Octavia Spencer Bio, Age, Husband, Net Worth, Children, Movies, TV Shows

Octavia Spencer Biography

Octavia Spencer is a producer and actor from the United States. She has won multiple awards, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award, and she is the first black actress to be nominated for two consecutive Oscars.

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What is Octavia Spencer’s full name? – Octavia Spencer Age 

She is 53 years old as of 25 May 2023. She was born in 1970 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Her real name is Octavia Lenora Spencer.

Octavia Spencer Family – Education

Octavia was born in Montgomery, Alabama, of six siblings, two of which are sisters Rosa and Areka Spencer. Dellsena Spencer (1945-1988), her mother, worked as a maid. Her father died when she was thirteen years old.  Spencer attended Jefferson Davis High School and graduated in 1988. She attended Auburn University at Montgomery and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English with minors in journalism and theater. Spencer, an Auburn alumna, purchased food for students during finals week in December 2021 and 2022.

Does Octavia Spencer have children?

The Oscar winner says she’s “just fine” with not having children, even joking that her “eggs are drying up.” Spencer, on the other hand, retains a relationship with children as the author of her own children’s book, The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit.

Octavia Spencer Net Worth

She has an estimated net worth of $14 million.

Octavia Spencer Self Made

She appeared as Madam C. J. Walker in the American drama streaming television limited series Self Made. The film Self Made is based on “the untold story of black hair care pioneer and mogul Madam C. J. Walker and how she overcame the hostilities of turn-of-the-century America, epic rivalries, and tumultuous marriages to become America’s first Black, self-made female millionaire.”

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Octavia Spencer Red Band Society

She appeared as Dena Jackson, the strict and seemingly scary head nurse overseeing the pediatric facility in the American teen medical comedy-drama television series Red Band Society. Kara, the queen bee, falls during cheerleading practice and is sent to Ocean Park Hospital, where she conflicts with other patients such as Charlie, Emma, Leo, and Dash. Jordi, who feels he has osteosarcoma, is admitted to Dr. Adam McAndrew’s care. Dr. McAndrew discovers during Jordi’s operation that the cancer has spread and is more dangerous than previously thought. Leo feels envious and skips physical therapy in order to attend a fraternity party. Eva, Kara’s mother, comes at the hospital with her companion, who attempts to move Kara up the organ donation waiting list.

Octavia Spencer Halfway Home

She appeared as Serenity Johnson, an ex-convict for armed robbery in the American comedy series Halfway Home. She is angry and unpleasant, threatening other housemates with violence regardless of the terms she has with them. Her mother, a beautician, has a strained connection with her. She had dreams of being famous when she was interviewed for a television show, only to realize it was “America’s Stupidest Criminals.”

Octavia Spencer Movies

♦ 2022 – Spirited
♦ 2021 – Thunder Force
♦ 2021 – Encounter
♦ 2020 – Dolittle
♦ 2020 – Onward
♦ 2020 – The Witches
♦ 2020 – Superintelligence
♦ 2019 – Luce
♦ 2019 – Ma
♦ 2018 – A Kid Like Jake
♦ 2018 – Instant Family
♦ 2017 – The Shack
♦ 2017 – Small Town Crime
♦ 2017 – Gifted
♦ 2017 – The Shape of Water
♦ 2016 – The Free World
♦ 2016 – Zootopia
♦ 2016 – The Divergent Series: Allegiant
♦ 2016 – Car Dogs
♦ 2016 – Bad Santa 2

Octavia Spencer TV Shows

♦ 2022 – Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music & Laughter
♦ 2020 – Self Made
♦ 2019 – Black-ish
♦ 2019–2023 – Truth Be Told
♦ 2018 – The Goldbergs: 1990-Something
♦ 2017 – Saturday Night Live
♦ 2015 – Break a Hip
♦ 2015 – Drunk History
♦ 2014–15 – Red Band Society
♦ 2013 – 30 Rock
♦ 2013 – American Dad!
♦ 2013 – Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
♦ 2013–15 – Mom
♦ 2011 – Family Practice
♦ 2010 – Hawthorne
♦ 2009 – Worst Week