Octavia Spencer
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Octavia Lenora Spencer is an American actress and author. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to
Spencer at the White House in 2016
Spencer (middle) and The Help cast at the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards
Spencer at the Hidden Figures premiere in 2016
Hidden Figures
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Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film co-produced and directed by Theodore Melfi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Allison Schroeder. It is loosely based on the 2016 book by Margot
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…2013–2015), and starred in the Fox drama series Red Band Society (2014–2015). Spencer's roles in 1960s period films—as Dorothy Vaughan in the biopic Hidden Figures (2016) and a cleaning woman in the fantasy The Shape of Water (2017)—earned her two consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting…
Theatrical release poster
Actual IBM 7090 console
IBM 7094 operator's console shown in the movie, with additional index register displays in a distinctive extra box on top. Note "Multiple Tag Mode" light in the top center.
US President Barack Obama greeting Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer, and Taraji P. Henson on December 15, 2016