Octavia Spencer is known for her role as Regina Tompkins on the CBS TV sitcom "Mom (2013-)".
She played Johanna Reyes in the movies "Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)" and "Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016)".

She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Minny Jackson in the movie "The Help (2011)".

Some other movies she appeared in are "A Time to Kill (1996)", "Blue Streak (1999)", "Big Momma's House (2000)", "Bad Santa (2003)", "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)", "Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)", "Pretty Ugly People (2008)", "Halloween II (2009)" and "Hidden Figures (2016)".

She appeared in TV shows like "ER", "Ugly Betty","Wizards of Waverly Place", "Dollhouse", "Raising the Bar", "30 Rock" and "Red Band Society".

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