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About Octavia Spencer
American actress and author
Octavia Spencer is an American actress and author. She is known for a career that has brought her major honors, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award. Her work spans film and television, and she has also written as an author. The recognitions listed above reflect the range of her career in performance and writing.
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Books by Octavia Spencer
The case of the time-capsule bandit
2013