Octavia Spencer
Octavia Lenora Spencer born May 25 1970 is an American actress She has received various accolades including an Academy Award a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award in addition to nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards Spencer made her film debut in the 1996 drama A Time to Kill Following a decade of brief roles in film and television her breakthrough came in 2011 when she played a maid in 1960s America in the drama film The Help which won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress In ensuing years she won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Ryan Cooglers biopic Fruitvale Station 2013 had a recurring role in the CBS sitcom Mom 20132015 and starred in the Fox drama series Red Band Society 20142015 Spencers roles as other black women in 1960s America as Dorothy Vaughan in the biopic Hidden Figures 2016 and a cleaning woman in the fantasy The Shape of Water 2017 earned her two consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress becoming the first black actress to achieve such feat as well as the first and to date only to be nominated twice after winning She has since starred in The Divergent Series 201516 The Shack 2017 Gifted 2017 Instant Family 2018 Luce 2019 Ma 2019 Onward 2020 and Spirited2022 She led the Apple TV drama series Truth Be Told 20192023 She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for portraying Madam C J Walker in the Netflix miniseries Self Made 2020 As an author Spencer created the childrens book series Randi Rhodes Ninja Detective She has published two books in the series The Case of the TimeCapsule Bandit 2013 and The Sweetest Heist in History 2015 Description above from the Wikipedia article Octavia Spencer licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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