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She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award. She is one of two black actresses to have received three Academy Award nominations and is the only black actress to receive two consecutive nominations. </p> <p> Also known as <a href="/profession/83/">Film Actor</a>, <a href="/profession/22/">Actress</a>, <a href="/profession/124/">Voice Actor</a> </p> </div> <span class="more" id="auhtor_info_more" more="more" less="Less">more</span> <ul class="author__about__options"><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" class="i-wiki" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Wikipedia article about Octavia Spencer"></a></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Octavia-Spencer-Fan-Page-149279818431455/" class="i-fb" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Octavia Spencer Facebook page"></a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/octaviaspencer" class="i-tw" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Octavia Spencer Twitter account"></a></li><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/octaviaspencer" class="i-inst" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Octavia Spencer Instagram account"></a></li></ul> </div> </section> <div class="switch"> <ul class="switch-view" role="menu"> <li id="switch_cards" role="menuitem" class="active"><i class="i-cards" title="view_as_cards"></i></li> <li id="switch_list" role="menuitem"><i class="i-list" title="view_as_list"></i></li> </ul> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1371/3bb6/">I think the paradigm is shifting with regard to women and what we bring to the industry. I feel very blessed.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1371/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/1371.v7.jpg" alt="Octavia Spencer"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Octavia Spencer</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="3bb6"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3bb6" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1371/3bb6/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20think%20the%20paradigm%20is%20shifting%20with%20regard%20to%20women%20and%20what%20we%20bring%20to%20the%20industry.%20I%20feel%20very%20blessed.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1371%2F3bb6%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/386/">Women</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/149/">Think</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1114/">Blessed</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1371/1ae2/">The college years are when you sow all your wild oats and become a vampire. By 40, you've lived it up. At least, you hope.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1371/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/1371.v7.jpg" alt="Octavia Spencer"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Octavia Spencer</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="1ae2"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="1ae2" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1371/1ae2/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20college%20years%20are%20when%20you%20sow%20all%20your%20wild%20oats%20and%20become%20a%20vampire.%20By%2040%2C%20you%27ve%20lived%20it%20up.%20At%20least%2C%20you%20hope.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1371%2F1ae2%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/855/">Up</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/586/">Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/288/">College</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul><div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-1'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; 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We relied on each other and still do. They never discouraged me or told me to get a proper job.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1371/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/1371.v7.jpg" alt="Octavia Spencer"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Octavia Spencer</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="1625e"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="1625e" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1371/1625e/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Being%20a%20part%20of%20a%20large%20family%20is%20just%20like%20a%20little%20society:%20those%20who%20fight%20to%20the%20top%20of%20the%20heap.%20We%20relied%20on%20each%20other%20and%20still%20do.%20They%20never%20discouraged%20me%20or%20told%20me%20to%20get%20a%20proper%20job.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1371%2F1625e%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/27/">Family</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/257/">Job</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/85/">Society</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1371/24878/">If more women ate, they would be a lot happier. Let me tell you, I am a lot grumpier when I don't eat.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1371/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/1371.v7.jpg" alt="Octavia Spencer"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Octavia Spencer</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="24878"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="24878" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1371/24878/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=If%20more%20women%20ate%2C%20they%20would%20be%20a%20lot%20happier.%20Let%20me%20tell%20you%2C%20I%20am%20a%20lot%20grumpier%20when%20I%20don%27t%20eat.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1371%2F24878%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/386/">Women</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/8331/">Happier</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/49141/">Grumpier</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1371/315b2/">I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1371/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/1371.v7.jpg" alt="Octavia Spencer"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Octavia Spencer</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="315b2"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="315b2" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1371/315b2/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20gravitate%20to%20the%20roles%2C%20not%20necessarily%20television%20or%20film.%20It%27s%20just%20the%20fact%20that%2C%20for%20me%2C%20the%20most%20interesting%20roles%20have%20been%20in%20television.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1371%2F315b2%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/677/">Interesting</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/13/">Me</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1235/">Television</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1371/3775/">The pace of television is very different from film.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1371/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/1371.v7.jpg" alt="Octavia Spencer"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Octavia Spencer</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="3775"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3775" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1371/3775/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20pace%20of%20television%20is%20very%20different%20from%20film.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1371%2F3775%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1423/">Different</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/266/">Film</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1235/">Television</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-2'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-2'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1371/16359/">Your parents only want what's best for you. 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So I can't say on one particular thing, so I'll just name them all. I'll be the jack of all trades and hopefully decent at one of them.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1371/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/1371.v7.jpg" alt="Octavia Spencer"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Octavia Spencer</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="1257b"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="1257b" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1371/1257b/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20think%20my%20role%2C%20I%20want%20to%20have%20a%20presence%20both%20behind%20the%20scenes%20and%20in%20front%20of%20the%20camera.%20So%20I%20can%27t%20say%20on%20one%20particular%20thing%2C%20so%20I%27ll%20just%20name%20them%20all.%20I%27ll%20be%20the%20jack%20of%20all%20trades%20and%20hopefully%20decent%20at%20one%20of%20them.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1371%2F1257b%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/149/">Think</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/298/">Want</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/52/">Name</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1371/04a98/">City Year resonated with me because when I grew up, we were poor - and an education is a way out of poverty. 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