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Actor
Abigail Spencer
- Born August 4, 1981 in Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA
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).
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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
Grey's Anatomy2005
Oz the Great and Powerful2013
How I Met Your Mother2005
Suits2011
Cowboys & Aliens2011
True Detective2014
This Means War2012
Bones2005
Filmography
- TBAHere and NowFilm
- 2026Best MedicineSeriesLouisa Glasson
- 2026Clean HandsFilmDana
- 2025With Love, MeghanSeriesSelf
- 2025The ActorFilmProducer
- 2025SNL50: The Homecoming ConcertFilmSelf
- 2023Extended FamilySeriesJulia Mariano
- 2023Shatter BeltSeriesRamina
- 2022Harry & MeghanSeriesSelf
- 2022The Jennifer Hudson ShowSeries
- 2021RebelSeriesDr. Misha Nelson
- 2019WayneSeriesDonna Luccetti
- 2019ReprisalSeriesDoris Dearie / Katherine Harlow
- 2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSeriesSelf - Guest, Self
- 2019A Little Late with Lilly SinghSeriesSelf
- 20189-1-1SeriesDetective Amber Braeburn
- 2018ButtonsFilmAdult Annabelle
- 2017The Sweet LifeFilmLolita
- 2017Three WomenFilmMadeline
- 2016TimelessSeriesLucy Preston
- 2015The Heyday of the Insensitive BastardsFilmAbigail
- 2015H8RZFilmLaura Sedgewick
- 2015A Beautiful NowFilmRomy
- 2015Winter LightFilmProducer
- 2015A Walk in WinterFilmAbigail
- 2015StarsFilm
- 2014True DetectiveSeriesGena Brune
- 2014This Is Where I Leave YouFilmQuinn Altman
- 2014The ForgerFilmDEA Agent Catherine Paisley
- 2013Oz the Great and PowerfulFilmMay
- 2013The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of GeorgiaFilmLisa Wyrick
- 2013RectifySeriesAmantha Holden
- 2013KilimanjaroFilmYvonne
- 2012This Means WarFilmKatie
- 2012Chasing MavericksFilmBrenda Hesson
- 2012Burning LoveSeriesAnnie
- 2011SuitsSeriesDana Scott
- 2011Cowboys & AliensFilmAlice
- 2011NTSF:SD:SUV::SeriesCaroline
- 2010The GladesSeriesAshley Carter
- 2010In My SleepFilmGwen
- 2010Rex Is Not Your LawyerSeriesLindsey Steers
- 2009CastleSeriesSarah Reed
- 2008Childrens HospitalSeriesYoung Cheif, Chief in Her 20s, Maxine Spratt
- 2007Mad MenSeriesSuzanne Farrell
- 2007Private PracticeSeriesRachel
- 2007MoonlightSeriesSimone Walker
- 2007JekyllFilmTalia Carew
- 2007Backyards & BulletsFilm
- 2007The Wedding BellsSeries
- 2006Angela's EyesSeriesAngela Clinton
- 2005Grey's AnatomySeriesMegan Hunt
- 2005How I Met Your MotherSeriesCarol
- 2005BonesSeriesPhillipa Fitz
- 2005Ghost WhispererSeriesCindy Brown
- 2005Killer InstinctSeries
- 2005Fathers and SonsFilmClarissa
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!SeriesSelf - Guest
- 2003Graduation NightFilmSkye
- 2001Campfire StoriesFilmMelissa
- 2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeriesBecky Lester
- 2000Gilmore GirlsSeriesMegan
- 1990Law & OrderSeriesMichelle Burns
- 1975People's Choice AwardsSeriesSelf - Presenter