alls
Gladys Gibbes
Becoming bell hooks
Self
The Quest for Sleep
Narrator