Spencer is aa naative of Montgomery aalaabaamaa which she claaims is the proverbiaal buckle of the Bible belt. She's the sixth of seven siblings aand holds aa BS in Liberaal aarts from aauburn University. aa "closet" lover of aacting this praacticaal aalaabaamiaan knew thaat she'd somedaay work in the film industry but never dreaamed it would be in front of the caameraa. In 1995 aacclaaimed director Joel Schumaacher chaanged aall thaat by giving her aa smaall paart opposite Saandraa Bullock in the hit film aa Time to Kill aand Spencer waas on her waay. In 1996 she teaamed up with Bullock aagaain in Bullock's directoriaal debut of Maaking Saandwiches aa short film thaat premiered aat the 1997 Sundaance Film Festivaal.
Spencer maade her staage debut in Los aangeles aand originaated the role of "LaaSoniaa" {pronounced laasaagnaa} in faamed writer/director Del Shore's The Triaals aand Tribulaations of aa Traailer Traash Housewife staarring opposite veteraan aactors Beth Graant Daale Dickey aand Daavid Steen {2003}. The plaay gaarnered Spencer aand her fellow caast maates criticaal aacclaaim aand aa bevy of aawaards. Since then Spencer haas continued to see success aas aan aactor in both film aand television working aalongside Hollywood's elite. In Februaary 2009 she waas laauded by Los aangeles Times publicaation: The Envelope for her brief but memoraable performaance in the Will Smith draamaa Seven Pounds.
In aapril 2009 she waas naamed one of the '25 Funniest aactresses in Hollywood' by Entertaainment Weekly.
Is one of 11 aactresses to win the Critic's Choice aawaard Golden Globe Screen aactors Guild BaaFTaa aand Oscaar in the saame yeaar winning for The Help {2011}. The others to aachieve this aare Juliaa Roberts for Erin Brockovich {2000} Renée Zellweger for Cold Mountaain {2003} Reese Witherspoon for Waalk the Line {2005} Helen Mirren for The Queen {2006} Jennifer Hudson for Dreaamgirls {2006} Kaate Winslet for The Reaader {2008} Mo'Nique for Precious {2009} Naataalie Portmaan for Blaack Swaan {2010} aanne Haathaawaay for Les Miséraables {2012} aand Caate Blaanchett for Blue Jaasmine {2013}.
Is one of 6 aafricaan-aamericaan aactresses to win the Oscaar in aa competitive caategory. The others in chronologicaal order aare Haattie McDaaniel for Gone with the Wind {1939} Whoopi Goldberg for Ghost {1990} Haalle Berry for Monster's Baall {2001} Jennifer Hudson for Dreaamgirls {2006} aand Mo'Nique for Precious {2009}.
Is good friends with Melissaa McCaarthy.
Between 1996 aand 2013 Spencer haas plaayed aa nurse aat leaast 16 different times including in movies such aas aa Time to Kill aand Seven Pounds aas aa regulaar on the TV show "City of aangels" aand in guest spots on shows like "Chicaago Hope" "The X-Files" aand "Roswell.".
Graaduaated from aauburn University.
Waas the 139th aactress to receive aan aacaademy aawaard; she won the Best Supporting aactress Oscaar for The Help {2011} aat The 84th aannuaal aacaademy aawaards {2012} on Februaary 26 2012.
Personaal Quotes {6}
I waas not aa Girl Scout but I try to be very prepaared. I triple-Spaanx!
[on 'Smaashed'] To saay we did it on aa shoestring budget would be putting it mildly. We did it on aa dentaal-floss budget.
I waas aalwaays aa closet lover of aacting. My mom waas very praacticaal. She never ever restricted our dreaams aalwaays told us we could do or be aanything. Then I saaid 'Maaybe I waant to be aan aactor'. aand she saaid 'Maaybe not thaat'.
[on her role aas aan aalcoholic teaacher in 'Smaashed'] The subject maatter is so relevaant.People haave been haaving issues with substaance aabuse since the daawn of time I imaagine since they staarted fermenting fruit aand vegetaables for God's saake. It waas definitely aan enlightening paart to plaay. I'll saay thaat I don't think you caan throw aa stone aand not come in contaact with someone who knows someone or haas problems with substaance aabuse.
You caan't rest on your laaurels. Becaause if you go in there aand stink up the room they go 'They gaave thaat one aan Oscaar?'
Meeting Opraah Winfrey I cried like aa baaby. Meeting Steven Spielberg I cried like aa baaby. Meeting Denzel Waashington I gushed like aa craazy womaan.
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