Octavia Spencer

Octavia Lenora Spencer is an American actress, voice actress, and producer. She is best known for her role as Minerva "Minny" Jackson in the 2011 Touchstone Pictures period drama film The Help, in which she received a , a , a , and an ; and was nominated in the same category for her roles as Dorothy Vaughan in the 2016 biographical drama film and Zelda Delilah Fuller in Guillermo del Toro's 2017 romantic fantasy film . She also voiced Dab-Dab the duck in the 2020 Universal Pictures film .
Her other notable roles include Ryan Coogler's biographical drama film , 's sci-fi action film (both released in 2013), 's 2014 biographical musical drama film , 's 2017 comedy-drama film , and the 2019 horror film .
For Disney, she played Dr. Evilini in the Disney Channel Original Series Wizards of Waverly Place, and voiced Mrs. Otterton in the 2016 Disney animated feature film Zootopia and Corey the Manticore in the 2020 Disney/Pixar film Onward. She also portrayed Nativity Watson in the 1997 Touchstone Pictures film .
==Roles==
Dr Evilini.jpg|Dr. Evilini(Wizards of Waverly Place)
Minny Jackson.jpg|Minerva "Minny" Jackson(The Help)
Otterton Zootopia.jpg|Mrs. Otterton(Zootopia)
Corey the Manticore.jpg|Corey the Manticore(Onward)
==Gallery==
Octavia Spencer Help premiere.jpg|Octavia Spencer at the premiere of The Help in October 2011.
Octavia Spencer 65th Cannes Fest.jpg|Octavia Spencer attending the 65th annual Cannes Film Fest in May 2013.
Octavia Spencer Summer TCA Tour14.jpg|Octavia Spencer speaks at the panel at the 2014 Summer TCA Tour.
Octavia Spencer visits Stephen Colbert.jpg|Octavia Spencer visiting in September 2016.
Octavia Spencer 89th Oscars.jpg|Octavia Spencer arrives at the 89th annual Academy Awards in February 2017.
Octavia Spencer TIFF.jpg|Octavia Spencer attending the 2018 Toronto International Film Fest.
Octavia Spencer HFA.jpg|Octavia Spencer speaks onstage during the 22nd annual Hollywood Film Awards in November 2018.
Octavia Spencer Sundance19.jpg|Octavia Spencer attending the 2019 Sundance Film Fest.
Octavia Spencer Onward premiere.jpg|Octavia Spencer at the premiere of Onward in February 2020.
==Trivia==
*At the 2012 , Spencer and director talked with Miss Piggy for the latter's Orange Film red carpet show. Piggy told Spencer that she was "splendid as " in The Help, referring to The Beatles' song "". Going along with the joke, Spencer corrected the pig, saying that she was actually "going more towards ," and felt as though she must have failed miserably.
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