Biography
Octavia Spencer
Acting
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 th…
Career works
163
Movies
98
Series
65
Career average
6.4/10
Birth date
05/25/1970
Place of birth
Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Filmography highlights
Movies
Tow
2026 · 6.7
Smurfs
2025 · 5.8
Becoming bell hooks
2024
Spirited
2022 · 6.8
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
2022 · 8.0
The Quest for Sleep
2022 · 7.0
Encounter
2021 · 6.3
Thunder Force
2021 · 5.5
Superintelligence
2020 · 5.9
Roald Dahl's The Witches
2020 · 6.3
Onward
2020 · 7.6
Dolittle
2020 · 6.6
Luce
2019 · 6.4
Ma
2019 · 5.8
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé
2019 · 8.0
Series
Ride or Die
2026
Family Recipe Showdown
2025 · 10.0
My Happy Place
2025 · 1.0
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025 · 3.6
Hollywood Black
2024 · 5.0
The Santa Stories
2023 · 7.0
Lost Women of Highway 20
2023 · 8.2
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · 5.6
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
2020 · 7.4
Truth Be Told
2019 · 7.0
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · 6.4
Young Sheldon
2017 · 8.0
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
2016 · 8.5
To Tell the Truth
2016 · 5.7
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · 6.2