Octavia Spencer
American actress
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| 2025 | Spencer is set to do a voice acting role in an unnamed project |
| 2025 | Octavia Spencer is involved in 'Captain America: Brave New World' film, receiving special thanks credit |
| 2025 | Spencer has an unspecified film project in post-production |
| 2024 | Appears in Young Sheldon episode as Officer Rhonda Thompson |
| 2022 | Appears in television special Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music & Laughter |
| December 2022 | Again bought food for students during finals week at Auburn University. |
| 2021 | Spencer played a dual role as Emily Stanton and Bingo in the superhero comedy 'Thunder Force' |
| December 2021 | As an Auburn alumna, bought food for students during finals week. |
| October 22 2020 | Spencer starred alongside Anne Hathaway in Robert Zemeckis's horror comedy The Witches. |
| March 2020 | Spencer voiced a manticore restaurant owner in the Pixar animated fantasy film Onward, which was released to positive reviews. |
| January 2020 | Octavia Spencer voiced Dab-Dab, an enthusiastic duck with a metal leg, in the fantasy comedy film Dolittle, starring Robert Downey Jr. |
| 2019 | Spencer starred as Sue Ann 'Ma' Ellington in the horror film 'Ma' |
| 2019 | Appears on Black-ish during Black History Month episode |
| 2019 | Executive produced and starred in the Apple TV+ drama series Truth Be Told. |
| 2018 | Executive produced Green Book, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. |
| 2017 | Hosts an episode of Saturday Night Live |
| 2017 | Octavia Spencer publicly disclosed her Southern Baptist religious affiliation during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. |
| 2017 | Spencer won an Oscar for her supporting role as Zelda Fuller in 'The Shape of Water' |
| 2015 | Published her second children's book 'The Sweetest Heist in History'. |
| 2015 | Appears in Drunk History episode portraying Harriet Tubman |
| 2014 | Starred in the biopic Get On Up about singer James Brown, reuniting with The Help director Tate Taylor. |
| 2014 | Becomes a main cast member in Red Band Society as Nurse Dena Jackson |
| 2014 | Spencer stars in the Fox drama series Red Band Society, which runs until 2015. |
| 2013 | Won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 'Fruitvale Station'. |
| 2013 | Spencer appears in multiple television shows including 30 Rock (as herself) and American Dad! (voicing Shonteeva) |
| 2013 | Stars in the television film Call Me Crazy: A Five Film as Dr. Nance |
| 2013 | Published her first children's book 'The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit' in the Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective series. |
| 2013 | Appeared in Fruitvale Station alongside Michael B. Jordan, chronicling the last day of Oscar Grant. |
| 2013 | Spencer begins a recurring role in the CBS sitcom Mom, which continues until 2015. |
| June 2012 | Invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. |
| 2011 | Spencer stars in the television film Family Practice as Helen Overby |
| 2010 | Octavia Spencer appears in an episode of Hawthorne as Emily Thomkins |
| August 2010 | Joined the cast of The Help, playing the role of Minny Jackson alongside Viola Davis, Emma Stone, and Bryce Dallas Howard in this period drama film. |
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