Octavia Spencer

Ia mulai dikenal pada tahun 2011 saat memerankan Minny Jackson di film drama "The Help". Atas peran tersebut, ia memenangi Academy Award, Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA, dan Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress. Ia juga mendapat pujian luas atas keterlibatannya dalam film besutan Ryan Coogler, "Fruitvale Station" (2013), dan memenangi National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress. Spencer dipuji atas pemeranannya dalam film "Get on Up", "Black or White," "Smashed," "Snowpiercer," "," and "Zootopia." Pada tahun 2016, ia mendapat nominasi Academy Award, Golden Globe, dan SAG kategori Best Supporting Actress karena memerankan matematikawan Dorothy Vaughan di "Hidden Figures".