ACTOR

Octavia Spencer

1972 - Today

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Octavia Lenora Spencer (born May 25, 1970) is an American actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. Spencer made her film debut in the 1996 drama A Time to Kill. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Octavia Spencer has received more than 10,277,351 page views. Her biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia. Octavia Spencer is the 1,838th most popular actor (down from 1,718th in 2019), the 3,021st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,886th in 2019) and the 848th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 10M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Octavia Spencers by language

Over the past year Octavia Spencer has had the most page views in the with 919,121 views, followed by Spanish (144,746), and German (86,833). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (485.87%), Simple English (261.33%), and Haitian (90.51%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Octavia Spencer ranks 1,838 out of 13,578. Before her are Vincent Perez, Dylan McDermott, Liev Schreiber, Dana Delany, Kristina Söderbaum, and Olof Thunberg. After her are William Powell, Frank Wolff, Savitri, Kim Hae-sook, Natalia Makarova, and Julie Delpy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Octavia Spencer ranks 46. Before her are Alain Berset, Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Jos Verstappen, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Geri Halliwell, and Jaap Stam. After her are Toni Collette, Dita Von Teese, Leymah Gbowee, Carmen Electra, Josh Duhamel, and Edward Calvin Kendall.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Octavia Spencer ranks 3,021 out of 20,380. Before her are Phillip Allen Sharp (1944), Dylan McDermott (1961), Liev Schreiber (1967), Robert Morris (1931), Richard Lester (1932), and Dana Delany (1956). After her are William Powell (1892), John Paul Getty III (1956), The Miz (1980), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), Kate Millett (1934), and Robert W. Wood (1868).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Octavia Spencer ranks 848. Before her are Esther Williams (1921), Tim Russ (1956), Dominic Chianese (1931), Dylan McDermott (1961), Liev Schreiber (1967), and Dana Delany (1956). After her are William Powell (1892), Frank Wolff (1928), Calista Flockhart (1964), Dan Castellaneta (1957), Louis Gossett Jr. (1936), and Robert Conrad (1935).

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Television and Movie Roles

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The Help
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