Octavia Spencer
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.
Acted Movies
Director: Sean Anders
Writers: John Morris,
Cast: Aimee Carrero, Joe Tippett, Loren G. Woods, Marlow Barkley, Octavia Spencer, Patrick Page, Ryan Reynolds, Sunita Mani, Tracy Morgan, Will Ferrell,
Director: Michael Pearce
Writers: Joe Barton,
Cast: Aditya Geddada, Antonio Jaramillo, Janina Gavankar, Keith Szarabajka, Lucian-River Chauhan, Misha Collins, Octavia Spencer, Riz Ahmed, Rory Cochrane, Shane McRae,
Director: Dan Scanlon
Writers: Keith Bunin,
Cast: Ali Wong, Chris Pratt, Grey DeLisle, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kyle Bornheimer, Lena Waithe, Mel Rodriguez, Octavia Spencer, Tom Holland, Tracey Ullman,
Director: Sean Anders
Writers: Sean Anders,
Cast: Allyn Rachel, Gustavo Escobar, Isabela Merced, Julianna Gamiz, Julie Hagerty, Margo Martindale, Mark Wahlberg, Octavia Spencer, Rose Byrne, Tig Notaro,
Director: Marc Webb
Writers: Tom Flynn,
Cast: Chris Evans, Glenn Plummer, Jenny Slate, Joe Chrest, Jona Xiao, Julie Ann Emery, Keir O'Donnell, Lindsay Duncan, Mckenna Grace, Octavia Spencer,
Director: Stuart Hazeldine
Writers: Andrew Lanham,
Cast: Aviv Alush, Gage Munroe, Graham Greene, Lane Edwards, Megan Charpentier, Octavia Spencer, Radha Mitchell, Sam Worthington, Sumire, Tim McGraw,
Director: Theodore Melfi
Writers: Theodore Melfi,
Cast: Ariana Neal, Glen Powell, Janelle Monáe, Jim Parsons, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Mahershala Ali, Octavia Spencer, Saniyya Sidney, Taraji P. Henson,
Director: Rich Moore
Writers: Phil Johnston,
Cast: Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Ginnifer Goodwin, Idris Elba, J.K. Simmons, Jason Bateman, Jenny Slate, Nate Torrence, Octavia Spencer, Tommy Chong,
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Writers: Brad Desch,
Cast: Aaron Paul, Amanda Seyfried, Bruce Greenwood, Diane Kruger, Jane Fonda, Janet McTeer, Kylie Rogers, Octavia Spencer, Quvenzhané Wallis, Russell Crowe,
Director: Mike Binder
Writers: Mike Binder,
Cast: Angela Jones, Bill Burr, Gillian Jacobs, Indigo, Jennifer Ehle, Jillian Estell, Joe Chrest, Kevin Costner, Mpho Koaho, Octavia Spencer,
Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Steven Baigelman,
Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Dan Aykroyd, Fred Melamed, Jill Scott, Lennie James, Nelsan Ellis, Nick Eversman, Octavia Spencer, Tika Sumpter, Viola Davis,
Director: Diablo Cody
Writers: Diablo Cody,
Cast: Holly Hunter, Iliza Shlesinger, Julianne Hough, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Maz Jobrani, Nick Offerman, Octavia Spencer, Phil Austin, Russell Brand, Sam Malone,
Director: Bong Joon Ho
Writers: Kelly Masterson,
Cast: Alison Pill, Chris Evans, Ed Harris, Ewen Bremner, Jamie Bell, John Hurt, Ko A-sung, Octavia Spencer, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton,
Director: Ryan Coogler
Writers: Ryan Coogler,
Cast: Ahna O'Reilly, Ariana Neal, Chad Michael Murray, Joey Oglesby, Keenan Coogler, Kevin Durand, Melonie Díaz, Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Trestin George,
Director: James Ponsoldt
Writers: Susan Burke,
Cast: Aaron Paul, Brad Carter, Bree Turner, Kyle Gallner, Mackenzie Davis, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Mary Kay Place, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman, Octavia Spencer,
Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Tate Taylor,
Cast: Ahna O'Reilly, Allison Janney, Anna Camp, Bryce Dallas Howard, Eleanor Henry, Emma Henry, Emma Stone, Jessica Chastain, Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis,
Director: Robert Luketic
Writers: Victor Levin,
Cast: Amy Smart, Gary Cole, Ginnifer Goodwin, Josh Duhamel, Kate Bosworth, Kathryn Hahn, Nathan Lane, Octavia Spencer, Sean Hayes, Topher Grace,