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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%B1" title="أوكتافيا سبنسر – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="أوكتافيا سبنسر" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" title="Octavia Spencer – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Octavia Spencer" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktavia_Spenser" title="Oktavia Spenser – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Oktavia Spenser" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0" title="অক্টাভিয়া স্পেন্সার – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="অক্টাভিয়া স্পেন্সার" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" title="Octavia Spencer – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Octavia Spencer" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8A%D1%80" title="Октавия Спенсър – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Октавия Спенсър" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" title="Octavia Spencer – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Octavia Spencer" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencerov%C3%A1" title="Octavia Spencerová – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Octavia Spencerová" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" title="Octavia Spencer – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Octavia Spencer" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" title="Octavia Spencer – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Octavia Spencer" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" title="Octavia Spencer – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Octavia Spencer" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9F%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%B2%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CE%A3%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%81" title="Οκτάβια Σπένσερ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Οκτάβια Σπένσερ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" title="Octavia Spencer – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Octavia Spencer" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" title="Octavia Spencer – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Octavia Spencer" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" title="Octavia Spencer – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Octavia Spencer" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%B1" title="اکتاویا اسپنسر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اکتاویا اسپنسر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" title="Octavia Spencer – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Octavia Spencer" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" title="Octavia Spencer – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Octavia Spencer" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A5%ED%83%80%EB%B9%84%EC%95%84_%EC%8A%A4%ED%8E%9C%EC%84%9C" title="옥타비아 스펜서 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="옥타비아 스펜서" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%95%D5%AF%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%A1_%D5%8D%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Օկտավիա Սպենսեր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Օկտավիա Սպենսեր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" title="Octavia Spencer – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Octavia Spencer" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" title="Octavia Spencer – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Octavia Spencer" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" title="Octavia Spencer – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Octavia Spencer" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%91%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%A8" title="אוקטביה ספנסר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אוקטביה ספנסר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" title="Octavia Spencer – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Octavia Spencer" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="ოქტავია სპენსერი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ოქტავია სპენსერი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" title="Octavia Spencer – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Octavia Spencer" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Октавия Спенсер – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Октавия Спенсер" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okt%C4%81vija_Spensere" title="Oktāvija Spensere – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Oktāvija Spensere" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" title="Octavia Spencer – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Octavia Spencer" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%92%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%86%E0%B5%BB%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%BC" title="ഒക്റ്റേവിയ സ്പെൻസർ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഒക്റ്റേവിയ സ്പെൻസർ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%B1" title="اوكتاڤيا سپينسر – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اوكتاڤيا سپينسر" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Октавиа Спенсер – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Октавиа Спенсер" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" title="Octavia Spencer – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Octavia Spencer" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9A%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC" title="オクタヴィア・スペンサー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="オクタヴィア・スペンサー" 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/></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Spencer at the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> in 2016</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Octavia Lenora Spencer</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1970-05-25</span>) </span>May 25, 1970<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 54)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama" title="Montgomery, Alabama">Montgomery, Alabama</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Auburn_University_at_Montgomery" title="Auburn University at Montgomery">Auburn University at Montgomery</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Auburn_University" title="Auburn University">Auburn University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Actress</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1996–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Octavia_Spencer" title="List of awards and nominations received by Octavia Spencer">Full list</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Octavia Lenora Spencer</b> (born May 25, 1970)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American actress. She is the recipient of <a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Octavia_Spencer" title="List of awards and nominations received by Octavia Spencer">various accolades</a>, including an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Award</a>, a <a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Film_Awards" title="British Academy Film Awards">British Academy Film Award</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Awards" title="Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globe Award</a>, in addition to nominations for two <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="Primetime Emmy Awards">Primetime Emmy Awards</a>. </p><p>Spencer made her film debut in the 1996 drama <i><a href="/wiki/A_Time_to_Kill_(1996_film)" title="A Time to Kill (1996 film)">A Time to Kill</a></i>. 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 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Help_(film)" title="The Help (film)">The Help</a></i>, which won her the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress">Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress</a>. In ensuing years, she won the <a href="/wiki/National_Board_of_Review_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress" title="National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress">National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress</a> for her role in <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Coogler" title="Ryan Coogler">Ryan Coogler</a>'s biopic <i><a href="/wiki/Fruitvale_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Fruitvale Station">Fruitvale Station</a></i> (2013), had a recurring role in the <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/Mom_(TV_series)" title="Mom (TV series)">Mom</a></i> (2013–2015), and starred in the <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> drama series <i><a href="/wiki/Red_Band_Society" title="Red Band Society">Red Band Society</a></i> (2014–2015). </p><p>Spencer's roles as other black women in 1960s America, as <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Vaughan" title="Dorothy Vaughan">Dorothy Vaughan</a> in the biopic <i><a href="/wiki/Hidden_Figures" title="Hidden Figures">Hidden Figures</a></i> (2016) and a cleaning woman in the fantasy <i><a href="/wiki/The_Shape_of_Water" title="The Shape of Water">The Shape of Water</a></i> (2017), earned her two consecutive nominations for the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress">Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress</a>, becoming the <a href="/wiki/List_of_black_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees" title="List of black Academy Award winners and nominees">first black actress</a> to achieve such feat, as well as the first, and to date only, to be nominated twice after winning. She has since starred in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Divergent_Series" title="The Divergent Series">The Divergent Series</a></i> (2015–16), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Shack_(2017_film)" title="The Shack (2017 film)">The Shack</a></i> (2017), <i><a href="/wiki/Gifted_(2017_film)" title="Gifted (2017 film)">Gifted</a></i> (2017), <i><a href="/wiki/Instant_Family" title="Instant Family">Instant Family</a></i> (2018), <i><a href="/wiki/Luce_(film)" title="Luce (film)">Luce</a></i> (2019), <i><a href="/wiki/Ma_(2019_film)" title="Ma (2019 film)">Ma</a></i> (2019), <i><a href="/wiki/Onward_(film)" title="Onward (film)">Onward</a></i> (2020), and <i><a href="/wiki/Spirited_(film)" title="Spirited (film)">Spirited</a></i> (2022). She led the <a href="/wiki/Apple_TV%2B" title="Apple TV+">Apple TV+</a> drama series <i><a href="/wiki/Truth_Be_Told_(2019_TV_series)" title="Truth Be Told (2019 TV series)">Truth Be Told</a></i> (2019–2023) and was nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Lead_Actress_in_a_Limited_or_Anthology_Series_or_Movie" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie</a> for her portrayal of <a href="/wiki/Madam_C._J._Walker" title="Madam C. J. Walker">Madam C. J. Walker</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> miniseries <i><a href="/wiki/Self_Made_(miniseries)" title="Self Made (miniseries)">Self Made</a></i> (2020). </p><p>As an author, Spencer created the children's book series <i>Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective</i>. She has published two books in the series, titled <i>The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit</i> (2013) and <i>The Sweetest Heist in History</i> (2015).