![]() ![]() Spencer also landed small parts in feature comedies such as "Big Momma's House" (2000) starring Martin Lawrence and "Beauty Shop" (2005) as one of the opinionated clients who frequent a new salon run by its equally sassy owner (Queen Latifah). Adding to her résumé, Spencer appeared on a number of sitcoms such as "Moesha" (UPN, 1996-2001), and guest starred countless times as a nurse on dramas like "Chicago Hope" (CBS, 1994-2000), "Roswell" (The WB, 1999-2001 UPN, 2001-02) and "The X-Files" (Fox, 1993-2002). In the popular film starring Sandra Bullock and Matthew McConaughey, she played a nurse who tended to Ellen Roark (Bullock) after her assault by members of a Ku Klux Klan chapter in a rural town in Mississippi. ![]() In 1996, Spencer made her film-acting debut in the crime drama "A Time to Kill," based on the best-selling 1989 novel by John Grisham. She attended Auburn University in Auburn, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in liberal arts. The sixth of seven siblings, the future star always knew that she would pursue a career in the film industry, but never thought that it would be as an actress. Octavia Spencer was born in Montgomery, AL. ![]()
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