Octavia Spencer Receives Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Octavia Spencer is the latest celebrity to receive a star on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The 2,742nd star was unveiled for the award-winning actress on Thursday, while surrounded by family, friends, and fans.
Will Farrell and Allison Janney were among those joining Spencer at the ceremony at 6623 Hollywood Blvd., in front of Ballet Hollywood, between Cherokee and Whitley avenues. The ceremony also included an appearance by Aubie the Tiger, the costumed mascot of Spencer’s alma mater, Auburn University.
Spencer co-stars with Farrell in “Spirited,” Apple TV+’s musical comedy re-telling of “A Christmas Carol” which premiered on the streaming service Nov. 18. Janney and Spencer were castmates in the 2011 period comedy- drama “The Help,” for which Spencer won her Oscar for her portrayal of a maid in Jackson, Mississippi in 1963.
Born May 25, 1970, in Montgomery, Alabama, Spencer had been a casting assistant who made her film debut with a one-line role in the 1996 legal drama, “A Time to Kill,” portraying the nurse treating the law student played by Sandra Bullock.
Spencer’s first high-profile role was a four-episode arc as an amorous immigration caseworker on the ABC comedy-drama “Ugly Betty” in 2007.
Spencer also received best supporting actress Oscar nominations in 2017 for portrayal of mathematician Dorothy Vaughan in “Hidden Figures” and in 2018 for role as a cleaning woman in a secret government laboratory in “The Shape of Water.”
She has a long list of credits and she isn’t slowing down.
Congratulations!
