List of awards and nominations received by Octavia Spencer

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

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
Totals[a]
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.

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 a 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).

Major awards

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2012	Best Supporting Actress	The Help	Won	[2]
2017		Hidden Figures	Nominated	[3]
2018		The Shape of Water	Nominated	[4]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
2012	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	The Help	Won	[5]
2018		The Shape of Water	Nominated	[6]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
2020	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie	Self Made	Nominated	[7]
2024	Outstanding Narrator	Lost Women of Highway 20	Nominated	[8]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2012	Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture	The Help	Won	[9]
2017		Hidden Figures	Nominated	[10]
2018		The Shape of Water	Nominated	[11]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2012	Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Actress	The Help	Won	[12]
	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture		Won
2017	Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Actress	Hidden Figures	Nominated	[13]
	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture		Won

Other awards and nominations

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
African American Film Critics	2011	Best Supporting Actress	The Help	Won	[14]
	2014		Black or White	Won	[15]
		Best Ensemble	Get on Up	Won
	2017		Hidden Figures	Won	[16]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists	2011	Best Supporting Actress	The Help	Won	[17]
		Best Cast		Nominated
		Unforgettable Moment		Nominated
	2016	Best Supporting Actress	Hidden Figures	Nominated	[18]
AACTA Awards	2014	Best International Supporting Actress – Cinema	Fruitvale Station	Nominated	[19]
Award Circuit Community Award	2011	Best Supporting Actress	The Help	Nominated
		Best Cast		Won
Black Film Critics Circle	2011	Best Supporting Actress	The Help	Won
		Best Ensemble		Won
		Breakthrough Performance		Nominated
Black Reel Awards	2012	Best Supporting Actress	The Help	Won
		Best Breakthrough Performance		Nominated
	2013	Best Supporting Actress	Smashed	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress: Television Movie/Cable	Call Me Crazy: A Five Film	Won
	2014	Best Supporting Actress	Fruitvale Station	Nominated
	2015		Snowpiercer	Nominated
		Best Ensemble	Get on Up	Nominated
	2017		Hidden Figures	Nominated
	2019	Best Supporting Actress	The Shape of Water	Nominated
	2020		Luce	Nominated
	2021	Outstanding Voice Performance	Onward	Nominated
Black Reel TV Awards	2020	Outstanding Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series	Self Made	Nominated	[20]
		Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series		Nominated
	2024	Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series	Truth Be Told	Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards	2012	Best Movie Supporting Actress	The Help	Won	[21]
		Best Movie Cast		Won
	2016		Hidden Figures	Nominated	[22]
	2018	Best Movie Supporting Actress	The Shape of Water	Nominated	[23]
Hasty Pudding Theatricals	2017	Woman of the Year	—	Won	[24]
Independent Spirit Award	2019	Best Supporting Female	Luce	Nominated	[25]
NAACP Image Awards	2012	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture	The Help	Won	[26]
	2014		Fruitvale Station	Nominated	[27]
	2015		Get on Up	Nominated	[28]
	2017		Hidden Figures	Nominated	[29]
	2018	Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture	Gifted	Won	[30]
	2020	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture	Luce	Nominated	[31]
		Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special	Truth Be Told	Nominated
	2021	Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special	Self Made	Won	[32]
		Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special		Won
	2022	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	Truth Be Told	Nominated	[33]
	2024			Nominated	[34]
National Board of Review	2011	Best Ensemble Cast	The Help	Won
	2013	Best Supporting Actress	Fruitvale Station	Won
	2016	Best Ensemble Cast	Hidden Figures	Won
Producers Guild of America Awards	2020	Visionary Award	—	Won	[35]
Satellite Awards	2011	Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast – Motion Picture	The Help	Won
		Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama		Nominated
	2017	Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast – Motion Picture	Hidden Figures	Won
		Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama		Nominated
Saturn Awards	2018	Best Film Supporting Actress	The Shape of Water	Nominated	[36]
	2019	Ma	Best Film Lead Actress	Nominated	[37]

Critics awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
African-American Film Critics Association	2017	Best Ensemble	Hidden Figures	Won
Austin Film Critics Association	2018	Best Supporting Actress	The Shape of Water	Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	2011	The Help	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
	2020	Luce		Nominated
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards	2011	Best Supporting Actress	The Help	Nominated
	2017		The Shape of Water	Nominated
Denver Film Critics Society	2013	Best Supporting Actress	Fruitvale Station	Nominated
	2016		Hidden Figures	Nominated
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards	2011	Best Supporting Actress	The Help	Nominated
		Best Ensemble		Nominated
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards	2016	Best Supporting Actress	Hidden Figures	Nominated
	2017	Best Cast	The Shape of Water	Nominated
Hawaii Film Critics Society	2016	Best Supporting Actress	Hidden Figures	Nominated
	2018		The Shape of Water	Nominated
Hollywood Film Festival	2011	Best Ensemble	The Help	Won
Houston Film Critics Society	2011	Best Supporting Actress	The Help	Nominated
	2013		Fruitvale Station	Nominated
	2016		Hidden Figures	Nominated
	2017		The Shape of Water	Nominated
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award	2011	Best Supporting Actress	The Help	Nominated
	2016		Hidden Figures	Nominated
		Best Ensemble		Won
London Film Critics Circle Awards	2011	Best Supporting Actress	The Help	Nominated
Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society	2017	Best Supporting Actress	The Shape of Water	Nominated
MTV Movie & TV Awards	2011	Best On-Screen Duo	The Help	Nominated
North Texas Film Critics Association Awards	2011	Best Supporting Actress	The Help	Won
	2016		Hidden Figures	Nominated
	2017		The Shape of Water	Nominated
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards	2011	Best Supporting Actress	The Help	Won
Online Film & Television Association Awards	2016	Best Supporting Actress	Hidden Figures	Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2016	Best Supporting Actress	Hidden Figures	Nominated
	2017	Best Ensemble	The Shape of Water	Nominated
Palm Springs International Film Festival	2011	Breakthrough Performance	The Help	Won
	2016	Ensemble Performance	Hidden Figures	Won
Phoenix Critics Circle Award	2017	Best Supporting Actress	The Shape of Water	Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award	2011	Best Supporting Actress	The Help	Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards	2011	Best Ensemble Performance	The Help	Nominated
	2016		Hidden Figures	Won
	2020	Best Supporting Actress	Luce	Nominated
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards	2013	Best Supporting Actress	Fruitvale Station	Nominated
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards	2011	Best Ensemble	The Help	Won
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association	2011	Best Supporting Actress	The Help	Nominated
	2017		The Shape of Water	Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards	2011	Best Supporting Actress	The Help	Won
		Best Ensemble		Nominated
	2013		Fruitvale Station	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress		Nominated
Women Film Critics Circle Awards	2011	Best Ensemble	The Help	Nominated
	2016		Hidden Figures	Won

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External links

• List of awards and nominations at IMDb