American actress Octavia Lenora Spencer was born on May 25, 1970. She has received numerous honors, such as an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award, making her the first black actress to get two back-to-back nominations for an Oscar.
Spencer garnered additional nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances as different women in 1960s America, including a maid in the fantasy film The Shape of Water (2017) and the mathematician Dorothy Vaughan in the biographical movie Hidden Figures (2016).
In the production of the Whoopi Goldberg movie The Long Walk Home, Spencer served as an intern.
What Role did Octavia Spencer win an oscar for?
Her breakthrough came in 2011 when she played a maid in 1960s America in The Help, which earned her multiple honors, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
This occurred after a decade of short roles in film and television.
