Abigail Spencer
American actress from Gulf Breeze, Florida, recognized for standout roles in Timeless, Rectify, and Mad Men.
Abigail Spencer - Personal Information
- Name: Abigail Spencer
- Date of Birth: August 4, 1981
- Place of Birth: Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA
- Gender: Female
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Producer
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.
Selected Filmography
A selection of Abigail Spencer's most notable recent screen appearances across film and television.
- Best Medicine (TV - 2026) as Louisa Glasson
- With Love, Meghan (TV - 2025) as Self
- Extended Family (TV - 2023) as Julia Mariano
- Shatter Belt (TV - 2023) as Ramina
- Harry & Meghan (TV - 2022) as Self
- The Jennifer Hudson Show (TV - 2022)
- Rebel (TV - 2021) as Dr. Misha Nelson
- Reprisal (TV - 2019) as Doris Dearie / Katherine Harlow
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh (TV - 2019) as Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV - 2019) as Self - Guest
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