Changes: Octavia Spencer

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Octavia Lenora Spencer is an American actress, voice actress, and comedian. She is best known for her role as Minny Jackson in the Touchstone Pictures film, The Help. For the role, she received a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and was nominated in the same category for her roles as Dorothy Vaughan in the biographical drama film, Hidden Figures and as Zelda Fuller in Guillermo del Toro's fantasy film, The Shape of Water, both of which she received Best Supporting Actress nominations, simultaneously.

For Disney, she played Dr. Evilini in Wizards of Waverly Place and the voice of Mrs. Otterton in Zootopia. She also played Minny Jackson in the 2011 Touchstone Pictures adaptation of The Help. She also voiced Corey the Manticore in the 2020 Disney/Pixar film, Onward.

Trivia

At the 2012 BAFTA Awards, Spencer and director Tate Taylor talked with Miss Piggy for the latter's Orange Film red carpet show. Piggy told Spencer she was "splendid as Ringo [Starr]" in The Help, referring to The Beatles' song "Help!" Going along with the joke, Spencer corrected the pig, saying that she was actually "going more towards John [Lennon]," and felt as though she must've failed miserably.

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 {{Infobox Real Person
 |image = Octavia Spencer.jpg|250px
-|born = Octavia Lenora Spencer<br/>[[May 25]], [[1970]] (age 49)<br/>Montgomery, [[Alabama]], [[United States]]
+|born = Octavia Lenora Spencer<br>[[May 25]], [[1972]] (age 48)<br>Montgomery, [[Alabama]], [[United States]]
 |nationality = [[File:Flag of the United States.png|20px]] American
-|occupation(s) = Actress, voice actress
+|occupation(s) = Actress, voice actress, comedian
-|years active = [[1996]]-present}}'''Octavia Lenora Spencer '''is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her role as Minny Jackson in the [[Touchstone Pictures]] film ''[[The Help]]''. For the role, she received a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an {{WikipediaLink|Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress}}, and was nominated in the same category for her roles as Dorothy Vaughan in the biographical drama film ''[[Wikipedia:Hidden Figures|Hidden Figures]]'' and as Zelda Fuller in Guillermo del Toro's fantasy film ''[[Wikipedia:The Shape of Water|The Shape of Water]]'', both of which she received Best Supporting Actress nominations, simultaneously.
+|years active = [[1996]]-present}}'''Octavia Lenora Spencer''' is an American actress, voice actress, and comedian. She is best known for her role as Minny Jackson in the [[Touchstone Pictures]] film, ''[[The Help]]''. For the role, she received a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an {{WikipediaLink|Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress}}, and was nominated in the same category for her roles as Dorothy Vaughan in the biographical drama film, ''[[Wikipedia:Hidden Figures|Hidden Figures]]'' and as Zelda Fuller in Guillermo del Toro's fantasy film, ''[[Wikipedia:The Shape of Water|The Shape of Water]]'', both of which she received Best Supporting Actress nominations, simultaneously.
-For [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], she played [[Dr. Evilini]] in ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' and voiced [[Mrs. Otterton]] in ''[[Zootopia]]''. She will voice Scarley the Witch in ''[[Onward]]''. She also played Minny Jackson in the 2011 [[Touchstone Pictures]] adaptation of ''The Help''.
+For [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], she played [[Dr. Evilini]] in ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' and the voice of [[Mrs. Otterton |Mrs. Otterton]] in ''[[Zootopia]]''. She also played Minny Jackson in the [[2011]] [[Touchstone Pictures]] adaptation of ''The Help''. She also voiced [[Corey the Manticore|''Corey the Manticore'']] in the [[2020]] [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]]/[[Pixar]] film, ''[[Onward]]''.
+== Trivia ==
+* At the [[2012]] BAFTA Awards, Spencer and director Tate Taylor talked with [[Miss Piggy]] for the latter's Orange Film red carpet show. Piggy told Spencer she was "splendid as [[Ringo Starr|Ringo [Starr]]]" in The Help, referring to [[The Beatles]]' song "Help!" Going along with the joke, Spencer corrected the pig, saying that she was actually "going more towards John [Lennon]," and felt as though she must've failed miserably.
 == Disney Roles ==
-<gallery position="center" widths="180" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
+<gallery position="center" widths="150" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
 Dr Evilini.jpg|'''[[Dr. Evilini]]'''<br>(''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'')
 Otterton Zootopia.jpg|'''[[Mrs. Otterton]]'''<br>(''[[Zootopia]]'')
+Corey the Manticore.jpg|'''[[Corey the Manticore]]'''<br>(''[[Onward]]'')
 </gallery>
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small" widths="150">
 Octavia Spencer Help premiere.jpg|Octavia Spencer at premiere of ''The Help'' in October 2011.
+Octavia Spencer 65th Cannes Fest.jpg|Octavia Spencer attending the 65th annual Cannes Film Fest in May 2013.
+Octavia Spencer Summer TCA Tour14.jpg|Octavia Spencer speaks at the ''Red Band Society'' panel at the 2014 Summer TCA Tour.
 Octavia Spencer visits Stephen Colbert.jpg|Octavia Spencer visiting ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'' in September 2016.
+Octavia Spencer 89th Oscars.jpg|Octavia Spencer arrives at the 89th annual Academy Awards in February 2017.
 Octavia Spencer TIFF.jpg|Octavia Spencer attending the 2018 Toronto International Film Fest.
 Octavia Spencer HFA.jpg|Octavia Spencer speaks onstage during the 22nd annual Hollywood Film Awards in November 2018.
 Octavia Spencer Sundance19.jpg|Octavia Spencer attending the 2019 Sundance Film Fest.
+Octavia Spencer Onward premiere.jpg|Octavia Spencer at premiere of ''Onward'' in February 2020.
 </gallery>
-== Trivia ==
-* At the [[2012]] BAFTA Awards, Spencer and director Tate Taylor talked with [[Miss Piggy]] for the latter's Orange Film red carpet show. Piggy told Spencer she was "splendid as [[Ringo Starr|Ringo [Starr]]]" in The Help, referring to [[The Beatles]]' song "Help!" Going along with the joke, Spencer corrected the pig, saying that she was actually "going more towards John [Lennon]," and felt as though she must've failed miserably.
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