Octavia Spencer

55 years old Montgomery, Alabama, USA

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).

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Recent movies

# Name Character Rating
1 Smurfs (2025) Asmodius (voice) 7
2 Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter (2022) Self -
3 Spirited (2022) Kimberly 7
4 Encounter (2021) Hattie Hayes 7
5 Thunder Force (2021) Emily Stanton 4.8
6 Superintelligence (2020) Octavia Spencer (voice) 6.1
7 Roald Dahl's The Witches (2020) Grandma 5.8
8 Onward (2020)
Top movies in 2020 		The Manticore (voice) 7.6
9 Dolittle (2020) Dab-Dab (voice) 6.4
10 HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé (2019) Self 7.1
11 Luce (2019) Harriet Wilson 6.4
12 Ma (2019) Sue Ann 6.4
13 Small Town Crime (2018) Kelly Banks 7
14 A Kid Like Jake (2018) Judy 5.7
15 Instant Family (2018) Karen 7.8
16 The Shape of Water (2017) Zelda Fuller 7.4
17 Gifted (2017) Roberta Taylor 7.8
18 The Shack (2017) Papa / Elouisa 6.3
19 The Free World (2016) Linda Workman 6
20 Car Dogs (2016) Mrs. Barrett -
21 Hidden Figures (2016)
Top 100 by FilmGator 		Dorothy Vaughan 8.1
22 Bad Santa 2 (2016) Opal 6.4
23 Zootopia (2016)
Top 100 by FilmGator 		Mrs. Otterton (voice) 8.1
24 Allegiant (2016) Johanna Reyes 5.9
25 Fathers and Daughters (2015) Dr. Corman 7
26 The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015) Miss Harris 7.3
27 Insurgent (2015) Johanna Reyes 6.3
28 Get on Up (2014) Aunt Honey 7.4
29 Black or White (2014) Rowena Jeffers 5.6
30 Snowpiercer (2013) Tanya 7.4
31 Jesus People (2013) Angel Angelique -
32 Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013) Self - Narrator (voice) -
33 Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013) Dr. Nance 5.5
34 Paradise (2013) Loray 7
35 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) Martha (voice) 6
36 Fruitvale Station (2013) Wanda 7.3
37 Smashed (2012) Jenny 5.5
38 The Help (2011)
Oscars 2012 		Minny Jackson 8.3
39 Just Peck (2011) Detention Teacher -
40 Flypaper (2011) Madge Wiggins 7.1
41 Peep World (2010) Alison 6
42 Dinner for Schmucks (2010) Madame Nora 5.9
43 Small Town Saturday Night (2010) Rhonda Dooley -
44 Love and Distrust (2010) Rhonda (segment "Auto Motives") 4
45 Love at First Hiccup (2009) Mrs. Hambrick 10
46 Drag Me to Hell (2009) Bank Co-Worker 6.4
47 The Soloist (2009) Troubled Woman 6.9
48 Halloween II (2009) Nurse Daniels 5.5
49 Pretty Ugly People (2008) Mary 5
50 Seven Pounds (2008) Kate the Home Health Care Nurse 7.5
51 The Spleenectomy (2008) Nurse -
52 The Nines (2007) Streetwalker 7
53 Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2006) Ayisha Lebaron 5
54 Pulse (2006) Landlady 5.4
55 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) Middle-Aged Woman 5.3
56 Beauty Shop (2005) Big Customer 6.5
57 Coach Carter (2005) Mrs. Battle 6.9
58 Pretty Persuasion (2005) Woman 5.4
59 Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004) Janine 5.4
60 Breakin' All the Rules (2004) Stylist -
61 S.W.A.T. (2003) Neighbor in Alley 6.2
62 Sol Goode (2003) Unemployment Clerk -
63 Bad Santa (2003) Opal 6.9
64 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) Security Guard 5.5
65 Spider-Man (2002)
Oscars 2003 		Check-In Girl 7.4
66 Little John (2002) Waitress -
67 Follow the Stars Home (2001) Hildy 6
68 Big Momma's House (2000) Twila 5.5
69 What Planet Are You From? (2000) Baby Nurse 7
70 American Virgin (2000) Agnes Large -
71 Blue Streak (1999) Shawna 6.5
72 Never Been Kissed (1999) Cynthia 6.3
73 Being John Malkovich (1999)
Oscars 2000 		Woman in Elevator 7.5
74 The 6th Man (1997) Nativity Watson 10
75 Sparkler (1997) Wanda -
76 A Time to Kill (1996) Roark's Nurse 7.4
77 B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations Capitaine Book -