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Octavia_Spencer&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Octavia Lenora Spencer<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was born in <a href="/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama" title="Montgomery, Alabama">Montgomery, Alabama</a>, and has six siblings, including sisters Rosa and Areka Spencer.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her mother, Dellsena Spencer (1945–1988),<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> worked as a maid.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her father died when she was thirteen.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spencer graduated from <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Davis_High_School_(Montgomery,_Alabama)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jefferson Davis High School (Montgomery, Alabama)">Jefferson Davis High School</a> in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She studied at <a href="/wiki/Auburn_University_at_Montgomery" title="Auburn University at Montgomery">Auburn University at Montgomery</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and graduated from <a href="/wiki/Auburn_University" title="Auburn University">Auburn University</a>, where she majored in English with a double minor in journalism and theater.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spencer has <a href="/wiki/Dyslexia" title="Dyslexia">dyslexia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2021 and 2022, Auburn alumna Spencer bought food for students during finals week.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Octavia_Spencer&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1996–2009"><span id="1996.E2.80.932009"></span>1996–2009</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Octavia_Spencer&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1996–2009"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spencer worked as an intern on the set of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Long_Walk_Home" title="The Long Walk Home">The Long Walk Home</a>,</i> a film starring <a href="/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg" title="Whoopi Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1997, she moved to Los Angeles on the advice of her friend <a href="/wiki/Tate_Taylor" title="Tate Taylor">Tate Taylor</a>, the future director of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Help_(film)" title="The Help (film)">The Help</a></i>, in which Spencer would later star.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spencer made her film debut as a nurse in <a href="/wiki/Joel_Schumacher" title="Joel Schumacher">Joel Schumacher</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/A_Time_to_Kill_(1996_film)" title="A Time to Kill (1996 film)">A Time to Kill</a>,</i> based on <a href="/wiki/A_Time_to_Kill_(Grisham_novel)" title="A Time to Kill (Grisham novel)">the book</a> by <a href="/wiki/John_Grisham" title="John Grisham">John Grisham</a>. She was originally hired to work on casting, but asked Schumacher if she could audition for a part.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other film credits include: <a href="/wiki/Miss_Congeniality_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Miss Congeniality 2">Miss Congeniality 2</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Never_Been_Kissed" title="Never Been Kissed">Never Been Kissed</a>,</i> <i><a href="/wiki/Big_Momma%27s_House" title="Big Momma's House">Big Momma's House</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Santa" title="Bad Santa">Bad Santa</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Spider-Man_(2002_film)" title="Spider-Man (2002 film)">Spider-Man</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Coach_Carter" title="Coach Carter">Coach Carter</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Win_a_Date_with_Tad_Hamilton!" title="Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!">Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!</a></i> and <i>Pretty Ugly People</i>. She has made a number of guest appearances on television series, including <i><a href="/wiki/Raising_the_Bar_(2008_TV_series)" title="Raising the Bar (2008 TV series)">Raising the Bar</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/CSI:_Crime_Scene_Investigation" title="CSI: Crime Scene Investigation">CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Bang_Theory" title="The Big Bang Theory">The Big Bang Theory</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Wizards_of_Waverly_Place" title="Wizards of Waverly Place">Wizards of Waverly Place</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Grounded_for_Life" title="Grounded for Life">Grounded for Life</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/ER_(TV_series)" title="ER (TV series)">ER</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Titus_(TV_series)" title="Titus (TV series)">Titus</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Becker_(TV_series)" title="Becker (TV series)">Becker</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/30_Rock_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="30 Rock (TV series)">30 Rock</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Dharma_%26_Greg" title="Dharma & Greg">Dharma & Greg</a>,</i> plus a recurring role on the sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/Mom_(TV_series)" title="Mom (TV series)">Mom</a></i>. She is also known for her starring roles as Serenity Johnson on <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Halfway_Home_(TV_series)" title="Halfway Home (TV series)">Halfway Home</a>,</i> and Constance Grady, the amorous <a href="/wiki/Immigration_and_Naturalization_Service" title="Immigration and Naturalization Service">INS</a> caseworker on <i><a href="/wiki/Ugly_Betty" title="Ugly Betty">Ugly Betty</a></i>. </p><p>In 2003, Spencer made her stage debut in Los Angeles, in <a href="/wiki/Del_Shores" title="Del Shores">Del Shores</a>' play, <i>The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife,</i> starring opposite veteran actress <a href="/wiki/Beth_Grant" title="Beth Grant">Beth Grant</a>. It was her first and only play, as, she once explained, she suffers from what she called "intense <a href="/wiki/Stage_fright" title="Stage fright">stage fright</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year, she starred opposite <a href="/wiki/Allison_Janney" title="Allison Janney">Allison Janney</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tate_Taylor" title="Tate Taylor">Tate Taylor</a>'s short feature <i>Chicken Party.</i> </p><p>In 2008, Spencer's brief appearance in <i><a href="/wiki/Seven_Pounds" title="Seven Pounds">Seven Pounds</a></i> as Kate, <a href="/wiki/Rosario_Dawson" title="Rosario Dawson">Rosario Dawson</a>'s home care nurse, garnered her high praise and media attention.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2009, <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i> listed Spencer as among its "25 Funniest Actresses in Hollywood".<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2009, Spencer appeared in <a href="/wiki/Rob_Zombie" title="Rob Zombie">Rob Zombie</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Halloween_II_(2009_film)" title="Halloween II (2009 film)">Halloween II</a>.</i> She also had a role in the American remake of the Danish classic <i>Love at First Hiccup,</i> opposite Scout Taylor-Compton. Spencer starred in the feature film <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herpes_Boy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herpes Boy (page does not exist)">Herpes Boy</a>,</i> alongside Beth Grant, <a href="/wiki/Ahna_O%27Reilly" title="Ahna O'Reilly">Ahna O'Reilly</a> and Byron Lane. She played the voice of "Minny" on the audio version of novel <i>The Help,</i> by Kathryn Stockett. Later that year, Spencer's short film <i>The Captain</i> was honored by the CICFF as a finalist for the REEL Poetry Award. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Help_cast.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/The_Help_cast.jpg/220px-The_Help_cast.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/The_Help_cast.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="200" /></a><figcaption>Spencer (middle) and <i>The Help</i> cast at the <a href="/wiki/18th_Screen_Actors_Guild_Awards" title="18th Screen Actors Guild Awards">18th Screen Actors Guild Awards</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010–2019"><span id="2010.E2.80.932019"></span>2010–2019</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Octavia_Spencer&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2010–2019"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2010, Spencer joined <a href="/wiki/Viola_Davis" title="Viola Davis">Viola Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emma_Stone" title="Emma Stone">Emma Stone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bryce_Dallas_Howard" title="Bryce Dallas Howard">Bryce Dallas Howard</a> in the period drama film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Help_(film)" title="The Help (film)">The Help</a>,</i> an adaptation of the novel of the same name. She played the feisty and unflappable maid Minny Jackson. The film was written, produced and directed by <a href="/wiki/Tate_Taylor" title="Tate Taylor">Tate Taylor</a>, and produced by Brunson Green, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Columbus_(filmmaker)" title="Chris Columbus (filmmaker)">Chris Columbus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Barnathan" title="Michael Barnathan">Michael Barnathan</a>, and Mark Radcliffe. She won the <a href="/wiki/69th_Golden_Globe_Awards" title="69th Golden Globe Awards">2012 Golden Globe Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture">Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture</a> for her work in <i>The Help.