List of awards and nominations received by Octavia Spencer

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Octavia Spencer awards and nominations

Spencer at the premiere of Hidden Figures in December 2016
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 1 3 BAFTA Awards 1 2 Golden Globe Awards 1 3 Primetime Emmy Awards 0 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards 3 4
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Wins	39
Nominations	76
Note ↑ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

This is article is a List of awards and nominations received by Octavia Spencer.

Octavia Spencer is an American actress, author, and producer. She has received several awards including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards.

For her roles on film, she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Minny Jackson, a maid from the South, in the period drama The Help (2011). The role earned her a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress. She was Oscar-nominated for her playing mathematician Dorothy Vaughan in the drama Hidden Figures (2016), and Zelda Fuller, a custodian in the romantic fantasy film The Shape of Water (2017).

Spencer is the first black actress to receive two consecutive Academy Award nominations in back-to-back years, the first black actress to receive two Academy Award nominations after a win, and the second-most nominated black actress to date behind Viola Davis with four nominations.^[1] She was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for playing a history teacher in the drama Luce (2019). Spencer has also won two Critics' Choice Movie Awards and three National Board of Review Awards as well as the Producers Guild of America Visionary Award in 2020.

For her work in television, she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for her performance as Madam C. J. Walker in the Netflix series Self Made (2020). She was further nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator for the Investigation Discovery documentary series Lost Women of Highway 20 (2024).