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