Octavia Spencer
Birthday: 1972-05-25 | Place of Birth: Montgomery, Alabama, USAOctavia Lenora Spencer is an American actress, author, and producer. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. She is one of two black actresses to have received three Academy Award nominations, the first black actress to receive two consecutive Academy Award nominations in back-to-back years, and the first black actress to receive an Academy Award nomination after previously winning.
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Acting
Role
as Emily Stanton
as Hattie Hayes
as Grandma
as Madam C. J. Walker
as The Manticore (voice)
as Harriet Wilson
as Poppy Scoville
as Sue Ann
as Judy
as Karen
as Kelly Banks
as Papa / Elouisa
as Roberta Taylor
as Zelda Fuller
as Dorothy Vaughan
as Dr. Corman
as Johanna Reyes
as Linda Workman
as Miss Harris
as Mrs. Otterton (voice)
as Opal
as Johanna Reyes
as Rowena Jeffers
as Aunt Honey
as Nurse Jackson
as Tanya
as Loray