Octavia Spencer
Acting
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 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 Suppo…
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · TV
American Dad!
2005 · TV
The Daily Show
1996 · TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV
The X-Files
1993 · TV
Young Sheldon
2017 · TV
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · TV