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Octavia Spencer

Octavia Spencer

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

25/05/1970

Age

55 years old

Place of Birth

Montgomery, Alabama, USA

Biography

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 t... Read More

Known For

Smurfs

Smurfs

Tow

Tow

Becoming bell hooks

Becoming bell hooks

Spirited

Spirited

Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter

Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter

The Shack

The Shack

Zootopia

Zootopia

The Great Gilly Hopkins

The Great Gilly Hopkins

Fathers and Daughters

Fathers and Daughters

Filmography

Cast

2025

Smurfs

as Asmodius (voice)

2025

Tow

as Barb

2024

Becoming bell hooks

as Self

2022

Spirited

as Kimberly

2022

Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laug...

as Self

2022

The Quest for Sleep

as Narrator

2017

The Shack

as Papa / Elouisa

2016

Zootopia

as Mrs. Otterton (voice)

2015

The Great Gilly Hopkins

as Miss Harris

2015

Fathers and Daughters

as Dr. Corman

2015

Insurgent

as Johanna Reyes

2014

Black or White

as Rowena Jeffers

2014

Get on Up

as Aunt Honey

2013

Jesus People

as Angel Angelique

2013

Paradise

as Loray

2013

Lost on Purpose

as Nurse Keller

2013

Snowpiercer

as Tanya

2013

Fruitvale Station

as Wanda

2013

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President...

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2013

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

as Dr. Nance

2012

Blues for Willadean

as LeSonia Robinson

2012

Smashed

as Jenny

2011

Flypaper

as Madge Wiggins

2011

The Help

as Minny Jackson

2010

Dinner for Schmucks

as Madame Nora

2010

Small Town Saturday Night

as Rhonda Dooley

2009

Herpes Boy

as Rochelle

2009

Halloween II

as Nurse Daniels

2009

Drag Me to Hell

as Bank Co-Worker

2009

Love at First Hiccup

as Mrs. Hambrick

2008

Seven Pounds

as Kate the Home Health Care Nurse

2008

Pretty Ugly People

as Mary

2008

The Spleenectomy

as Nurse

2007

The Nines

as Streetwalker

2006

Pulse

as Landlady

2006

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Ch...

as Ayisha Lebaron

2005

Beauty Shop

as Big Customer

2005

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

as Middle-Aged Woman

2005

Coach Carter

as Mrs. Battle

2004

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!

as Janine

2003

Sol Goode

as Unemployment Clerk

2002

Little John

as Waitress

2002

Spider-Man

as Check-In Girl

2000

American Virgin

as Agnes Large

2000

Big Momma's House

as Twila

1999

Being John Malkovich

as Woman in Elevator

2021

Encounter

as Hattie Hayes

2021

Thunder Force

as Emily Stanton

2020

Superintelligence

as Octavia Spencer (voice)

2020

Roald Dahl's The Witches

as Grandma

2020

Onward

as The Manticore (voice)

2020

Dolittle

as Dab-Dab (voice)

2019

Luce

as Harriet Wilson

2019

Ma

as Sue Ann

2019

HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé

as Self

2018

Instant Family

as Karen

2018

A Kid Like Jake

as Judy

2018

Small Town Crime

as Kelly Banks

2017

The Shape of Water

as Zelda Fuller

2017

Gifted

as Roberta Taylor

2016

Hidden Figures

as Dorothy Vaughan

2016

Bad Santa 2

as Opal

2016

The Free World

as Linda Workman

2016

Car Dogs

as Mrs. Barrett

2016

Allegiant

as Johanna Reyes

2013

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

as Martha (voice)

2011

Just Peck

as Detention Teacher

2010

Peep World

as Alison

2010

Love and Distrust

as Rhonda (segment "Auto Motives")

2009

The Soloist

as Troubled Woman

2008

Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School

as Dr. Evilini

2005

Pretty Persuasion

as Woman

2004

Breakin' All the Rules

as Stylist

2003

Bad Santa

as Opal

2003

Chicken Party

as Laqueta Mills

2003

S.W.A.T.

as Neighbor in Alley

2003

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

as Security Guard

2001

Everything Put Together

as Nurse B

2001

The Sky is Falling

as Nurse #2

2001

Follow the Stars Home

as Hildy

2001

The Journeyman

as Black Belly

2001

Missing Pieces

as Elegant Guest (as Octavia L. Spencer)

2000

Four Dogs Playing Poker

as Waitress

2000

What Planet Are You From?

as Baby Nurse

1999

Blue Streak

as Shawna

1999

Never Been Kissed

as Cynthia

1999

Lansky

as Evelyn

1997

Sparkler

as Wanda

1997

The 6th Man

as Nativity Watson

1996

A Time to Kill

as Roark's Nurse

1996

Valley Girls

as Cheerleader

Crew

2019

Ma

as Executive Producer

2018

Green Book

as Executive Producer

2018

Small Town Crime

as Executive Producer

2017

Candid

as Executive Producer

2013

Fruitvale Station

as Co-Executive Producer