</i><sup id="cite_ref-ivillage_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ivillage-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 12, 2012, Spencer won a <a href="/wiki/BAFTA" class="mw-redirect" title="BAFTA">BAFTA</a> for Best Supporting Actress for her Performance in <i>The Help</i>, and on February 26 she won the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress">Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress</a> for the same performance; it was her first Oscar nomination and first win. Spencer was given a standing ovation at the ceremony, and was moved to tears during her acceptance speech. In June 2012, Spencer was invited to join the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences" title="Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences">Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, she appeared alongside <a href="/wiki/Michael_B._Jordan" title="Michael B. Jordan">Michael B. Jordan</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Fruitvale_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Fruitvale Station">Fruitvale Station</a>,</i> a film chronicling the last day of <a href="/wiki/BART_Police_shooting_of_Oscar_Grant" class="mw-redirect" title="BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant">Oscar Grant</a>, who was killed at a <a href="/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit" title="Bay Area Rapid Transit">Bay Area Rapid Transit</a> station in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2013, it was announced that she would reunite with <i>The Help</i> director Taylor in the biopic on singer <a href="/wiki/James_Brown" title="James Brown">James Brown</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Get_On_Up_(film)" title="Get On Up (film)">Get On Up</a>,</i> opposite her <i>The Help</i> co-star Viola Davis. The film was released in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From September 2014 until February 2015, she starred in <a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Fox_Television_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox Television Network">Fox</a> drama television series <i><a href="/wiki/Red_Band_Society" title="Red Band Society">Red Band Society</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spencer co-starred alongside <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Costner" title="Kevin Costner">Kevin Costner</a> in the drama film <i><a href="/wiki/Black_or_White_(film)" title="Black or White (film)">Black or White</a></i> (2014)<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and co-starred as Johanna Reyes in the second installment of the <i>Divergent</i> series, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Divergent_Series:_Insurgent" title="The Divergent Series: Insurgent">The Divergent Series: Insurgent</a></i> (2015).<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She reprised the role in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Divergent_Series:_Allegiant" title="The Divergent Series: Allegiant">The Divergent Series: Allegiant</a></i> (2016). She voiced Mrs. Otterton in Disney's <i><a href="/wiki/Zootopia" title="Zootopia">Zootopia</a></i>, which marked her animated film debut. </p><p>In 2016, she starred alongside <a href="/wiki/Taraji_P._Henson" title="Taraji P. Henson">Taraji P. Henson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Janelle_Mon%C3%A1e" title="Janelle Monáe">Janelle Monáe</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Hidden_Figures" title="Hidden Figures">Hidden Figures</a>,</i> a film about African-American mathematicians at NASA who were critical to its success in the 1960s in the <a href="/wiki/Space_Race" title="Space Race">Space Race</a>, and who each had careers there. She played mathematician and human computer <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Vaughan" title="Dorothy Vaughan">Dorothy Vaughan</a>. The role garnered her a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award">Golden Globe Award</a> and <a href="/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Screen Actors Guild Award">Screen Actors Guild Award</a> for her performance and earned Spencer a second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first black actress to follow up an Oscar victory with another nomination, having previously won for <i>The Help</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ew_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ew-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In honor of <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day" title="Martin Luther King Jr. Day">Martin Luther King Jr. Day</a>, Spencer bought out a Los Angeles screening of <i>Hidden Figures</i> to treat low-income families that would have been unable to afford to see the film otherwise.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Octavia_Spencer_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Octavia_Spencer_2016.jpg/150px-Octavia_Spencer_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Octavia_Spencer_2016.jpg/225px-Octavia_Spencer_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Octavia_Spencer_2016.jpg/300px-Octavia_Spencer_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1608" data-file-height="2013" /></a><figcaption>Spencer at the <i>Hidden Figures</i> premiere in 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2017, Spencer co-starred with <a href="/wiki/Sally_Hawkins" title="Sally Hawkins">Sally Hawkins</a> in <a href="/wiki/Guillermo_del_Toro" title="Guillermo del Toro">Guillermo del Toro</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Dark_fantasy" title="Dark fantasy">dark fantasy</a> <a href="/wiki/Drama_(film_and_television)" title="Drama (film and television)">drama film</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Shape_of_Water" title="The Shape of Water">The Shape of Water</a></i>, which follows a mute custodian at a high-security government laboratory who befriends a captured humanoid-<a href="/wiki/Amphibian" title="Amphibian">amphibian</a> creature. The film was screened in the main competition section of the <a href="/wiki/74th_Venice_International_Film_Festival" title="74th Venice International Film Festival">74th Venice International Film Festival</a>, where it premiered to positive reviews on August 31, 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-InComp_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InComp-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Lion" title="Golden Lion">Golden Lion</a> for best film in the competition.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also screened at the <a href="/wiki/2017_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2017 Toronto International Film Festival">2017 Toronto International Film Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TIFF_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TIFF-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spencer earned Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations for her portrayal, while receiving her third Academy Award nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category, making her the first black actress to receive two consecutive Oscar nods in back-to-back years.<sup id="cite_ref-ew_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ew-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, Spencer has starring roles as a preschool principal in the drama film <i><a href="/wiki/A_Kid_Like_Jake" title="A Kid Like Jake">A Kid Like Jake</a></i> and a social worker in the comedy film <i><a href="/wiki/Instant_Family" title="Instant Family">Instant Family</a></i>. She also executive produced the biographical comedy-drama film <i><a href="/wiki/Green_Book_(film)" title="Green Book (film)">Green Book</a></i>, which went on to receive the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Academy Award for Best Picture</a>. </p><p>In 2019, she starred as Harriet Wilson, a history teacher who makes an alarming discovery about an all-star student, in the drama film <i><a href="/wiki/Luce_(film)" title="Luce (film)">Luce</a></i>. The film premiered at the <a href="/wiki/2019_Sundance_Film_Festival" title="2019 Sundance Film Festival">2019 Sundance Film Festival</a> and earned critical acclaim.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She then received praise for her starring role as Sue Ann "Ma" Ellington in the psychological horror film <i><a href="/wiki/Ma_(2019_film)" title="Ma (2019 film)">Ma</a></i>, which was directed by frequent collaborator Tate Taylor. For the latter, she received a nomination for the <a href="/wiki/Saturn_Award_for_Best_Actress" title="Saturn Award for Best Actress">Saturn Award for Best Actress</a>. Also in 2019, Spencer returned to television by executive producing and starring in the <a href="/wiki/Apple_TV%2B" title="Apple TV+">Apple TV+</a> drama series <i><a href="/wiki/Truth_Be_Told_(2019_TV_series)" title="Truth Be Told (2019 TV series)">Truth Be Told</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020–present"><span id="2020.E2.80.93present"></span>2020–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Octavia_Spencer&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2020–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2020, Spencer had a voice role as Dab-Dab, an enthusiastic duck with a metal leg, in the fantasy comedy film <i><a href="/wiki/Dolittle_(film)" title="Dolittle (film)">Dolittle</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Robert_Downey_Jr." title="Robert Downey Jr.">Robert Downey Jr.</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Doctor_Dolittle" title="Doctor Dolittle">titular character</a>. She also voiced a <a href="/wiki/Manticore" title="Manticore">manticore</a> restaurant owner in the <a href="/wiki/Pixar" title="Pixar">Pixar</a> animated fantasy film <i><a href="/wiki/Onward_(film)" title="Onward (film)">Onward</a></i>, which was released in March 2020 to positive reviews. </p><p>Spencer executive produced and starred as <a href="/wiki/Madam_C._J._Walker" title="Madam C. J. Walker">Madam C. J. Walker</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> biographical limited series <i><a href="/wiki/Self_Made_(miniseries)" title="Self Made (miniseries)">Self Made</a></i>, which was released on March 20, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For her performance in the series, Spencer received a nomination for the <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Lead_Actress_in_a_Limited_Series_or_Movie" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spencer starred alongside <a href="/wiki/Anne_Hathaway" title="Anne Hathaway">Anne Hathaway</a> in <a href="/wiki/Robert_Zemeckis" title="Robert Zemeckis">Robert Zemeckis</a>'s horror comedy <i><a href="/wiki/The_Witches_(2020_film)" title="The Witches (2020 film)">The Witches</a></i>, which released on October 22, 2020. Spencer co-stars with <a href="/wiki/Melissa_McCarthy" title="Melissa McCarthy">Melissa McCarthy</a> as women who suddenly develop superpowers in the superhero comedy film <i><a href="/wiki/Thunder_Force_(film)" title="Thunder Force (film)">Thunder Force</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She will reunite with her <i>The Help</i> co-star <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Chastain" title="Jessica Chastain">Jessica Chastain</a> for a holiday comedy film.