Octavia Spencer
Spencer in 2012, photo by PR Photos
Birth Name: Octavia Lenora Spencer
Place of Birth: Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 25, 1970
Ethnicity: African-American
Octavia Spencer is an American actress, author, and producer. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Help (2011). Her roles also include the films A Time to Kill, Spider-Man, Halloween II (2009), Smashed, Fruitvale Station, Snowpiercer, the Divergent franchise, Get on Up, Bad Santa 2, Hidden Figures, The Shack, Gifted, The Shape of Water, Instant Family, Ma, Luce, Onward, in voice performance; Thunder Force, and Spirited, and television’s Mom, Red Band Society, Truth Be Told, and Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker. She created children’s book series Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective.
Her mother, Dellsena, worked as a maid.
Octavia’s paternal grandfather was named James Spencer. James was born in Alabama.
Octavia’s paternal grandmother was named Lelia/Ledis Peoples/Peebles. Lelia was born in Alabama.
Octavia’s maternal grandfather was named Jesse Owens Hatcher. Jesse was born in Simsville, Bullock County, Alabama.
Octavia’s maternal grandmother was Sarah A. Fitzpatrick (the daughter of Will Fitzpatrick and Kizzie/Kiziah Jones). Sarah was born in Mitchell’s Station, Bullock County, Alabama.
Octavia’s paternal grandfather was named James Spencer. James was born in Alabama.
Octavia’s paternal grandmother was named Lelia/Ledis Peoples/Peebles. Lelia was born in Alabama.
Octavia’s maternal grandfather was named Jesse Owens Hatcher. Jesse was born in Simsville, Bullock County, Alabama.
Octavia’s maternal grandmother was Sarah A. Fitzpatrick (the daughter of Will Fitzpatrick and Kizzie/Kiziah Jones). Sarah was born in Mitchell’s Station, Bullock County, Alabama.
American- it’s not ethnicity neither African
True.
They’re just too politically correct to put “subsaharan African”.
Wrong, African American is a cultural identity just like everyone else . You and others might not like the name, but that’s are call not yours.It’s are History .traditions , foods, music etc, just because it may not be as old as your culture, doesn’t mean it’s any less of an ethnicity. also “Sub-Saharan African” as you put it was some phrase Europeans came up with, Africa just like Europe , is cut up into countries. Black Africans as they are called today, were never confined to any area, they migrated all the time. Europeans came in an did like they did everywhere else they went, push people off their land who didn’t want to roll with the program, and took it for themselves.
@neiltennant
Okay there’s a legacy for them , what of it. I’m not the one telling them how to Identify.For the record, ITALIAN AMERICAN often do Identify themselves as such. Although most European descend people over here that I’ve talked to, just like to say they’re white