Octavia Spencer
Film

Octavia Spencer

Section Title: Film
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Year	Title	Role	Director(s)	Notes

1996	A Time to Kill	Roark's Nurse	Joel Schumacher

1997	The 6th Man	Nativity Watson	Randall Miller

Sparkler	Wanda	Darren Stein

1999	Never Been Kissed	Cynthia	Raja Gosnell

Being John Malkovich	Woman in Elevator	Spike Jonze

Blue Streak	Shawna	Les Mayfield

2000	The Sky Is Falling	Nurse No. 2	Florrie Laurence

Everything Put Together	Nurse B	Marc Forster

American Virgin	Agnes Large	Jean-Pierre Marois

What Planet Are You From?	Baby Nurse	Mike Nichols

Auto Motives	Rhonda	Lorraine Bracco

Big Momma's House	Twila	Raja Gosnell

Four Dogs Playing Poker	Waitress	Paul Rachman

2001	Sol Goode	Unemployment Clerk	Danny Comden

The Journeyman	Black Belly	James Crowley

2002	Spider-Man	Check-In Girl	Sam Raimi

2003	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Security Guard	Charles Herman-Wurmfeld

S.W.A.T.	Neighbor in Alley	Clark Johnson

Chicken Party	Laqueta Mills	Tate Taylor

Bad Santa	Opal	Terry Zwigoff

2004	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!	Janine	Robert Luketic

Breakin' All the Rules	Stylist	Daniel Taplitz

2005	Coach Carter	Mrs. Battle	Thomas Carter

Pretty Persuasion	Woman	Marcos Siega

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School	Ayisha Lebaron	Randall Miller

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous	Octavia – Bookstore	John Pasquin

Beauty Shop	Big Customer	Bille Woodruff

Wannabe	Lady Chanet Janney Jones	Richard Keith Quintero

2006	Pulse	Landlady	Jim Sonzero

2007	The Nines	Streetwalker	John August

2008	Next of Kin	Grace	Martha M. Elcan

Pretty Ugly People	Mary	Tate Taylor

The Spleenectomy	Nurse	Kirsten Smith

Seven Pounds	Kate (Home Health Care Nurse)	Gabriele Muccino

2009	The First Time (Love At First Hiccup)	Mrs. Hambrick	Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg

Drag Me to Hell	Bank Co-Worker No. 1	Sam Raimi

Jesus People: The Movie	Angel Angelique	Jason Naumann

The Soloist	Troubled Woman	Joe Wright

Just Peck	Detention Room Teacher	Michael A. Nickles

Halloween II	Nurse Daniels	Rob Zombie

Herpes Boy	Rochelle	Nathaniel Atcheson

Small Town Saturday Night	Rhonda Dooley	Ryan Craig

2010	Dinner for Schmucks	Madame Nora	Jay Roach

2011	The Help	Minny Jackson	Tate Taylor	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Peep World	Allison	Barry W. Blaustein

Flypaper	Madge Wiggins	Rob Minkoff

2012	Blues for Willadean	LaSonia Robinson	Del Shores

Smashed	Jenny	James Ponsoldt

2013	Fruitvale Station	Wanda	Ryan Coogler	Also co-executive producer

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters	Martha	Thor Freudenthal	Voice

Snowpiercer	Tanya	Bong Joon-ho

2013	Paradise	Loray	Diablo Cody

2014	Get On Up	Aunt Honey Washington	Tate Taylor

2015	The Great Gilly Hopkins	Miss Harris	Stephen Herek

Black or White	Rowena Jeffers	Mike Binder

The Divergent Series: Insurgent	Johanna Reyes	Robert Schwentke

Fathers and Daughters	Dr. Korman	Gabriele Muccino

2016	Zootopia	Mrs. Otterton	Byron Howard & Rich Moore	Voice

The Divergent Series: Allegiant	Johanna Reyes	Robert Schwentke

The Free World	Linda Workman	Jason Lew

Bad Santa 2	Opal	Mark Waters

Hidden Figures	Dorothy Vaughan	Theodore Melfi	Nominated–Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

2017	The Shack	Papa	Stuart Hazeldine

Small Town Crime	Kelly Banks	Eshom Nelms & Ian Nelms	Also executive producer

Gifted	Roberta Taylor	Marc Webb

The Shape of Water	Zelda Fuller	Guillermo del Toro	Nominated–Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

2018	A Kid Like Jake	Judith "Judy" Lawson	Silas Howard

Green Book	N/A	Peter Farrelly	Executive producer

Instant Family	Karen	Sean Anders

2019	Luce	Harriet Wilson	Julius Onah

Ma	Sue Ann ("Ma")	Tate Taylor

2020	The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle	Dab-Dab (voice)	Stephen Gaghan	Post-production

Onward	(voice)	Dan Scanlon	In production

The Witches	Robert Zemeckis	Filming

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In 2017, Spencer starred in Guillermo del Toro's film The Shape of Water.

final_sentence: In 2017, Spencer starred in Guillermo del Toro's film The Shape of Water.