Octavia Spencer
Popularity:13.418
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1970-05-25
Place of Birth:Montgomery, Alabama, USA
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Also Known As:Octavia L. Spencer, Octavia Spenser, Октавія Спенсер, Октавія Ленора Спенсер, Οκτάβια Σπένσερ, Октавия Спенсер, 옥타비아 스펜서, Octavia Lenora Spencer, 奧塔薇亞·史班森
Being John Malkovich (1999)
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who...
Spider-Man (2002)
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to...
Bad Santa (2003)
A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the...
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)
After her triumph at the Miss United States pageant, FBI agent Gracie Hart becomes an overnight sensation -- and the new "face of the FBI". But it's...
Nobody Nothing Nowhere (1970)
The story of Ruth, one of the Non-People, human-looking beings designed and trained for the sole purpose of filling in a realistic world for a bland...
Never Been Kissed (1999)
Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary...
Seven Pounds (2008)
An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
Halloween II (2009)
Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois. Meanwhile, Michael prepares for another...
Sol Goode (2003)
Sol Goode, a charismatic L.A. twenty-something, has always relied on charm, good looks, and fast talk to glide through life. But his luck may have...
Coach Carter (2005)
Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to...
Pretty Ugly People (2008)
Lucy has always used food to escape life's problems, but when this self-titled "fat friend" lures her group of old college buddies to the Montana...
The Nines (2007)
A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
Big Momma's House (2000)
When a street-smart FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a beautiful single mother and her son from an escaped convict, he is forced to...
Pulse (2006)
When the dead discover a means to contact the living through electronic devices, cellphones and computers become open gateways to monstrosities and...
Spirited (2022)
Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit from three spirits. But this season, he picked the...
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
A small-town girl wins a date with a Hollywood star through a contest. When the date goes better than expected, a love triangle forms between the...
Beauty Shop (2005)
Far from Chicago, hairdresser Gina Norris has relocated to Atlanta with her daughter and has quickly established herself as a rare talent in her...
Love at First Hiccup (2009)
Victor, a bumbling and gullible high school freshman, has caught a serious case of Anya-itis—an acute, incurable crush on hot senior Anya. Too...
American Virgin (2000)
When your father is a pornographer, what can you do to shock him? If you're Katrina Bartalotti, you announce that you're going to lose your virginity...
Flypaper (2011)
A man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at a bank desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he's secretly in love.
Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
Rising executive Tim Conrad works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim...
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for...
Small Town Saturday Night (2010)
Just days before Rhett (Chris Pine) is leaving for Nashville to pursue a lifelong dream of being a singer/songwriter, his girlfriend Samantha (Bre...
The Help (2011)
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson...
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2006)
Frank Keane, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's untimely death. But everything changes when he pulls his bread truck over...
Smashed (2012)
Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When...
The Spleenectomy (2008)
After passionately auditioning for a role in a local community theater production, Judy is cast aside by a pretentious theater director. Lucky for...
Snowpiercer (2013)
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that...
Little John (2002)
The unmarried daughter of a Texas rancher gives birth to an unwanted child. She puts the child up for adoption and moves away from home. Without her...
The Quest for Sleep (2022)
The Quest for Sleep is a documentary that follows real characters whose struggles with sleep threaten to unravel their waking lives.
Paradise (2013)
After surviving a plane crash a young conservative woman suffers a crisis of faith.
Fruitvale Station (2013)
Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on the...
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
Herpes Boy (2009)
A social outcast with a facial birthmark finds his world flipped upside down after he posts videos of his quirky life onto the Internet and becomes...
Lost on Purpose (2013)
Our story takes place in the fertile, San Joaquin Valley. Fueled by gin and sheer determination, Elizabeth James (Ms. Liz) operates her third...
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013)
Revisits President John F. Kennedy's presidential legacy through 21 of the more than 800,000 condolence letters written to Jackie Kennedy after JFK's...
