Octavia Lenora Spencer (born May 25, 1970) is an American actress best known for her role as Minny Jackson in the Touchstone Pictures film The Help. For the role, she received a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
At the 2012 BAFTA Awards, Spencer and director Tate Taylor talked with Miss Piggy for the latter's Orange Film red carpet show. Piggy told Spencer she was "splendid as Ringo [Starr]" in The Help, referring to The Beatles' song "Help!" Going along with the joke, Spencer corrected the pig, saying that she was actually "going more towards John [Lennon]," and felt as though she must've failed miserably.
She played Dr. Evilini in Wizards of Waverly Placeand voiced Mrs. Otterton in Zootopia.
Career[]
The role she played in The Help was that of an outspoken household help named Minny. Aside from an Oscar, she has also won several awards, like the Golden Globe Award, BAFTA, Critics Choice Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award, all in the category of Supporting Actress.
She has appeared in many films including The Divergent Series: Insurgent, Get on Up, Snowpiercer, and Hidden Figures which earned her nominations for the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, and Oscars.
Trivia[]
- Octavia Spencer co-starred with J.K. Simmons in Spider-Man.
- She appeared in the 2017 film Gifted with Jenny Slate.