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Octavia Spencer

Octavia Spencer

Acting
25 May 1970 (55 years)
Montgomery, Alabama, USA

Biography

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 ...

Also Known As

Octavia L. Spencer, Octavia Lenora Spencer

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