Spider-Man2002
As Check-In Girl
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Octavia Spencer
Born
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.
Filmography (99)
Zootopia2016
As Mrs. Otterton (voice)
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Hidden Figures2016
As Dorothy Vaughan
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Shape of Water2017
As Zelda Fuller
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Help2011
As Minny Jackson
TMDb 8.2 / 10
Insurgent2015
As Johanna Reyes
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Onward2020
As The Manticore (voice)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Allegiant2016
As Johanna Reyes
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Snowpiercer2013
As Tanya
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Seven Pounds2008
As Kate the Home Health Care Nurse
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Gifted2017
As Roberta Taylor
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Roald Dahl's The Witches2020
As Grandma
TMDb 6.3 / 10
A Time to Kill1996
As Roark's Nurse
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Dolittle2020
As Dab-Dab (voice)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Coach Carter2005
As Mrs. Battle
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous2005
As Middle-Aged Woman
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Smurfs2025
As Asmodius (voice)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Drag Me to Hell2009
As Bank Co-Worker
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Instant Family2018
As Karen
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Shack2017
As Papa / Elouisa
TMDb 7.5 / 10
S.W.A.T.2003
As Neighbor in Alley
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde2003
As Security Guard
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Being John Malkovich1999
As Woman in Elevator
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Ma2019
As Sue Ann
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Blue Streak1999
As Shawna
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Big Momma's House2000
As Twila
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Halloween II2009
As Nurse Daniels
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Spirited2022
As Kimberly
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Bad Santa2003
As Opal
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Beauty Shop2005
As Big Customer
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Soloist2009
As Troubled Woman
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters2013
As Martha (voice)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Superintelligence2020
As Octavia Spencer (voice)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Pretty Persuasion2005
As Woman
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Fathers and Daughters2015
As Dr. Corman
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Thunder Force2021
As Emily Stanton
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Bad Santa 22016
As Opal
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Tow2026
As Barbara
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Never Been Kissed1999
As Cynthia
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Fruitvale Station2013
As Wanda
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Pulse2006
As Landlady
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Nines2007
As Streetwalker
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Dinner for Schmucks2010
As Madame Nora
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Flypaper2011
As Madge Wiggins
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Get On Up2014
As Aunt Honey
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The 6th Man1997
As Nativity Watson
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!2004
As Janine
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Encounter2021
As Hattie Hayes
TMDb 6.3 / 10
What Planet Are You From?2000
As Baby Nurse
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Lansky1999
As Evelyn
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Margie Claus2027
As (voice)
The Great Gilly Hopkins2015
As Miss Harris
TMDb 6.6 / 10
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé2019
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter2022
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Follow the Stars Home2001
As Hildy
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School2006
As Ayisha Lebaron
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Smashed2012
As Jenny
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Free World2016
As Linda Workman
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Small Town Crime2018
As Kelly Banks
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Heart
The HeartRelease date TBA
American Virgin2000
As Agnes Large
TMDb 3.4 / 10
Breakin' All the Rules2004
As Stylist
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Auto Motives2000
As Rhonda
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Black or White2015
As Rowena Jeffers
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Sol Goode2003
As Unemployment Clerk
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Luce2019
As Harriet Wilson
TMDb 6.4 / 10
A Kid Like Jake2018
As Judy
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy2013
As Self - Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Valley Girls1996
As Cheerleader
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film2013
As Dr. Nance
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Pretty Ugly People2008
As Mary
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Just Peck2011
As Detention Teacher
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Paradise2013
As Loray
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Love and Distrust2010
As Rhonda (segment "Auto Motives")
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Ma 2Release date TBA
As Sue Ann
Four Dogs Playing Poker2000
As Waitress
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Peep World2010
As Alison
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Journeyman2001
As Black Belly
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Little John2002
As Waitress
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Car Dogs2016
As Mrs. Barrett
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Small Town Saturday Night2010
As Rhonda Dooley
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Becoming bell hooks2024
As Self
Love at First Hiccup2009
As Mrs. Hambrick
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Death of a Salesman
Death of a SalesmanRelease date TBA
As Linda Loman
Missing Pieces2001
As Elegant Guest (as Octavia L. Spencer)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Herpes Boy2009
As Rochelle
The Spleenectomy2008
As Nurse
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School2008
As Dr. Evilini
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Jesus People2013
As Angel Angelique
TMDb 4.0 / 10
The Sky is Falling2001
As Nurse #2
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Blues for Willadean2012
As LeSonia Robinson
TMDb 4.5 / 10
The Quest for Sleep2022
As Narrator
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Everything Put Together2001
As Nurse B
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Nobody Nothing Nowhere
Nobody Nothing NowhereRelease date TBA
Lost on Purpose2013
As Nurse Keller
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
Untitled Holiday Comedy ProjectRelease date TBA
Sparkler1997
As Wanda
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Chicken Party2003
As Laqueta Mills
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Deck the Y'alls
Deck the Y'allsRelease date TBA
As Gladys Gibbes
Filmography and biography: TMDb