Octavia Spencer

Actress + Screen Actor

Female

Born May 25, 1970

Age 43

Hometown Montgomery, Alabama

Alma Mater Auburn University

Other Names Octavia L. Spencer

Octavia Lenora Spencer is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Minny, the outspoken maid in the 2011 film, The Help, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, among other accolades including the Golden Globe Award… Read More

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The 85th Annual Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center - Press Room

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Feb 25, 2013

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The 85th Annual Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center - Red Carpet Arrivals

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Feb 24, 2013

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6th Annual Women In Film Pre-Oscar Party hosted by Perrier Jouet, MAC Cosmetics and MaxMara

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Feb 22, 2013

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Celebrity sightings during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival

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Jan 19, 2013

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Los Angeles
Oct 31, 2012
Octavia Spencer Sighting: Los Angeles, California/ celebration for "Bernie" by Millennium Entertainment

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Who Does Octavia Spencer Want To Work With?
Huffington Post - Apr 10, 2013

Octavia Spencer knows what it's like to be center stage at the Oscars -- she won Best Supporting Actress at the 2012 Academy Awards for her role in "The Help" -- and she's looking to get back in that spotlight. The 42-year-old actress chatted with HuffPost about her upcoming flick "Fruitvale," which just walked away with the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for U.S. Drama at the Sundance Film Festival in January. "'Fruitvale' was a pr...
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When Does Octavia Spencer Lose Her Temper? - Huffington Post
The Tv Role Octavia Spencer Lost Out On
Huffington Post - Mar 25, 2013

Before she was an Oscar winner, Octavia Spencer was a character actress, making regular guest star appearances on shows like "The Wizards of Waverly Place" and "Ugly Betty" ... and even auditioning for the role of Donna on "Parks and Recreation." When Retta -- the actress who got the part on the beloved NBC comedy -- was asked how she transitioned from standup to "Parks and Rec," she said, "My manager called and said they were casting a pilot.
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Dear Jon Hamm: May We Introduce You To Spanx?
Huffington Post - Mar 20, 2013

It's not often that we write about Jon Hamm's crotch, but here we are. According to the New York Daily News' Confidenti@l, the "Mad Men" star is reportedly running into problems (and possibly narrow doorframes) on the set of the show, due to, erm, restrictive '60s-era pants. Which got us thinking about Spanx -- specifically, Spanx for men ("manx"). We know women love Spanx (Katy Perry, Oprah and Octavia Spencer are just a few of the stars who ha...
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Leonard Maltin: 5 Must See Indie Films This Month
Huffington Post - Mar 01, 2013

Oscar season may finally be behind us, but there is still the afterglow of worthy nominees playing in theaters and available for viewing at home, on DVD and On Demand. Even this year's Oscar-nominated shorts (both live-action and animated) are continuing a healthy theatrical run. They help compensate for the fact that there's little to shout about amidst the newest crop of releases. But as long as studios and distributors insist on clustering their top prestige films at the end ...
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1970 Birth Born in 1970.

THIRTIES

2003 33 Years Old In 2003, she made her stage debut in Los Angeles, in Del Shores' award-winning play, The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife, starring opposite veteran actress Beth Grant. … Read More

2008 38 Years Old In 2008, Spencer's brief appearance in Seven Pounds as Kate, Rosario Dawson's home care nurse, garnered her high praise and media attention. … Read More

FORTIES

2010 40 Years Old In August 2010, Spencer joined Viola Davis, Emma Stone and Bryce Dallas Howard in DreamWorks' production of The Help, in which she played the feisty and unflappable domestic Minny Jackson. … Read More

2012 42 Years Old 1 More Event

She won the 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for her work in The Help.

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