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Octavia_Spencer&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017, Spencer described herself as <a href="/wiki/Southern_Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Baptist">Southern Baptist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Octavia_Spencer&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Octavia_Spencer&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Title </th> <th scope="col">Role </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Time_to_Kill_(1996_film)" title="A Time to Kill (1996 film)">A Time to Kill</a></i> </td> <td>Nurse Annette </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Valley Girls</i> </td> <td>Cheerleader </td> <td>Short </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_6th_Man" title="The 6th Man">The 6th Man</a></i> </td> <td>Nativity Watson </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sparkler_(film)" title="Sparkler (film)">Sparkler</a></i> </td> <td>Wanda </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i>Making Sandwiches</i> </td> <td>– </td> <td>Short </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Never_Been_Kissed" title="Never Been Kissed">Never Been Kissed</a></i> </td> <td>Cynthia </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Being_John_Malkovich" title="Being John Malkovich">Being John Malkovich</a></i> </td> <td>Woman in Elevator </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Streak_(film)" title="Blue Streak (film)">Blue Streak</a></i> </td> <td>Shawna </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7">2000 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sky_Is_Falling_(2000_film)" title="The Sky Is Falling (2000 film)">The Sky Is Falling</a></i> </td> <td>Nurse #2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Everything_Put_Together" title="Everything Put Together">Everything Put Together</a></i> </td> <td>Nurse B </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/American_Virgin_(2000_film)" title="American Virgin (2000 film)">American Virgin</a></i> </td> <td>Agnes Large </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/What_Planet_Are_You_From%3F" title="What Planet Are You From?">What Planet Are You From?</a></i> </td> <td>Nurse Damiana </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Auto Motives</i> </td> <td>Rhonda </td> <td>Short </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Big_Momma%27s_House" title="Big Momma's House">Big Momma's House</a></i> </td> <td>Twila </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Four_Dogs_Playing_Poker" title="Four Dogs Playing Poker">Four Dogs Playing Poker</a></i> </td> <td>Lorraine </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2001 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sol_Goode" title="Sol Goode">Sol Goode</a></i> </td> <td>Unemployment Clerk </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Journeyman</i> </td> <td>Black Belly </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Spider-Man_(2002_film)" title="Spider-Man (2002 film)">Spider-Man</a></i> </td> <td>Check-In Girl </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">2003 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Legally_Blonde_2:_Red,_White_%26_Blonde" title="Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde">Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde</a></i> </td> <td>Security Guard </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/S.W.A.T._(2003_film)" title="S.W.A.T. (2003 film)">S.W.A.T.</a></i> </td> <td>Neighbor in Alley </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Chicken_Party" title="Chicken Party">Chicken Party</a></i> </td> <td>Laqueta Mills </td> <td>Short </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Santa" title="Bad Santa">Bad Santa</a></i> </td> <td>Opal </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2004 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Win_a_Date_with_Tad_Hamilton!" title="Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!">Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!</a></i> </td> <td>Janine </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Breakin%27_All_the_Rules" title="Breakin' All the Rules">Breakin' All the Rules</a></i> </td> <td>Stylist </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6">2005 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Coach_Carter" title="Coach Carter">Coach Carter</a></i> </td> <td>Mrs. Battle </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pretty_Persuasion" title="Pretty Persuasion">Pretty Persuasion</a></i> </td> <td>Woman </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Hotchkiss%27_Ballroom_Dancing_and_Charm_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School">Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School</a></i> </td> <td>Ayisha Lebaron </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Miss_Congeniality_2:_Armed_and_Fabulous" title="Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous">Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous</a></i> </td> <td>Octavia – Bookstore </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Beauty_Shop" title="Beauty Shop">Beauty Shop</a></i> </td> <td>Big Customer </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wannabe_(film)" title="Wannabe (film)">Wannabe</a></i> </td> <td>Lady Chanet Janney Jones </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pulse_(2006_film)" title="Pulse (2006 film)">Pulse</a></i> </td> <td>Landlady </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Nines" title="The Nines">The Nines</a></i> </td> <td>Pedestrian </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">2008 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pretty_Ugly_People" title="Pretty Ugly People">Pretty Ugly People</a></i> </td> <td>Mary </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Spleenectomy</i> </td> <td>Nurse </td> <td>Short </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Seven_Pounds" title="Seven Pounds">Seven Pounds</a></i> </td> <td>Home Health Care Nurse Kate </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Next of Kin</i> </td> <td>Grace </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7">2009 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Drag_Me_to_Hell" title="Drag Me to Hell">Drag Me to Hell</a></i> </td> <td>Bank Co-Worker No. 1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Soloist" title="The Soloist">The Soloist</a></i> </td> <td>Troubled Woman </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jesus_People:_The_Movie" title="Jesus People: The Movie">Jesus People: The Movie</a></i> </td> <td>Angel Angelique </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Just_Peck" title="Just Peck">Just Peck</a></i> </td> <td>Detention Room Teacher </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Halloween_II_(2009_film)" title="Halloween II (2009 film)">Halloween II</a></i> </td> <td>Nurse Daniels </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Love At First Hiccup</i> </td> <td>Mrs. Hambrick </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herpes_Boy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herpes Boy (page does not exist)">Herpes Boy</a></i> </td> <td>Rochelle </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">2010 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Small_Town_Saturday_Night_(film)" title="Small Town Saturday Night (film)">Small Town Saturday Night</a></i> </td> <td>Rhonda Dooley </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dinner_for_Schmucks" title="Dinner for Schmucks">Dinner for Schmucks</a></i> </td> <td>Madame Nora </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Love & Distrust</i> </td> <td>Rhonda </td> <td>Video </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Peep_World" title="Peep World">Peep World</a></i> </td> <td>Allison </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2011 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Flypaper_(2011_film)" title="Flypaper (2011 film)">Flypaper</a></i> </td> <td>Madge Wiggins </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Help_(film)" title="The Help (film)">The Help</a></i> </td> <td>Minny Jackson </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Girls! Girls! Girls!</i> </td> <td>– </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2012 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Smashed_(film)" title="Smashed (film)">Smashed</a></i> </td> <td>Jenny </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Perfect Fit</i> </td> <td>Shy Girl </td> <td>Short </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Blues_for_Willadean" title="Blues for Willadean">Blues for Willadean</a></i> </td> <td>LaSonia Robinson </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5">2013 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Fruitvale_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Fruitvale Station">Fruitvale Station</a></i> </td> <td>Wanda </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Lost on Purpose</i> </td> <td>Nurse Keller </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Snowpiercer" title="Snowpiercer">Snowpiercer</a></i> </td> <td>Tanya </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Percy_Jackson:_Sea_of_Monsters" title="Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters">Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters</a></i> </td> <td>Martha </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Paradise_(2013_American_film)" title="Paradise (2013 American film)">Paradise</a></i> </td> <td>Loray </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2014 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Get_On_Up_(film)" title="Get On Up (film)">Get On Up</a></i> </td> <td>Aunt Honey Washington </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Black_or_White_(film)" title="Black or White (film)">Black or White</a></i> </td> <td>Rowena Jeffers </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2015 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Divergent_Series:_Insurgent" title="The Divergent Series: Insurgent">The Divergent Series: Insurgent</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Divergent_trilogy_characters#Johanna_Reyes" class="mw-redirect" title="List of The Divergent trilogy characters">Johanna Reyes</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Fathers_and_Daughters" title="Fathers and Daughters">Fathers and Daughters</a></i> </td> <td>Dr. Korman </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Gilly_Hopkins_(film)" title="The Great Gilly Hopkins (film)">The Great Gilly Hopkins</a></i> </td> <td>Miss Harris </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6">2016 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Free_World" title="The Free World">The Free World</a></i> </td> <td>Linda Workman </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Zootopia" title="Zootopia">Zootopia</a></i> </td> <td>Mrs. Otterton </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Divergent_Series:_Allegiant" title="The Divergent Series: Allegiant">The Divergent Series: Allegiant</a></i> </td> <td>Johanna Reyes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Car_Dogs" title="Car Dogs">Car Dogs</a></i> </td> <td>Mrs. Barrett </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Santa_2" title="Bad Santa 2">Bad Santa 2</a></i> </td> <td>Opal </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hidden_Figures" title="Hidden Figures">Hidden Figures</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Vaughan" title="Dorothy Vaughan">Dorothy Vaughan</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">2017 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shack_(2017_film)" title="The Shack (2017 film)">The Shack</a></i> </td> <td>Papa </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Small_Town_Crime" title="Small Town Crime">Small Town Crime</a></i> </td> <td>Kelly Banks </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Gifted_(2017_film)" title="Gifted (2017 film)">Gifted</a></i> </td> <td>Roberta Taylor </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shape_of_Water" title="The Shape of Water">The Shape of Water</a></i> </td> <td>Zelda Fuller </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Kid_Like_Jake" title="A Kid Like Jake">A Kid Like Jake</a></i> </td> <td>Judith "Judy" Lawson </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Instant_Family" title="Instant Family">Instant Family</a></i> </td> <td>Karen </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2019 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Luce_(film)" title="Luce (film)">Luce</a></i> </td> <td>Harriet Wilson </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ma_(2019_film)" title="Ma (2019 film)">Ma</a></i> </td> <td>Sue Ann "Ma" Ellington </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">2020 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dolittle_(film)" title="Dolittle (film)">Dolittle</a></i> </td> <td>Dab-Dab </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Onward_(film)" title="Onward (film)">Onward</a></i> </td> <td>"Corey" The Manticore </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Witches_(2020_film)" title="The Witches (2020 film)">The Witches</a></i> </td> <td>Grandma Agatha Hansen </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Superintelligence_(film)" title="Superintelligence (film)">Superintelligence</a></i> </td> <td>Herself </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2021 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Thunder_Force_(film)" title="Thunder Force (film)">Thunder Force</a></i> </td> <td>Emily Stanton / Bingo </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Encounter_(2021_film)" title="Encounter (2021 film)">Encounter</a></i> </td> <td>Hattie </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Spirited_(film)" title="Spirited (film)">Spirited</a></i> </td> <td>Kimberly </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2025 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Smurfs_(2025_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Smurfs (2025 film)">Smurfs</a></i> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: #DDF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="skin-invert no table-no2"><abbr title="To be announced">TBA</abbr> </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td>TBA </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tow_(film)" title="Tow (film)">Tow</a></i> </td> <td> </td> <td>Filming </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Octavia_Spencer&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Title </th> <th scope="col">Role </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/413_Hope_St." title="413 Hope St.">413 Hope St.</a></i> </td> <td>Job Counselor #1 </td> <td>Episode: "Pilot" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Moesha" title="Moesha">Moesha</a></i> </td> <td>Gloria </td> <td>Episode: "Teacher" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/To_Have_%26_to_Hold_(American_TV_series)" title="To Have & to Hold (American TV series)">To Have & to Hold</a></i> </td> <td>Clerk </td> <td>Episode: "Right My Fire" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/ER_(TV_series)" title="ER (TV series)">ER</a></i> </td> <td>Maria Jones </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/List_of_ER_episodes" title="List of ER episodes">Hazed and Confused</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6">1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Brimstone_(TV_series)" title="Brimstone (TV series)">Brimstone</a></i> </td> <td>Duty Nurse </td> <td>Episode: "Faces" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/L.A._Doctors" title="L.A. Doctors">L.A. Doctors</a></i> </td> <td>Bus Driver </td> <td>Episode: "Forty-Eight Minutes" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Hope" title="Chicago Hope">Chicago Hope</a></i> </td> <td>Nurse Jane </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Hope_episodes" title="List of Chicago Hope episodes">Oh What a Piece of Work Is Man</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Roswell_(TV_series)" title="Roswell (TV series)">Roswell</a></i> </td> <td>Nurse </td> <td>Episode: "Leaving Normal" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_X-Files" title="The X-Files">The X-Files</a></i> </td> <td>Nurse Octavia </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/Millennium_(The_X-Files)" title="Millennium (The X-Files)">Millennium</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lansky_(1999_film)" title="Lansky (1999 film)">Lansky</a></i> </td> <td>Evelyn the Maid </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6">2000 </td> <td><i>Chicken Soup for the Soul</i> </td> <td>Hannah </td> <td>Episode: "Thinking of You/Mama's Soup Pot/The Letter" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Just_Shoot_Me!" title="Just Shoot Me!">Just Shoot Me!</a></i> </td> <td>Nurse </td> <td>Episode: "Finch on Ice" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Becker_(TV_series)" title="Becker (TV series)">Becker</a></i> </td> <td>Ticket Woman </td> <td>Episode: "One Wong Move" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_in_the_Middle" title="Malcolm in the Middle">Malcolm in the Middle</a></i> </td> <td>Cashier </td> <td>Episode: "High School Play" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/City_of_Angels_(2000_TV_series)" title="City of Angels (2000 TV series)">City of Angels</a></i> </td> <td>Nurse Bernice </td> <td>Recurring cast </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Missing Pieces</i> </td> <td>Elegant Guest </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2001 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Grounded_for_Life" title="Grounded for Life">Grounded for Life</a></i> </td> <td>Admitting Nurse </td> <td>Episode: "Jimmy's Got a Gun" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dharma_%26_Greg" title="Dharma & Greg">Dharma & Greg</a></i> </td> <td>Gloria </td> <td>Episode: "Wish We Weren't Here" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Follow_the_Stars_Home" title="Follow the Stars Home">Follow the Stars Home</a></i> </td> <td>Hildy </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2001–02 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Chronicle_(TV_series)" title="The Chronicle (TV series)">The Chronicle</a></i> </td> <td>Ruby Rydell </td> <td>Recurring cast </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Titus_(TV_series)" title="Titus (TV series)">Titus</a></i> </td> <td>Ms. Alice Hays </td> <td>Episode: "Amy's Birthday" & "The Visit" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2002 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Presidio_Med" title="Presidio Med">Presidio Med</a></i> </td> <td>Sheryl Washington </td> <td>Episode: "Do No Harm" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/NYPD_Blue" title="NYPD Blue">NYPD Blue</a></i> </td> <td>Dawna Cahill </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/List_of_NYPD_Blue_episodes" title="List of NYPD Blue episodes">Gypsy Woe's Me</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Little John</i> </td> <td>Waitress </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004–05 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/LAX_(TV_series)" title="LAX (TV series)">LAX</a></i> </td> <td>Flight Attendant </td> <td>Recurring cast </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2005 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/NYPD_Blue" title="NYPD Blue">NYPD Blue</a></i> </td> <td>Eleanor Jackson </td> <td>Episode: "Old Man Quiver" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/CSI:_NY" title="CSI: NY">CSI: NY</a></i> </td> <td>Child Welfare Rep </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/List_of_CSI:_NY_episodes" title="List of CSI: NY episodes">On the Job</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Medium_(TV_series)" title="Medium (TV series)">Medium</a></i> </td> <td>Jurist </td> <td>Episode: "Judge, Jury and Executioner" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Huff_(TV_series)" title="Huff (TV series)">Huff</a></i> </td> <td>Demetria </td> <td>Episode: "Red Meat" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Standoff_(TV_series)" title="Standoff (TV series)">Standoff</a></i> </td> <td>Rapid Air Clerk </td> <td>Episode: "Pilot" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006–07 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Minor_Accomplishments_of_Jackie_Woodman" title="The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman">The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman</a></i> </td> <td>Female Security Guard Cheryl </td> <td>Recurring cast </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2007 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ugly_Betty" title="Ugly Betty">Ugly Betty</a></i> </td> <td>Constance Grady </td> <td>Recurring cast (<a href="/wiki/Ugly_Betty_(season_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ugly Betty (season 1)">season 1</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Halfway_Home_(TV_series)" title="Halfway Home (TV series)">Halfway Home</a></i> </td> <td>Serenity Johnson </td> <td>Main cast </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">2008 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wizards_of_Waverly_Place" title="Wizards of Waverly Place">Wizards of Waverly Place</a></i> </td> <td>Dr. Evilini </td> <td>Episode: "Wizard School: Part 1 & 2" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/CSI:_Crime_Scene_Investigation" title="CSI: Crime Scene Investigation">CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</a></i> </td> <td>Sherry </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/List_of_CSI:_Crime_Scene_Investigation_episodes" title="List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes">Drops' Out</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Bang_Theory" title="The Big Bang Theory">The Big Bang Theory</a></i> </td> <td>DMV Employee </td> <td>Episode: "The Euclid Alternative" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Faux Baby</i> </td> <td>Robyn </td> <td>Episode: "Valley of the Fauxs" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2009 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Worst_Week" title="Worst Week">Worst Week</a></i> </td> <td>Nurse </td> <td>Episode: "The Epidural" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dollhouse_(TV_series)" title="Dollhouse (TV series)">Dollhouse</a></i> </td> <td>Professor Janack </td> <td>Episode: "Echoes" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Raising_the_Bar_(2008_TV_series)" title="Raising the Bar (2008 TV series)">Raising the Bar</a></i> </td> <td>Arvina Watkins </td> <td>Recurring cast (season 2) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hawthorne_(TV_series)" title="Hawthorne (TV series)">Hawthorne</a></i> </td> <td>Emily Thomkins </td> <td>Episode: "Afterglow" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><i>Family Practice</i> </td> <td>Helen Overby </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2013 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/30_Rock" title="30 Rock">30 Rock</a></i> </td> <td>Herself </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/Game_Over_(30_Rock)" title="Game Over (30 Rock)">Game Over</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/American_Dad!" title="American Dad!">American Dad!