Black or White (2014)
A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.
Get on Up (2014)
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
Sparkler (1997)
Melba is a Californian trailer-park girl who is told to look for three kings by a phone psychic, and when she meets three guys - Trent, Brad and Joel...
Fathers and Daughters (2015)
A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to...
Jesus People (2013)
Based on the hilarious and popular FunnyorDie.com web series, the film charts the rise and fall of America's worst Christian pop band! Pastor Jerry...
Blues for Willadean (2012)
The film adaptation of Del Shores' hit play. Under the thumb of her abusive husband, post-middle age Willadean feels life has passed her by until she...
Insurgent (2015)
Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter (2022)
The one-night-only celebration honoring the life and legacy of the famed producer features intimate conversations, special performances and surprise...
Becoming bell hooks (2024)
Explore the life and legacy of Kentucky-born author bell hooks, who wrote nearly 40 books and whose work at the intersection of race, class and...
The Shack (2017)
A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called 'The Shack'.
Tow (1970)
Based on the true story of Amanda Ogle, a homeless Seattle woman who fought her way out of tow-company hell to reclaim her life and the car that held...
The Smurfs Movie (2025)
An animated musical film focused on Peyo's iconic creations.
Zootopia (2016)
Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it...
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
Wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year-old Gilly is well known in the foster system. Totally unmanageable, she has stayed with more families than she can...
The Free World (2016)
Following his release from a brutal stretch in prison for crimes he didn't commit, Mo is struggling to adapt to life on the outside. When his world...
Allegiant (2016)
Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the...
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
Now a rising young lawyer, Elle Woods is about to make partner at her firm, but when she finds out her dog's relatives are being used as cosmetic...
Hidden Figures (2016)
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as...
Gifted (2017)
Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
Small Town Crime (2018)
Mike Kendall, a disgraced ex-cop, is fighting a losing battle with the bottle. When he finds a woman left for dead at the side of a road, Kendall...
Blue Streak (1999)
Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid...
The Shape of Water (2017)
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an...
Just Peck (2011)
At 104 pounds dripping wet, baby-faced sophomore Michael Peck (age 15) is not exactly the coolest guy at American High. Peck’s teachers make...
Bad Santa 2 (2016)
Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie Soke teams up with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas...
S.W.A.T. (2003)
Hondo Harrelson recruits Jim Street to join an elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Together they seek out more members, including tough...
Breakin' All the Rules (2004)
After being dumped by his model girlfriend, aspiring writer Quincy Watson quits his job and is inspired to pen the ultimate how-to book on breaking...
Missing Pieces (2001)
Atticus (James Coburn) goes to the small Mexican town where his estranged son (Paul Kersey) was a resident to discover how he died.
What Planet Are You From? (2000)
A human-looking alien from a highly advanced but emotionless all-male society is sent to Earth to impregnate a woman and bring the child back to...
Four Dogs Playing Poker (2000)
With the help of their mentor Felix, a group of the best friends and first-time thieves steal a valuable statuette for a ruthless black market art...
Pretty Persuasion (2005)
A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.
Lansky (1999)
Organized crime boss Meyer Lansky remembers his life as he is moving about the world looking for some country that will take him in since the USA...
A Time to Kill (1996)
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
The Journeyman (2001)
In the Wild West at the turn of the century, two young brothers watch as their Grandpa is gunned down in cold blood. The desperados kidnap the older...
Follow the Stars Home (2001)
Two brothers - one virtuous, one feckless - are in love with the same woman. She falls for Brother Wrong, carrying a torch for him even after he...
The Sky is Falling (2001)
A young woman, struggling to become a novelist, has her life go into a tailspin. Her first novel is rejected, her non-committal boy friend decides to...
The Soloist (2009)
A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
In their quest to confront the ultimate evil, Percy and his friends battle swarms of mythical creatures to find the mythical Golden Fleece and to...
