Abigail Spencer
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Cowboys & Aliens
2011
as Alice
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013
as May
This Means War
2012
as Katie
This Is Where I Leave You
2014
as Quinn Altman
Graduation Night
2003
as Skye
In My Sleep
2010
as Gwen
Fathers and Sons
2005
as Clarissa
Buttons
2018
as Annabelle (Adult)
Chasing Mavericks
2012
as Brenda Hesson
The Forger
2014
as DEA Agent Catherine Paisley
A Beautiful Now
2015
as Romy
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015
as Abigail
Kilimanjaro
2013
as Yvonne
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
2013
as Lisa Wyrick
Jekyll
2007
as Talia Carew
Backyards & Bullets
2007
Stars
2015
Clean Hands
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as Dana
The Sweet Life
2017
as Lolita
A Walk in Winter
2015
as Abigail