</a></i> </td> <td>Shonteeva </td> <td>Voice; episode: "For Black Eyes Only" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Call_Me_Crazy:_A_Five_Film" title="Call Me Crazy: A Five Film">Call Me Crazy: A Five Film</a></i> </td> <td>Dr. Nance </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013–15 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mom_(TV_series)" title="Mom (TV series)">Mom</a></i> </td> <td>Regina Tompkins </td> <td>Recurring cast; seasons 1–3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014–15 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Red_Band_Society" title="Red Band Society">Red Band Society</a></i> </td> <td>Nurse Dena Jackson </td> <td>Main cast </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2015 </td> <td><i>Break a Hip</i> </td> <td>Dr. Trekman </td> <td>Episode: "The Doctor" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Drunk_History" title="Drunk History">Drunk History</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Tubman" title="Harriet Tubman">Harriet Tubman</a> </td> <td>Episode: "Spies" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> </td> <td>Herself (host) </td> <td>Episode: "Octavia Spencer/<a href="/wiki/Joshua_Tillman" class="mw-redirect" title="Joshua Tillman">Father John Misty</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><i>The Goldbergs: 1990-Something</i> </td> <td>Narrator </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Black-ish" title="Black-ish">Black-ish</a></i> </td> <td>Herself </td> <td>Episode: "Black History Month" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019–23 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Truth_Be_Told_(2019_TV_series)" title="Truth Be Told (2019 TV series)">Truth Be Told</a></i> </td> <td>Poppy Parnell </td> <td>Main cast<sup id="cite_ref-:0_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Self_Made_(miniseries)" title="Self Made (miniseries)">Self Made</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madam_C._J._Walker" title="Madam C. J. Walker">Madam C. J. Walker</a> </td> <td>Main cast<sup id="cite_ref-:1_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td><i>Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music & Laughter</i> </td> <td>Herself </td> <td>Television special<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Sheldon" title="Young Sheldon">Young Sheldon</a></i> </td> <td>Officer Rhonda Thompson </td> <td>Episode: "Community Service and the Key to a Happy Marriage" </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Octavia_Spencer&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Octavia_Spencer" title="List of awards and nominations received by Octavia Spencer">List of awards and nominations received by Octavia Spencer</a></div> <p>Spencer has received three nominations for the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress">Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress</a>, including one win. She is the first <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African-American</a> actress to receive Academy Award nominations in back-to-back years, the first African-American actress to receive two Academy Award nominations after a win, and the second-most nominated African-American actress to date.<sup id="cite_ref-ew_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ew-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She has also won three <a href="/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild_Awards" title="Screen Actors Guild Awards">Screen Actors Guild Awards</a>, three <a href="/wiki/National_Board_of_Review" title="National Board of Review">National Board of Review Awards</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Satellite_Award_for_Best_Cast_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture" title="Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture">Satellite Awards</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Movie_Awards" title="Critics' Choice Movie Awards">Critics' Choice Movie Awards</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture">Golden Globe Award</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Supporting_Role" title="BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role">WSFA Award</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Octavia_Spencer&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_actors_with_two_or_more_Academy_Award_nominations_in_acting_categories" class="mw-redirect" title="List of actors with two or more Academy Award nominations in acting categories">List of actors with two or more Academy Award nominations in acting categories</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Octavia_Spencer&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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class="citation web cs1">Mike Rose, cleveland com (May 25, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/05/famous-birthdays-list-for-today-may-25-2024-includes-celebrities-octavia-spencer-ian-mckellen.html">"Famous birthdays list for today, May 25, 2024 includes celebrities Octavia Spencer, Ian McKellen"</a>. <i>cleveland</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 2,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=cleveland&rft.atitle=Famous+birthdays+list+for+today%2C+May+25%2C+2024+includes+celebrities+Octavia+Spencer%2C+Ian+McKellen&rft.date=2024-05-25&rft.aulast=Mike+Rose&rft.aufirst=cleveland+com&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cleveland.com%2Fentertainment%2F2024%2F05%2Ffamous-birthdays-list-for-today-may-25-2024-includes-celebrities-octavia-spencer-ian-mckellen.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOctavia+Spencer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-biography.com-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-biography.com_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biography.com/people/octavia-spencer-20724237">"Octavia Spencer Biography: Film Actress, Television Actress (1972–)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Biography.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Biography.com">Biography.com</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160811232113/http://www.biography.com/people/octavia-spencer-20724237">Archived</a> from the original on August 11, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 16,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Octavia+Spencer+Biography%3A+Film+Actress%2C+Television+Actress+%281972%E2%80%93%29&rft.pub=Biography.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biography.com%2Fpeople%2Foctavia-spencer-20724237&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOctavia+Spencer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rte.ie-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-rte.ie_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Spencer at 00:10 in video on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CAoR1WVAjVW/">her verified Instagram account</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/instagram-post-by-octavia-spencer-o-may-25-2020-at-1135pm-utc">Archived</a> from the original on June 27, 2020). Reported in outlets including <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/0527/1142943-octavia-spencer-revises-her-age-upwards-on-her-birthday/">"Octavia Spencer revises her age upwards for her birthday"</a>. <a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89" title="RTÉ">RTÉ</a>. May 27, 2020. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200527162732/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/0527/1142943-octavia-spencer-revises-her-age-upwards-on-her-birthday/">Archived</a> from the original on May 27, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 27,</span> 2020</span>. <q>The big 5-0. Ugh! 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London. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/5844739/The-maids-tale-Kathryn-Stockett-examines-slavery-and-racism-in-Americas-Deep-South.html">Archived</a> from the original on January 11, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Davis">Viola Davis</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Allison_Janney" title="Allison Janney">Allison Janney</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Regina_King" title="Regina King">Regina King</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Laura_Dern" title="Laura Dern">Laura Dern</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Youn_Yuh-jung" title="Youn Yuh-jung">Youn Yuh-jung</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ariana_DeBose" title="Ariana DeBose">Ariana DeBose</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Lee_Curtis" title="Jamie Lee Curtis">Jamie Lee Curtis</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Da%27Vine_Joy_Randolph" title="Da'Vine Joy Randolph">Da'Vine Joy Randolph</a> (2023)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Agutter">Jenny Agutter</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Geraldine_Page" title="Geraldine Page">Geraldine Page</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Roberts_(actress)" title="Rachel Roberts (actress)">Rachel Roberts</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rohini_Hattangadi" title="Rohini Hattangadi">Rohini Hattangadi</a> / <a href="/wiki/Maureen_Stapleton" title="Maureen Stapleton">Maureen Stapleton</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Lee_Curtis" title="Jamie Lee Curtis">Jamie Lee