The Sixth Man (1997)
A college athlete returns from the dead to help his brother's basketball team win the NCAA title.
Everything Put Together (2001)
In a quiet suburban community where everything is peaceful and in its place, a single crack has just appeared. Angie and Russ are a young married...
Peep World (2010)
On the day of their Father's 70th birthday party, four siblings come to terms with the publication of a novel written by the youngest sibling, that...
Car Dogs (2017)
Malcolm is a brilliant, callous businessman who is a vicious, overbearing father. Mark is the sales manager at Chamberlain Auto, the dealership that...
A Kid Like Jake (2018)
On the eve of the admissions cycle for New York City kindergartens, Alex and Greg Wheeler have high hopes for four-year-old Jake. The director of...
Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School (2008)
When Alex is caught using magic to clean her room she is forced to go to wizard school with Justin. Max and Jerry camp out on the terrace to prove...
Luce (2019)
A star athlete and top student, Luce's idealized image is challenged by one of his teachers when his unsettling views on political violence come to...
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project (1970)
The film follows two women fighting the elements to make it home for Christmas
Ma (2019)
Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her...
Instant Family (2018)
When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they...
Onward (2020)
In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there.
Roald Dahl's The Witches (2020)
In late 1967, a young orphaned boy goes to live with his loving grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother...
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé (2019)
This intimate, in-depth look at Beyoncé's celebrated 2018 Coachella performance reveals the emotional road from creative concept to cultural...
Thunder Force (2021)
In a world where supervillains are commonplace, two estranged childhood best friends reunite after one devises a treatment that gives them powers to...
The Heart (1970)
A couple who, while desperate for cash, agree to take the job of delivering a human heart from New York to Florida in 24 hours. When they realize...
Dolittle (2020)
After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria’s England, hermits...
Chicken Party (2003)
A comedic look at crime, love, tolerance and fried chicken.
Encounter (2021)
A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from an unhuman threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous...
Love and Distrust (2010)
This collection of five short films artfully portrays desire's ability to both empower and destroy those who encounter it.
Superintelligence (2020)
When an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance....
Valley Girls (1996)
Two Welsh women win a trip to Hollywood.
Presidio Med (2002)
Presidio Med is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from September 2002, to January 2003. The series centers on a San Francisco hospital. It...
Medium (2005)
Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to...
Titus (2000)
Titus is an American dark comedy sitcom that debuted on Fox in 2000. The series was created by its star, Christopher Titus, Jack Kenny, and Brian...
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
Physicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj expanding when aspiring actress Penny moves in next...
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and...
The Chronicle (2001)
The Chronicle is the name of a science fiction television series on the Sci Fi Channel. The series is based on the "News from the Edge" series of...
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
CSI: NY (2004)
Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".
Dharma & Greg (1997)
Dharma & Greg is an American television sitcom that aired from September 24, 1997, to April 30, 2002. It stars Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson as...
Wizards of Waverly Place (2007)
Alex, Justin and Max Russo are not your ordinary kids - they're wizards in training! While their parents run the Waverly Sub Station, the...
Moesha (1996)
Moesha was an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May 14, 2001. The series stars R&B singer Brandy Norwood...
Halfway Home (2007)
Halfway Home is an American comedy series that aired on Comedy Central in Spring 2007. On its official website, Halfway Home is described as an...
LAX (2004)
LAX is a television drama set at the Los Angeles International Airport and draws its name from the airport's IATA airport code, "LAX". On May 17,...
Cavemen (2007)
Joel, his cynical best friend, Nick, and easy-going little brother, Jamie, are contemporary cavemen who live in the suburban south and simply want to...
The X-Files (1993)
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena....
Becker (1998)
Becker is a dedicated, outspoken and talented doctor with a gruff exterior. While he tends to offend those who try to get close to him, he is...
Roswell (1999)
Bizarre things start happening in the little New Mexico town where UFOs were spotted in 1947. Cut to 1999, when a cute high-school student saves the...
