Biografie
Octavia Lenora Spencer (Montgomery, 25 mei 1972) is een Amerikaanse actrice. Het bekendst is ze vanwege haar rol van Minnie, de assertieve huishoudster in de film 'The Help' uit 2011. In 2009 werd ze door het tijdschrift Entertainment Weekly aangemerkt als een van de 25 grappigste actrices van Hollywood.
Filmografie Octavia Spencer
Instant Family
ComedyRegie: Sean AndersMet: Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Moner,...A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster three children.
The Shape of Water
FantasyRegie: Guillermo del ToroMet: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael ShannonAn other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer)... Verder lezen...
Hidden Figures
DramaRegie: Theodore MelfiMet: Kirsten Dunst, Kevin Costner, Taraji P. Henson,...The story of a team of African-American women mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the US space program
Small Town Crime
Thriller Regie: Eshom Nelms & Ian NelmsMet: John Hawkes, Anthony Anderson, Octavia SpencerAn alcoholic ex-cop (Hawkes) finds the body of a young woman and, through an act of self-redemption, becomes hell-bent on finding the killer but unwittingly puts his family in danger and gets caught up with several dark characters along the way.Snowpiercer
Science Fiction, Drama, FantasyRegie: Bong Joon-hoMet: Chris Evans, Octavia Spencer, Tilda SwintonIn a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Fruitvale Station
DramaRegie: Ryan CooglerMet: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz,...Winner of both the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic feature and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, director Ryan Coogler's FRUITVALE STATION follows the true story of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on the morning... Verder lezen...
The Help
DramaRegie: Tate TaylorMet: Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard,...A look at what happens when a southern town's unspoken code of rules and behavior is shattered by three courageous women who strike up an unlikely friendship.
Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but... Verder lezen...
Flypaper
Crime, ComedyRegie: Rob MinkoffMet: Octavia Spencer, Patrick Dempsey, Ashley JuddA man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at the same bank desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he's secretly in love.
The Soloist
Drama, Musical Regie: Joe WrightMet: Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, Catherine Keener,...A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.Pulse
Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery, DramaRegie: Jim SonzeroMet: Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian,...When the dead discover a means to contact the living through electronic devices, cellphones and computers become open gateways to monstrosities and destruction.
Coach Carter
Drama, HistoricalRegie: Thomas CarterMet: Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown, Robert Ri'chard,...Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.