Curtis</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Liz_Smith_(actress)" title="Liz Smith (actress)">Liz Smith</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rosanna_Arquette" title="Rosanna Arquette">Rosanna Arquette</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Judi_Dench" title="Judi Dench">Judi Dench</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span 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title="Angelina Jolie">Angelina Jolie</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frances_McDormand" title="Frances McDormand">Frances McDormand</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Connelly" title="Jennifer Connelly">Jennifer Connelly</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Zeta-Jones" title="Catherine Zeta-Jones">Catherine Zeta-Jones</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Zellweger" title="Renée Zellweger">Renée Zellweger</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Madsen" title="Virginia Madsen">Virginia Madsen</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Amy_Adams" title="Amy Adams">Amy Adams</a> / <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Williams_(actress)" title="Michelle Williams (actress)">Michelle Williams</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Hudson" title="Jennifer Hudson">Jennifer Hudson</a> 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Picture</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #CFB53B;width:1%">1943–1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Katina_Paxinou" title="Katina Paxinou">Katina Paxinou</a> (1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Agnes_Moorehead" title="Agnes Moorehead">Agnes Moorehead</a> (1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a> (1945)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anne_Baxter" title="Anne Baxter">Anne Baxter</a> (1946)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Celeste_Holm" title="Celeste Holm">Celeste Holm</a> (1947)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Corby" title="Ellen Corby">Ellen Corby</a> (1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mercedes_McCambridge" title="Mercedes McCambridge">Mercedes McCambridge</a> (1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Josephine_Hull" title="Josephine Hull">Josephine Hull</a> (1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kim_Hunter" title="Kim Hunter">Kim Hunter</a> (1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Katy_Jurado" title="Katy Jurado">Katy Jurado</a> (1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Grace_Kelly" title="Grace Kelly">Grace Kelly</a> (1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jan_Sterling" title="Jan Sterling">Jan Sterling</a> (1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marisa_Pavan" title="Marisa Pavan">Marisa Pavan</a> (1955)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eileen_Heckart" title="Eileen Heckart">Eileen Heckart</a> (1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester">Elsa Lanchester</a> (1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hermione_Gingold" title="Hermione Gingold">Hermione Gingold</a> (1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Susan_Kohner" title="Susan Kohner">Susan Kohner</a> (1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Janet_Leigh" title="Janet Leigh">Janet Leigh</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rita_Moreno" title="Rita Moreno">Rita Moreno</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Rutherford" title="Margaret Rutherford">Margaret Rutherford</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Agnes_Moorehead" title="Agnes Moorehead">Agnes Moorehead</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Gordon" title="Ruth Gordon">Ruth Gordon</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jocelyne_LaGarde" title="Jocelyne LaGarde">Jocelyne LaGarde</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carol_Channing" title="Carol Channing">Carol Channing</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Gordon" title="Ruth Gordon">Ruth Gordon</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Goldie_Hawn" title="Goldie Hawn">Goldie Hawn</a> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Karen_Black" title="Karen Black">Karen Black</a> / <a href="/wiki/Maureen_Stapleton" title="Maureen Stapleton">Maureen Stapleton</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ann-Margret" title="Ann-Margret">Ann-Margret</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Shelley_Winters" title="Shelley Winters">Shelley Winters</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Linda_Blair" title="Linda Blair">Linda Blair</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Karen_Black" title="Karen Black">Karen Black</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brenda_Vaccaro" title="Brenda Vaccaro">Brenda Vaccaro</a> (1975)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #CFB53B;width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Katharine_Ross" title="Katharine Ross">Katharine Ross</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Redgrave" title="Vanessa Redgrave">Vanessa Redgrave</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dyan_Cannon" title="Dyan Cannon">Dyan Cannon</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Meryl_Streep" title="Meryl Streep">Meryl Streep</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Steenburgen" title="Mary Steenburgen">Mary Steenburgen</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joan_Hackett" title="Joan Hackett">Joan Hackett</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Lange" title="Jessica Lange">Jessica Lange</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cher" title="Cher">Cher</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peggy_Ashcroft" title="Peggy Ashcroft">Peggy Ashcroft</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Meg_Tilly" title="Meg Tilly">Meg Tilly</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Smith" title="Maggie Smith">Maggie Smith</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Olympia_Dukakis" title="Olympia Dukakis">Olympia Dukakis</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sigourney_Weaver" title="Sigourney Weaver">Sigourney Weaver</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Julia_Roberts" title="Julia Roberts">Julia Roberts</a> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg" title="Whoopi Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mercedes_Ruehl" title="Mercedes Ruehl">Mercedes Ruehl</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joan_Plowright" title="Joan Plowright">Joan Plowright</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Winona_Ryder" title="Winona Ryder">Winona Ryder</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dianne_Wiest" title="Dianne Wiest">Dianne Wiest</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mira_Sorvino" title="Mira Sorvino">Mira Sorvino</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Bacall" title="Lauren Bacall">Lauren Bacall</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kim_Basinger" title="Kim Basinger">Kim Basinger</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Redgrave" title="Lynn Redgrave">Lynn Redgrave</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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Weisz</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Hudson" title="Jennifer Hudson">Jennifer Hudson</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cate_Blanchett" title="Cate Blanchett">Cate Blanchett</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kate_Winslet" title="Kate Winslet">Kate Winslet</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mo%27Nique" title="Mo'Nique">Mo'Nique</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Leo" title="Melissa Leo">Melissa Leo</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Octavia Spencer</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anne_Hathaway" title="Anne Hathaway">Anne Hathaway</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Lawrence" title="Jennifer Lawrence">Jennifer Lawrence</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Arquette" title="Patricia Arquette">Patricia Arquette</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kate_Winslet" title="Kate Winslet">Kate Winslet</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Viola_Davis" title="Viola Davis">Viola Davis</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Allison_Janney" title="Allison Janney">Allison Janney</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Regina_King" title="Regina King">Regina King</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Laura_Dern" title="Laura Dern">Laura Dern</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jodie_Foster" title="Jodie Foster">Jodie Foster</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ariana_DeBose" title="Ariana DeBose">Ariana DeBose</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Angela_Bassett" title="Angela Bassett">Angela Bassett</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gertrude_Lawrence" title="Gertrude Lawrence">Gertrude Lawrence</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Bel_Geddes" title="Barbara Bel Geddes">Barbara Bel Geddes</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamie_Eisenhower" title="Mamie Eisenhower">Mamie Eisenhower</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Booth" title="Shirley Booth">Shirley Booth</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Reynolds" title="Debbie Reynolds">Debbie Reynolds</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peggy_Ann_Garner" title="Peggy Ann Garner">Peggy Ann Garner</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_Baker" title="Carroll Baker">Carroll Baker</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn" title="Katharine Hepburn">Katharine Hepburn</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joanne_Woodward" title="Joanne Woodward">Joanne Woodward</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Lawrence" title="Carol Lawrence">Carol Lawrence</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Fonda" title="Jane Fonda">Jane Fonda</a> 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title="Liza Minnelli">Liza Minnelli</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faye_Dunaway" title="Faye Dunaway">Faye Dunaway</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valerie_Harper" title="Valerie Harper">Valerie Harper</a> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bette_Midler" title="Bette Midler">Bette Midler</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor" title="Elizabeth Taylor">Elizabeth Taylor</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Sills" title="Beverly Sills">Beverly Sills</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candice_Bergen" title="Candice Bergen">Candice Bergen</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meryl_Streep" title="Meryl Streep">Meryl