How to Watch Octavia Spencer Get Her Hollywood Walk of Fame Star

Spencer co-stars with Farrell in “Spirited,” Apple TV+’s musical comedy re-telling of “A Christmas Carol” which premiered on the streaming service Nov. 18. Janney and Spencer were castmates in the 2011 period comedy-drama “The Help,” which Spencer won her Oscar for her portrayal of a maid in Jackson, Mississippi in 1963.

The star is the 2,742nd since the completion of the Walk of Fame in 1961 with the first 1,558 stars.

The ceremony will be streamed on the Walk of Fame’s website. Or, just click the embedded video below.

Born May 25, 1970, in Montgomery, Alabama, Spencer had been a casting assistant who made her film debut with a one-line role in the 1996 legal drama, “A Time to Kill,” portraying the nurse treating the law student played by Sandra Bullock. It was the first of at least 16 times Spencer has portrayed a nurse.

Spencer’s first high-profile role was a four-episode arc as an amorous immigration caseworker on the ABC comedy-drama “Ugly Betty” in 2007.

Spencer also received best supporting actress Oscar nominations in 2017 for portrayal of mathematician Dorothy Vaughan in “Hidden Figures” and in 2018 for role as a cleaning woman in a secret government laboratory in “The Shape of Water.”

Spencer was the first Black actress to receive Oscar nominations in back-to-back years. Her three nominations are second-most among Black actresses behind Viola Davis, a castmate of Spencer’s in “The Help.”

Spencer’s other film credits include:

• “Fruitvale Station,”
• “The Shack”
• “Luce”
• “Ma”
• “The Witches”
• “Halloween II”
• “Smashed”
• “Snowpiercer”
• “Get on Up”
• “Insurgent”
• “Allegiant”
• “Gifted”
• “Instant Family”
• “Coach Carter”
• “Being John Malkovich”
• “Bad Santa”
• “Bad Santa 2”
• “Onward”

Spencer received an outstanding lead actress in a limited series or movie Emmy nomination in 2020 for her title role in the 2020 Netflix limited series “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker” about the hair care and cosmetics mogul.

Spencer starred in the short-lived Fox medical drama, “Red Band Society” and had a recurring role in the CBS comedy “Mom.” Her other television credits include “ER,” “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and “The Big Bang Theory.”

Spencer’s current series, “Truth Be Told,” will begin its third season Jan. 20 on Apple TV+.