Actor
Abigail Spencer
Born August 4, 1981 in Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA24 films
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.
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24 films as actor- TBAHere and Now
- 2026Clean HandsDana
- 2018ButtonsAdult Annabelle
- 2017The Sweet LifeLolita
- 2017Three WomenMadeline
- 2015A Walk in WinterAbigail
- 2015H8RZLaura Sedgewick
- 2015A Beautiful NowRomy
- 2015Stars
- 2015The Heyday of the Insensitive BastardsAbigail
- 2014The ForgerDEA Agent Catherine Paisley
- 2014This Is Where I Leave YouQuinn Altman
- 2013KilimanjaroYvonne
- 2013Oz the Great and PowerfulMay
- 2013The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of GeorgiaLisa Wyrick
- 2012Chasing MavericksBrenda Hesson
- 2012This Means WarKatie
- 2011Cowboys & AliensAlice
- 2010In My SleepGwen
- 2007JekyllTalia Carew
- 2007Backyards & Bullets
- 2005Fathers and SonsClarissa
- 2003Graduation NightSkye
- 2001Campfire StoriesMelissa