Acting credits
55
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Abigail Spencer
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
4.5
Moderate attention
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Movies: 22Series: 35Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 123725
IMDb ID: nm0817844
Known for: Acting
Born: August 4, 1981
Age: 44
Place of birth: Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1975 - 2026
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 6.95
Wikidata: Q321131
Also known as
Abigail Leigh Spencer • Abby Spencer
Other jobs
Producer (2)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Abigail Spencer.
6.4
The Actor
Producer
2025 Movie
6.6
Buttons
as Annabelle (Adult)
2018 Movie
6.1
The Sweet Life
as Lolita
2017 Movie
Three Women
as Madeline
2017 Movie
A Walk in Winter
as Abigail
2015 Movie
5.1
H8RZ
as Laura Sedgewick
2015 Movie
4.0
A Beautiful Now
as Romy
2015 Movie
4.8
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
as Abigail
2015 Movie
5.0
Winter Light
Producer
2015 Movie
6.6
This Is Where I Leave You
as Quinn Altman
2014 Movie
5.8
The Forger
as DEA Agent Catherine Paisley
2014 Movie
4.8
Kilimanjaro
as Yvonne
2013 Movie
5.9
Oz the Great and Powerful
as May
2013 Movie
5.8
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
as Lisa Wyrick
2013 Movie
7.0
Chasing Mavericks
as Brenda Hesson
2012 Movie
6.2
This Means War
as Katie
2012 Movie
5.6
Cowboys & Aliens
as Alice
2011 Movie
5.2
In My Sleep
as Gwen
2010 Movie
2.3
Jekyll
as Talia Carew
2007 Movie
4.7
Fathers and Sons
as Clarissa
2005 Movie
3.0
Graduation Night
as Skye
2003 Movie
2.3
Campfire Stories
as Melissa
2001 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Abigail Spencer.
7.6
Best Medicine
as Louisa Glasson • 11 eps
2026 Series
4.0
With Love, Meghan
as Self • 1 eps
2025 Series
5.9
Extended Family
as Julia Mariano • 13 eps
2023 Series
5.8
Shatter Belt
as Ramina • 1 eps
2023 Series
5.9
Harry & Meghan
as Self • 3 eps
2022 Series
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
1 eps
2022 Series
7.2
Rebel
as Dr. Misha Nelson • 10 eps
2021 Series
7.0
Reprisal
as Doris Dearie / Katherine Harlow • 10 eps
2019 Series
3.5
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
8.3
Wayne
as Donna Luccetti • 1 eps
2019 Series
8.2
9-1-1
as Detective Amber Braeburn • 2 eps
2018 Series
7.2
Timeless
as Lucy Preston • 26 eps
2016 Series
8.3
True Detective
as Gena Brune • 7 eps
2014 Series
7.6
Rectify
as Amantha Holden • 30 eps
2013 Series
7.3
Burning Love
as Annie • 28 eps
2012 Series
8.2
Suits
as Dana Scott • 15 eps
2011 Series
6.9
The Glades
as Ashley Carter • 1 eps
2010 Series
6.0
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
as Lindsey Steers • 1 eps
2010 Series
8.0
Castle
as Sarah Reed • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.1
Childrens Hospital
as Young Cheif • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.3
Moonlight
as Simone Walker • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.5
Private Practice
as Rachel • 1 eps
2007 Series
8.1
Mad Men
as Suzanne Farrell • 6 eps
2007 Series