Personal Info
Known Credits
94
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1970-05-25 (55 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Also Known For
Octavia L. SpencerOctavia SpenserОктавія СпенсерОктавія Ленора СпенсерΟκτάβια ΣπένσερОктавия Спенсер옥타비아 스펜서Octavia Lenora Spencer奧塔薇亞·史班森اوکتیویا اسپنسراکتاویا اسپنسر
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 ...
Acting
2025 --
Smurfs
| (voice)
2025 --
Tow
|
2024 --
Becoming bell hooks
| Self
2022 --
Spirited
| Kimberly
2022 --
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
| Self
2022 --
The Quest for Sleep
| Narrator
2021 --
Encounter
| Hattie Hayes
2021 --
Thunder Force
| Emily Stanton
2020 --
Superintelligence
| Octavia Spencer (voice)
2020 --
Roald Dahl's The Witches
| Grandma
2020 --
Onward
| The Manticore (voice)
2020 --
Dolittle
| Dab-Dab (voice)
2019 --
Luce
| Harriet Wilson
2019 --
Ma
| Sue Ann
2019 --
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé
| Self
2018 --
Instant Family
| Karen
2018 --
A Kid Like Jake
| Judy
2018 --
Small Town Crime
| Kelly Banks
2017 --
The Shape of Water
| Zelda Fuller
2017 --
Gifted
| Roberta Taylor
2017 --
Car Dogs
| Mrs. Barrett
2017 --
The Shack
| Papa / Elouisa
2016 --
Hidden Figures
| Dorothy Vaughan
2016 --
Bad Santa 2
| Opal
2016 --
The Free World
| Linda Workman
2016 --
Allegiant
| Johanna Reyes
2016 --
Zootopia
| Mrs. Otterton (voice)
2015 --
The Great Gilly Hopkins
| Miss Harris
2015 --
Fathers and Daughters
| Dr. Corman
2015 --
Insurgent
| Johanna Reyes
2014 --
Black or White
| Rowena Jeffers
2014 --
Get on Up
| Aunt Honey
2013 --
Jesus People
| Angel Angelique
2013 --
Paradise
| Loray
2013 --
Lost on Purpose
| Nurse Keller
2013 --
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
| Martha (voice)
2013 --
Snowpiercer
| Tanya
2013 --
Fruitvale Station
| Wanda
2013 --
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
| Narrator (voice)
2013 --
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
| Dr. Nance
2012 --
Blues for Willadean
| LeSonia Robinson
2012 --
Smashed
| Jenny
2011 --
Flypaper
| Madge Wiggins
2011 --
The Help
| Minny Jackson
2011 --
Just Peck
| Detention Teacher
2010 --
Peep World
| Alison
2010 --
Love and Distrust
| Rhonda (segment "Auto Motives")
2010 --
Dinner for Schmucks
| Madame Nora
2010 --
Small Town Saturday Night
| Rhonda Dooley
2009 --
Herpes Boy
| Rochelle
2009 --
Halloween II
| Nurse Daniels
2009 --
Drag Me to Hell
| Bank Co-Worker
2009 --
The Soloist
| Troubled Woman
2009 --
Love at First Hiccup
| Mrs. Hambrick
2008 --
Seven Pounds
| Kate the Home Health Care Nurse
2008 --
Pretty Ugly People
| Mary
2008 --
The Spleenectomy
| Nurse
2008 --
Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School
| Dr. Evilini
2007 --
The Nines
| Streetwalker
2006 --
Pulse
| Landlady
2006 --
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
| Ayisha Lebaron
2005 --
Beauty Shop
| Big Customer
2005 --
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
| Middle-Aged Woman
2005 --
Pretty Persuasion
| Woman
2005 --
Coach Carter
| Mrs. Battle
2004 --
Breakin' All the Rules
| Stylist
2004 --
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
| Janine
2003 --
Bad Santa
| Opal
2003 --
Chicken Party
| Laqueta Mills
2003 --
S.W.A.T.
| Neighbor in Alley
2003 --
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
| Security Guard
2003 --
Sol Goode
| Unemployment Clerk
2002 --
Little John
| Waitress
2002 --
Spider-Man
| Check-In Girl
2001 --
Everything Put Together
| Nurse B
2001 --
The Sky is Falling
| Nurse #2
2001 --
Follow the Stars Home
| Hildy
2001 --
The Journeyman
| Black Belly
2001 --
Missing Pieces
| Elegant Guest (as Octavia L. Spencer)
2000 --
Four Dogs Playing Poker
| Waitress
2000 --
American Virgin
| Agnes Large
2000 --
Big Momma's House
| Twila
2000 --
What Planet Are You From?
| Baby Nurse
1999 --
Being John Malkovich
| Woman in Elevator
1999 --
Blue Streak
| Shawna
1999 --
Never Been Kissed
| Cynthia
1999 --
Lansky
| Evelyn
1997 --
Sparkler
| Wanda
1997 --
The 6th Man
| Nativity Watson
1996 --
Valley Girls
| Cheerleader
1996 --
A Time to Kill
| Roark's Nurse