Add it to your IMDb page. Find out more at IMDbPro ». How Much Have You Seen? How much of Octavia Spencer's work have you seen? Won 1 Oscar. See more awards ». Known For. Hidden Figures Dorothy Vaughan. The Help Minny Jackson. Fruitvale Station Wanda. The Shack Papa. Show all Hide all Show by Hide Show Actress credits.
The Heart pre-production Lucy. Spirited post-production. Oakland Poppy Scoville-Parnell. Show all 18 episodes. Madam C. Sarah Breedlove. Octavia Spencer. Otterton voice. Show all 9 episodes. Harriet Tubman. Trekman - The Doctor Nurse Jackson. Show all 13 episodes. Shonteeva voice. Emily Tomkins. Arvina Watkins. Professor Janack. Evilini - Wizard School: Part 2 Female Security Guard. Serenity Johnson. Show all 10 episodes.
Constance Grady. Rapid Air Clerk. Jurist as Octavia L. Child Welfare Rep. Flight Attendant. Show all 6 episodes. Spencer gave another scene-stealing performance in the comedy series Ugly Betty, playing an INS agent. Spencer became known as a strong supporting actress, adept at both drama and comedy. Entertainment Weekly named her one of its 25 funniest actresses in Hollywood in , calling her "sassy, smart and wise beyond her years.
Stockett and Taylor had been friends since childhood, and he bought the film rights to her novel The Help before the book was even published. The Help explores the lives of two very different sets of women in a Southern town in the s—white housewives and their African American maids. Stockett had drawn inspiration from Spencer for one of the maids, Minny, and Spencer even accompanied Stockett on a book tour.
A white writer, Stockett felt uncomfortable reading the Black maids' dialogue and brought Spencer along to read those parts.
When it came time to cast the film, however, Spencer had to audition for the part. The novel had become a best-seller and there was some pressure to cast a famous actress as Minny. But Spencer soon won over any doubters that she was the one for the part. In the film, Emma Stone stars as a young white woman who writes a controversial book based on interviews with "the help.
Released in the summer , The Help proved to be a commercial and critical hit. Spencer herself received largely warm reviews and netted several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award in Nearly overcome by emotion, Spencer thanked "my family in Alabama—the state of Alabama. My Help family," in her acceptance speech. She later said that she "can be some sort of beacon of hope, particularly because I'm not the typical Hollywood beauty.
Spencer hoped that her newfound fame would lead to greater opportunities in front and behind the camera. As a dyslexic, Octavia has to learn her character's lines by acting out the gist of the dialogue.
The longest she has gone without an Oscar nomination is the 5 years between The Help and Hidden Figures She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in all three of those films. The Shape of Water is a Best Picture winner. Has guest-starred on the TV series "Mom" and starred in the movie "Ma" , this time as the title character. Both productions co-star Allison Janney, who plays the title role in Mom.
I was not a Girl Scout, but I try to be very prepared. I triple-Spanx! We did it on a dental-floss budget. I was always a closet lover of acting. My mom was very practical. She never, ever restricted our dreams, always told us we could do or be anything. Then I said, 'Maybe I want to be an actor'. And she said, 'Maybe not that'. People have been having issues with substance abuse since the dawn of time, I imagine, since they started fermenting fruit and vegetables, for God's sake.
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