Octavia Spencer is remembered on screen for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Octavia Spencer as American actress.
Octavia Spencer was born at Montgomery in 1970. Her recorded nationality is United States. She trained at Auburn University and Johnson Abernathy Graetz High School.
By this period cinema was global and fragmented: independent finance, festival circuits and television drama competing for the same talent.
She worked as television actor, film actor and voice actor.
A film outlives its reviews, its budget and usually its studio; what remains is whether anyone still watches it.
Recognition followed: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (2012), Golden Globe Awards (2012), Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role and BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (2012).
That the work was made from United States shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
Octavia Spencer is still working, and the shape of the career is not yet settled.
Achievements
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress — 2012
- Golden Globe Awards — 2012
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role — 2012
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- Worked as television actor, film actor and voice actor
