Acting credits
58
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Abigail Spencer
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
6.2
Moderate attention
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Movies: 24Series: 36Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 123725
IMDb ID: nm0817844
Known for: Acting
Born: August 4, 1981
Age: 45
Place of birth: Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1975 - 2026
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 6.78
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.
as Dana
Clean Hands
2026 • Movie
Producer
The Actor
2025 • Movie
as Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025 • Movie
as Annabelle (Adult)
Buttons
2018 • Movie
as Lolita
The Sweet Life
2017 • Movie
as Madeline
Three Women
2017 • Movie
as Abigail
A Walk in Winter
2015 • Movie
as Laura Sedgewick
H8RZ
2015 • Movie
as Romy
A Beautiful Now
2015 • Movie
as Abigail
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015 • Movie
Producer
Winter Light
2015 • Movie
as Quinn Altman
This Is Where I Leave You
2014 • Movie
as DEA Agent Catherine Paisley
The Forger
2014 • Movie
as Yvonne
Kilimanjaro
2013 • Movie
as May
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013 • Movie
as Lisa Wyrick
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
2013 • Movie
as Brenda Hesson
Chasing Mavericks
2012 • Movie
as Katie
This Means War
2012 • Movie
as Alice
Cowboys & Aliens
2011 • Movie
as Gwen
In My Sleep
2010 • Movie
as Talia Carew
Jekyll
2007 • Movie
as Clarissa
Fathers and Sons
2005 • Movie
as Skye
Graduation Night
2003 • Movie
as Melissa
Campfire Stories
2001 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Abigail Spencer.
as Louisa Glasson • 14 eps
Best Medicine
2026 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
With Love, Meghan
2025 • Series
as Julia Mariano • 13 eps
Extended Family
2023 • Series
as Ramina • 1 eps
Shatter Belt
2023 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
Harry & Meghan
2022 • Series
1 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 • Series
as Dr. Misha Nelson • 10 eps
Rebel
2021 • Series
as Doris Dearie / Katherine Harlow • 10 eps
Reprisal
2019 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 • Series
as Donna Luccetti • 1 eps
Wayne
2019 • Series
as Detective Amber Braeburn • 2 eps
9-1-1
2018 • Series
as Lucy Preston • 26 eps
Timeless
2016 • Series
as Gena Brune • 7 eps
True Detective
2014 • Series
as Amantha Holden • 30 eps
Rectify
2013 • Series
as Annie • 28 eps
Burning Love
2012 • Series
as Dana Scott • 15 eps
Suits
2011 • Series
as Ashley Carter • 1 eps
The Glades
2010 • Series
as Lindsey Steers • 1 eps
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
2010 • Series
as Sarah Reed • 1 eps
Castle
2009 • Series
as Young Cheif • 1 eps
Childrens Hospital
2008 • Series
as Simone Walker • 1 eps
Moonlight
2007 • Series
as Rachel • 1 eps
Private Practice
2007 • Series
as Suzanne Farrell • 6 eps
Mad Men
2007 • Series