Octavia Spencer

Actor

Born: May 25, 1970 (age 56)
From: 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…

Filmography (98)

Tow (2026)
Barbara
Smurfs (2025)
Asmodius (voice)
Becoming bell hooks (2024)
Self
Spirited (2022)
Kimberly
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter (2022)
Self
The Quest for Sleep (2022)
Narrator
Encounter (2021)
Hattie Hayes
Thunder Force (2021)
Emily Stanton
Superintelligence (2020)
Octavia Spencer (voice)
Roald Dahl's The Witches (2020)
Grandma
Onward (2020)
The Manticore (voice)
Dolittle (2020)
Dab-Dab (voice)
Luce (2019)
Harriet Wilson
Ma (2019)
Sue Ann
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé (2019)
Self
Instant Family (2018)
Karen
A Kid Like Jake (2018)
Judy
Small Town Crime (2018)
Kelly Banks
The Shape of Water (2017)
Zelda Fuller
Gifted (2017)
Roberta Taylor
The Shack (2017)
Papa / Elouisa
Hidden Figures (2016)
Dorothy Vaughan
Bad Santa 2 (2016)
Opal
The Free World (2016)
Linda Workman
Car Dogs (2016)
Mrs. Barrett
Allegiant (2016)
Johanna Reyes
Zootopia (2016)
Mrs. Otterton (voice)
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
Miss Harris
Fathers and Daughters (2015)
Dr. Corman
Insurgent (2015)
Johanna Reyes