Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 4, 1981
Place of Birth:
Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA
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Abigail Spencer
Biography
Abigail Leigh Spencer (born August 4, 1981) is an American actress known for her roles in several television series. A native of Florida, she began her career on the ABC daytime television soap opera All My Children playing Rebecca Tyree from 1999 to 2001, before going on to star in the short-lived Lifetime crime drama series Angela's Eyes (2006). Spencer has appeared in films such as In My Sleep (2010), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), This Means War (2012), Chasing Mavericks (2012), The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), and This Is Where I Leave You (2014). On television, she has had recurring roles on Mad Men, Hawthorne, and Suits. From 2013 to 2016, Spencer starred as Amantha Holden in the SundanceTV drama series Rectify, for which she received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination. In 2016, Spencer began playing the leading role of history professor Lucy Preston in the NBC series Timeless.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Buttons | Annabelle (Adult) |
| 2017 | The Sweet Life | Lolita |
| 2017 | Three Women | Madeline |
| 2015 | A Beautiful Now | Romy |
| 2015 | H8RZ | Laura Sedgewick |
| 2015 | The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards | Abigail |
| 2015 | A Walk in Winter | Abigail |
| 2015 | Stars | |
| 2014 | The Forger | DEA Agent Catherine Paisley |
| 2014 | This Is Where I Leave You | Quinn Altman |
| 2013 | Oz the Great and Powerful | May |
| 2013 | The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia | Lisa Wyrick |
| 2013 | Kilimanjaro | Yvonne |
| 2012 | Chasing Mavericks | Brenda Hesson |
| 2012 | This Means War | Katie |
| 2011 | Cowboys & Aliens | Alice |
| 2010 | In My Sleep | Gwen |
| 2007 | Backyards & Bullets | |
| 2007 | Jekyll | Talia Carew |
| 2005 | Fathers and Sons | Clarissa |
| 2003 | Graduation Night | Skye |
| 2001 | Campfire Stories | Melissa |
| Here and Now |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | With Love, Meghan | Self |
| 2023 | Extended Family | Julia Mariano |
| 2023 | Shatter Belt | Ramina |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | |
| 2022 | Harry & Meghan | Self |
| 2021 | Rebel | Dr. Misha Nelson |
| 2019 | A Little Late with Lilly Singh | Self |
| 2019 | Wayne | Donna Luccetti |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self |
| 2019 | Reprisal | Doris Dearie / Katherine Harlow |
| 2018 | 9-1-1 | Detective Amber Braeburn |
| 2016 | Timeless | Lucy Preston |
| 2014 | True Detective | Gena Brune |
| 2013 | Rectify | Amantha Holden |
| 2012 | Burning Love | Annie |
| 2011 | Suits | Dana Scott |
| 2010 | The Glades | Ashley Carter |
| 2010 | Rex Is Not Your Lawyer | Lindsey Steers |
| 2009 | Castle | Sarah Reed |
| 2008 | Childrens Hospital | Young Cheif |
| 2008 | Childrens Hospital | Chief in Her 20s |
| 2008 | Childrens Hospital | Maxine Spratt |
| 2007 | Mad Men | Suzanne Farrell |
| 2007 | Private Practice | Rachel |
| 2007 | Moonlight | Simone Walker |
| 2007 | The Wedding Bells | |
| 2006 | Angela's Eyes | Angela Clinton |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother | Carol |
| 2005 | Ghost Whisperer | Cindy Brown |
| 2005 | Bones | Phillipa Fitz |
| 2005 | Killer Instinct | |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Megan Hunt |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Becky Lester |
| 2000 | Gilmore Girls | Megan |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Michelle Burns |