Streep</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Tyler_Moore" title="Mary Tyler Moore">Mary Tyler Moore</a> (1981)</li> <li><a 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title="Marion Cotillard">Marion Cotillard</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Mirren" title="Helen Mirren">Helen Mirren</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amy_Poehler" title="Amy Poehler">Amy Poehler</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Washington" title="Kerry Washington">Kerry Washington</a> (2016)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Octavia Spencer</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mila_Kunis" title="Mila Kunis">Mila Kunis</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryce_Dallas_Howard" title="Bryce Dallas Howard">Bryce Dallas Howard</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Banks" title="Elizabeth Banks">Elizabeth Banks</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viola_Davis" title="Viola Davis">Viola Davis</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Garner" title="Jennifer Garner">Jennifer Garner</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Coolidge" title="Jennifer Coolidge">Jennifer Coolidge</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annette_Bening" title="Annette Bening">Annette Bening</a> (2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Erivo" title="Cynthia Erivo">Cynthia Erivo</a> (2025)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Actress_in_a_Motion_Picture65" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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title="Cicely Tyson">Cicely Tyson</a> (1978)</li> <li>Mavis Washington (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irene_Cara" title="Irene Cara">Irene Cara</a> (1980)</li> <li>No Award (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayne_Kennedy" title="Jayne Kennedy">Jayne Kennedy</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Beals" title="Jennifer Beals">Jennifer Beals</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfre_Woodard" title="Alfre Woodard">Alfre Woodard</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Turner" title="Tina Turner">Tina Turner</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg" title="Whoopi Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traci_Wolfe" title="Traci Wolfe">Traci Wolfe</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg" title="Whoopi Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a> (1989)</li> <li>No Award (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg" title="Whoopi Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a> (1991)</li> <li><a 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Henson">Taraji P. Henson</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanaa_Lathan" title="Sanaa Lathan">Sanaa Lathan</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taraji_P._Henson" title="Taraji P. Henson">Taraji P. Henson</a> (2016)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Octavia Spencer</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amandla_Stenberg" title="Amandla Stenberg">Amandla Stenberg</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lupita_Nyong%27o" title="Lupita Nyong'o">Lupita Nyong'o</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viola_Davis" title="Viola Davis">Viola Davis</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Hudson" title="Jennifer Hudson">Jennifer Hudson</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viola_Davis" title="Viola Davis">Viola Davis</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantasia_(singer)" title="Fantasia (singer)">Fantasia Barrino</a> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Supporting_Actress_in_a_Motion_Picture76" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Supporting_Actress_in_a_Motion_Picture" title="Template:NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Supporting_Actress_in_a_Motion_Picture" title="Template talk:NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Supporting_Actress_in_a_Motion_Picture" title="Special:EditPage/Template:NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Supporting_Actress_in_a_Motion_Picture76" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Supporting_Actress_in_a_Motion_Picture" title="NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture">NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beah_Richards" title="Beah Richards">Beah Richards</a> (1970)</li> <li>No Awards (1971–1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a> (1985)</li> <li>No Award (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traci_Wolfe" title="Traci Wolfe">Traci Wolfe</a> (1987)</li> <li>Juanita Waterman (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzzanne_Douglas" title="Suzzanne Douglas">Suzzanne Douglas</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg" title="Whoopi Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a> (1990)</li> <li>No Awards (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Bassett" title="Angela Bassett">Angela Bassett</a> (1992)</li> <li>No Awards (1993–1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loretta_Devine" title="Loretta Devine">Loretta Devine</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loretta_Devine" title="Loretta Devine">Loretta Devine</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irma_P._Hall" title="Irma P. 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Henson</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mo%27Nique" title="Mo'Nique">Mo'Nique</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimberly_Elise" title="Kimberly Elise">Kimberly Elise</a> (2010)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Octavia Spencer</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Washington" title="Kerry Washington">Kerry Washington</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lupita_Nyong%27o" title="Lupita Nyong'o">Lupita Nyong'o</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmen_Ejogo" title="Carmen Ejogo">Carmen Ejogo</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phylicia_Rashad" title="Phylicia Rashad">Phylicia Rashad</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viola_Davis" title="Viola Davis">Viola Davis</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiffany_Haddish" title="Tiffany Haddish">Tiffany Haddish</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danai_Gurira" title="Danai Gurira">Danai Gurira</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marsai_Martin" title="Marsai Martin">Marsai Martin</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phylicia_Rashad" title="Phylicia Rashad">Phylicia Rashad</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regina_King" title="Regina King">Regina King</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Bassett" title="Angela Bassett">Angela Bassett</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taraji_P._Henson" title="Taraji P. 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href="/wiki/Lynn_Whitfield" title="Lynn Whitfield">Lynn Whitfield</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Halle_Berry" title="Halle Berry">Halle Berry</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alfre_Woodard" title="Alfre Woodard">Alfre Woodard</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cicely_Tyson" title="Cicely Tyson">Cicely Tyson</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alfre_Woodard" title="Alfre Woodard">Alfre Woodard</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cicely_Tyson" title="Cicely Tyson">Cicely Tyson</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Halle_Berry" title="Halle Berry">Halle Berry</a> (1999)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Natalie_Cole" title="Natalie Cole">Natalie Cole</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Angela_Bassett" title="Angela Bassett">Angela Bassett</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Angela_Bassett" title="Angela Bassett">Angela Bassett</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg" title="Whoopi Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Whitfield" title="Lynn Whitfield">Lynn Whitfield</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/S._Epatha_Merkerson" title="S. 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<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edith_Evans" title="Edith Evans">Edith Evans</a> (1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Jones" title="Shirley Jones">Shirley Jones</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Rutherford" title="Margaret Rutherford">Margaret Rutherford</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edith_Evans" title="Edith Evans">Edith Evans</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joan_Blondell" title="Joan Blondell">Joan Blondell</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vivien_Merchant" title="Vivien Merchant">Vivien Merchant</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marjorie_Rhodes" title="Marjorie Rhodes">Marjorie Rhodes</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Maskell" title="Virginia Maskell">Virginia Maskell</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Franklin" title="Pamela Franklin">Pamela Franklin</a> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Karen_Black" title="Karen Black">Karen Black</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cloris_Leachman" title="Cloris Leachman">Cloris Leachman</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marisa_Berenson" title="Marisa Berenson">Marisa Berenson</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Sidney" title="Sylvia Sidney">Sylvia Sidney</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Valerie_Perrine" title="Valerie Perrine">Valerie Perrine</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ronee_Blakley" title="Ronee Blakley">Ronee Blakley</a> (1975)</span></li></ul> 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Close</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Linda_Hunt" title="Linda Hunt">Linda Hunt</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sabine_Az%C3%A9ma" title="Sabine Azéma">Sabine Azéma</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anjelica_Huston" title="Anjelica Huston">Anjelica Huston</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dianne_Wiest" title="Dianne Wiest">Dianne Wiest</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Olympia_Dukakis" title="Olympia Dukakis">Olympia Dukakis</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frances_McDormand" title="Frances McDormand">Frances McDormand</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Stuart_Masterson" title="Mary Stuart Masterson">Mary Stuart Masterson</a> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Winona_Ryder" title="Winona Ryder">Winona Ryder</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span 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