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Abigail Spencer

Actor, ProducerBorn August 4, 1981 (43 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Mad Men
  • Moonlight
  • The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
  • Comedy Bang! Bang!
  • The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
  • A Beautiful Now

Known For

  • Timeless (2016)
  • This Means War
  • Oz the Great and Powerful
  • Cowboys & Aliens
  • Rectify
  • Chasing Mavericks
  • The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
  • Reprisal
  • The Forger

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2023
    Extended Family (TV Series) · as Julia Mariano
    2023
    Shatter Belt (TV Series) · as Ramina
    2022
    2021
    Rebel (2021) (TV Series) · as Dr. Misha Nelson
    2019
    Reprisal (TV Series) · as Doris Dearie / Katherine Harlow
    2019
    Wayne (TV Series) · as Donna Luccetti
    2018
    Buttons, A New Musical Film · as Annabelle (adult)
    2018
    9-1-1 (TV Series) · as Detective Amber Braeburn
    2016
    The Sweet Life · as Lolita
    2016
    Timeless (2016) (TV Series) · as Lucy Preston
    2015
    H8RZ · as Laura Sedgewick
    2015
    2015
    2014
    This Is Where I Leave You · as Quinn Altman
    2014
    The Forger · as Dea Agent Catherine Paisley
    2014
    True Detective (TV Series) · as Gena Brune
    2013
    Rectify (TV Series) · as Amantha Holden
    2013
    Kilimanjaro · as Yvonne
    2013
    2013
    2012
    Chasing Mavericks · as Brenda Hesson
    2012
    Comedy Bang! Bang! (TV Series) · as Vanna
    2012
    Burning Love (TV Series) · as Annie
    2012
    This Means War · as Katie
    2011
    How To Be a Gentleman (TV Series) · as Lydia
    2011
    Cowboys & Aliens · as Alice
    2011
    NTSF:SD:SUV:: (TV Series) · as Caroline
    2011
    Suits (TV Series) · as Dana Scott
    2010
    The Glades (TV Series) · as Ashley Carter
    2010
    In My Sleep · as Gwen
    2009
    HawthoRNe (TV Series) · as Dr. Erin Jameson
    2009
    Castle (2009) (TV Series) · as Sarah Reed
    2008
    Childrens Hospital (TV Series) · as Young Cheif
    2008
    Welcome to the Captain (TV Series) · as Claire Tanner
    2007
    Jekyll · as Talia Carew
    2007
    Moonlight (TV Series) · as Simone Walker
    2007
    Private Practice (TV Series) · as Rachel
    2007
    Mad Men (TV Series) · as Suzanne Farrell
    2007
    The Wedding Bells (TV Series)
    2006
    My Boys (TV Series) · as Lyssa
    2006
    Angela's Eyes (TV Series) · as Angela Clinton
    2005
    A Coat of Snow · as Sandy
    2005
    Killer Instinct (TV Series)
    2005
    Ghost Whisperer (TV Series) · as Cindy Brown
    2005
    How I Met Your Mother (TV Series) · as Carol
    2005
    Bones (TV Series) · as Phillipa Fitz
    2005
    Fathers and Sons · as Clarissa
    2005
    Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Megan Hunt
    2003
    Graduation Night · as Skye
    2001
    Campfire Stories · as Melissa
    2000
    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Becky Lester
    2000
    Gilmore Girls (TV Series) · as Megan
    1990
    Law & Order (TV Series) · as Michelle Burns
    1970
    All My Children (TV Series) · as Becca Tyree

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