Ugly Betty (2006)
Betty Suarez is smart, tough and tenacious, but also sensitive and loving. She hopes these skills will help her to get a job within the Meade...
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.
Grounded for Life (2001)
Right out of high school, Sean Finnerty got his girlfriend Claudia pregnant. Now she’s his wife, and at just 32, he’s somehow found...
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...
Chicago Hope (1994)
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The...
Just Shoot Me! (1997)
Just Shoot Me! is an American television sitcom that aired for seven seasons on NBC from March 4, 1997, to August 16, 2003, with 148 episodes...
ER (1994)
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened...
The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman (2006)
Two 'thirty-something' women's willful ignorance, fleeting confidence, poor judgment and self-loathing constantly get in the way of their success.
Dollhouse (2009)
Echo is a member of a highly illegal and underground group of individuals whose personalities have been wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any...
Raising the Bar (2008)
The lives and cases of young lawyers who work on opposite sides - the public defender's office and the district attorney's office - as well as those...
Mom (2013)
Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom Christy struggles to raise two children in a world...
Red Band Society (2014)
Children and teenagers become friends in a hospital where they are all patients. Together they try to escape the sad reality to create their own...
The Daily Show (1996)
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third...
Drunk History (2013)
Historical reenactments from A-list talent as told by inebriated storytellers. A unique take on the familiar and less familiar people and events from...
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of...
30 Rock (2006)
Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program...
Lost Women of Highway 20 (2023)
Explores the crimes that occurred along Highway 20 between the late 1970s and the early 1990s, where several young women and girls vanished, were...
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are...
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and T.V. shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors....
Untitled Tessa Coates Action-Adventure Series (1970)
Best friends, Judith and Debbie, know everything about each other … well, almost everything. Judith has been living a double life that Debbie...
Truth Be Told (2019)
Descend into the world of true-crime podcasts with Poppy Parnell, who risks everything—including her life—to pursue truth and justice.
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...
The Goldbergs (2013)
Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old...
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.
The Santa Stories (2023)
A collection of magical Christmas short films that show why the world needs more Santas.
Saturday Night Live (1975)
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture...
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party (2016)
The Queen of Cuisine and the King of Kush are coming together to invite their celebrity friends over for a little potluck fun. Games, recipes and...
black-ish (2014)
A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
The Oscars (1953)
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a...
To Tell the Truth (2016)
A modern reimagination of the classic game show. In each round, a celebrity panel will be presented with three people who all claim to be the same...
Entertainment Tonight (1981)
Daily tabloid television news show on entertainment and celebrity news with unprecedented access to Hollywood's biggest stars, exclusive...
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun...
Young Sheldon (2017)
The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
American Dad! (2005)
The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his...
Standoff (2006)
The series focused on an FBI Crisis Negotiation Unit whose members negotiated hostage situations and shared relationships.
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.
Truth Be Told (2019)
Descend into the world of true-crime podcasts with Poppy Parnell, who risks everything—including her life—to pursue truth and justice.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (2020)
This limited series chronicles the incredible true story of Madam C.J. Walker, who was the first African American self-made millionaire.
Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014)
Photographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and movies, and other celebrities (great skateboarders, for...
Off Camera with Sam Jones (1970)
Descend into the world of true-crime podcasts with Poppy Parnell, who risks everything—including her life—to pursue truth and justice.
Off Camera with Sam Jones (1970)
This limited series chronicles the incredible true story of Madam C.J. Walker, who was the first African American self-made millionaire.
Off Camera with Sam Jones (1970)
Explores the crimes that occurred along Highway 20 between the late 1970s and the early 1990s, where several young women and girls vanished, were...
Off Camera with Sam Jones (1970)
Best friends, Judith and Debbie, know everything about each other … well, almost everything. Judith has been living a double life that Debbie...