Octavia Spencer

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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 Supporting Actress for her role in Ryan Coogler's biopic Fruitvale Station (2013), had a recurring role in the CBS sitcom Mom (2013–2015), and starred in the Fox drama series Red Band Society (2014–2015). Spencer's roles as other black women in 1960s America, as Dorothy Vaughan in the biopic Hidden...

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CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeries • 2000American Dad!Series • 2005MoeshaSeries • 1996The X-FilesSeries • 1993Young SheldonSeries • 2017ERSeries • 1994Malcolm in the MiddleSeries • 2000CSI: NYSeries • 200430 RockSeries • 2006MediumSeries • 2005The Big Bang TheorySeries • 2007Chicago HopeSeries • 1994MomSeries • 2013black-ishSeries • 2014Spider-ManMovie • 2002Ugly BettySeries • 2006Wizards of Waverly PlaceSeries • 2007ZootopiaMovie • 2016Just Shoot Me!Series • 1997RoswellSeries • 1999BeckerSeries • 1998Grounded for LifeSeries • 2001Green BookMovie • 2018Hidden FiguresMovie • 2016