Birthday
1970/05/25 (54 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Also know as
Octavia L. Spencer, Octavia Spenser, Октавія Спенсер, Октавія Ленора Спенсер, Οκτάβια Σπένσερ, Октавия Спенсер, 옥타비아 스펜서, Octavia Lenora Spencer, 奧塔薇亞·史班森
Octavia Lenora Spencer (born May 25, 1970) is an American actress, author, and producer. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. She is one of two black actresses to have received three Academy Award nominations, the first black actress to receive two consecutive Academy Award nominations in back-to-back years, and the first black actress to receive an Academy Award nomination after previously winning.
(1999) Being John Malkovich
as Woman in Elevator
(2002) Spider-Man
as Check-In Girl
(2005) Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
as Middle-Aged Woman
Nobody Nothing Nowhere
as ---
(1999) Never Been Kissed
as Cynthia
(2008) Seven Pounds
as Kate the Home Health Care Nurse
(2009) Halloween II
as Nurse Daniels
(2003) Sol Goode
as Unemployment Clerk
(2005) Coach Carter
as Mrs. Battle
(2008) Pretty Ugly People
as Mary
(2007) The Nines
as Streetwalker
(2000) Big Momma's House
as Twila
(2006) Pulse
as Landlady
(2022) Spirited
as Kimberly
(2004) Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
as Janine
(2005) Beauty Shop
as Big Customer
(2009) Love at First Hiccup
as Mrs. Hambrick
(2000) American Virgin
as Agnes Large
(2011) Flypaper
as Madge Wiggins
(2010) Dinner for Schmucks
as Madame Nora
(2009) Drag Me to Hell
as Bank Co-Worker
(2010) Small Town Saturday Night
as Rhonda Dooley
(2011) The Help
as Minny Jackson
(2006) Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Ayisha Lebaron
(2012) Smashed
as Jenny
(2008) The Spleenectomy
as Nurse
(2013) Snowpiercer
as Tanya
(2002) Little John
as Waitress
(2022) The Quest for Sleep
as Narrator
(2013) Paradise
as Loray
(2013) Fruitvale Station
as Wanda
(2013) Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Dr. Nance
(2009) Herpes Boy
as Rochelle
(2013) Lost on Purpose
as Nurse Keller
(2013) Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Narrator (voice)
(2014) Black or White
as Rowena Jeffers
(2014) Get on Up
as Aunt Honey
(1997) Sparkler
as Wanda
(2015) Fathers and Daughters
as Dr. Corman
(2013) Jesus People
as Angel Angelique
(2012) Blues for Willadean
as LeSonia Robinson
(2015) Insurgent
as Johanna Reyes
(2022) Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
as Self
(2024) Becoming bell hooks
as Self
(2017) The Shack
as Papa / Elouisa
Tow
as ---
(2025) The Smurfs Movie
as (voice)
(2016) Zootopia
as Mrs. Otterton (voice)
(2015) The Great Gilly Hopkins
as Miss Harris
(2016) The Free World
as Linda Workman
(2016) Allegiant
as Johanna Reyes
(2003) Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
as Security Guard
(2016) Hidden Figures
as Dorothy Vaughan
(2017) Gifted
as Roberta Taylor
(2018) Small Town Crime
as Kelly Banks
(1999) Blue Streak
as Shawna
(2017) The Shape of Water
as Zelda Fuller
(2011) Just Peck
as Detention Teacher
(2016) Bad Santa 2
as Opal
(2000) Four Dogs Playing Poker
as Waitress
(2001) Follow the Stars Home
as Hildy
(2001) The Sky is Falling
as Nurse #2
(2005) Pretty Persuasion
as Woman
(1999) Lansky
as Evelyn
(2013) Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
as Martha (voice)
(2001) Missing Pieces
as Elegant Guest (as Octavia L. Spencer)
(2000) What Planet Are You From?
as Baby Nurse
(2003) S.W.A.T.
as Neighbor in Alley
(2001) Everything Put Together
as Nurse B
(2010) Peep World
as Alison
(1996) A Time to Kill
as Roark's Nurse
(2004) Breakin' All the Rules
as Stylist
(2009) The Soloist
as Troubled Woman
(2001) The Journeyman
as Black Belly
(1997) The 6th Man
as Nativity Watson
(2017) Car Dogs
as Mrs. Barrett
(2018) A Kid Like Jake
as Judy
(2008) Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School
as Dr. Evilini
(2019) Luce
as Harriet Wilson
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
as ---
(2019) Ma
as Sue Ann
(2018) Instant Family
as Karen
(2020) Onward
as The Manticore (voice)
(2020) Roald Dahl's The Witches
as Grandma
(2019) HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé
as Self
(2021) Thunder Force
as Emily Stanton
The Heart
as ---
(2020) Dolittle
as Dab-Dab (voice)
(2003) Chicken Party
as Laqueta Mills
(2021) Encounter
as Hattie Hayes
(2010) Love and Distrust
as Rhonda (segment "Auto Motives")
(2020) Superintelligence
as Voice of Octavia Spencer (voice)
(1996) Valley Girls
as Cheerleader
(2003) Bad Santa
as Opal
(2002) Presidio Med
as ---
(2005) Medium
as Jurist
(2000) Titus
as ---
(2007) The Big Bang Theory
as Octavia
(2000) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Sherry
(2001) The Chronicle
as Ruby Rydell
(2000) Malcolm in the Middle
as Cashier
(2004) CSI: NY
as Child Welfare Rep
(1997) Dharma & Greg
as Gloria
(2007) Wizards of Waverly Place
as Dr. Evilini
(1996) Moesha
as ---
(2007) Halfway Home
as ---
(2004) LAX
as Flight Attendant
(2007) Cavemen
as ---
(1993) The X-Files
as Nurse
(1998) Becker
as Ticket Woman
(1999) Roswell
as Nurse
(2006) Ugly Betty
as Constance Grady
(2003) The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
(2001) Grounded for Life
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Elegant guest
(1994) Chicago Hope
as ---
(1997) Just Shoot Me!
as Nurse
(1994) ER
as Maria Jones
(2006) The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman
as ---
(2009) Dollhouse
as Professor Janack
(2008) Raising the Bar
as Arvina Watkins
(2013) Mom
as Regina Tompkins
(2014) Red Band Society
as Nurse Jackson
(1996) The Daily Show
as Self
(2005) The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
(2013) Drunk History
as Harriet Tubman
(2014) Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
(2006) 30 Rock
as Octavia Spencer
(2014) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
(2023) Lost Women of Highway 20
as Host
(2022) The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
(2019) The Kelly Clarkson Show
as ---
Untitled Tessa Coates Action-Adventure Series
as Debbie
(2019) Truth Be Told
as Poppy Parnell
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Waitress
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Hildy
(2013) The Goldbergs
as Felicia (voice)
(2009) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
(2023) The Santa Stories
as Detective Grinchauser
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
(2016) Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
as Team Martha
(2014) black-ish
as Octavia Spencer
(1953) The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
(2016) To Tell the Truth
as Self - Panelist
(1981) Entertainment Tonight
as Self
(2007) The Graham Norton Show
as Self
(2017) Young Sheldon
as Officer Rhonda Tomasson
(2005) American Dad!
as Shonteeva (voice)
(2006) Standoff
as Rapid Air Clerk
(2015) Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
(2019) Truth Be Told
as Poppy Scoville
(2003) Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
(2020) Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
as Madam C. J. Walker
(2014) Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
(2014) Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self