Abigail Spencer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 4, 1981 (age 45)
- Place of birth
- Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA
- Credits
- 62
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.
Known for
Filmography
Clean Hands
2026Movie
Dana
Best Medicine
2026TV
Louisa Glasson
With Love, Meghan
2025TV
Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025Movie
Self
Extended Family
2023TV
Julia Mariano
Shatter Belt
2023TV
Ramina
Harry & Meghan
2022TV
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022TV
Rebel
2021TV
Dr. Misha Nelson
Reprisal
2019TV
Doris Dearie / Katherine Harlow
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019TV
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self - Guest, Self
Wayne
2019TV
Donna Luccetti
Buttons
2018Movie
Adult Annabelle
9-1-1
2018TV
Detective Amber Braeburn
The Sweet Life
2017Movie
Lolita
Three Women
2017Movie
Madeline
Timeless
2016TV
Lucy Preston
A Walk in Winter
2015Movie
Abigail
H8RZ
2015Movie
Laura Sedgewick
A Beautiful Now
2015Movie
Romy
Stars
2015Movie
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015Movie
Abigail
The Forger
2014Movie
DEA Agent Catherine Paisley
This Is Where I Leave You
2014Movie
Quinn Altman
True Detective
2014TV
Gena Brune
Rectify
2013TV
Amantha Holden
Kilimanjaro
2013Movie
Yvonne
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013Movie
May
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
2013Movie
Lisa Wyrick
Chasing Mavericks
2012Movie
Brenda Hesson
Burning Love
2012TV
Annie
This Means War
2012Movie
Katie
Cowboys & Aliens
2011Movie
Alice
NTSF:SD:SUV::
2011TV
Caroline
Suits
2011TV
Dana Scott
The Glades
2010TV
Ashley Carter
In My Sleep
2010Movie
Gwen
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
2010TV
Lindsey Steers
Castle
2009TV
Sarah Reed
Childrens Hospital
2008TV
Young Cheif, Chief in Her 20s, Maxine Spratt
Jekyll
2007Movie
Talia Carew
Moonlight
2007TV
Simone Walker
Private Practice
2007TV
Rachel
Mad Men
2007TV
Suzanne Farrell
Backyards & Bullets
2007Movie
The Wedding Bells
2007TV
Angela's Eyes
2006TV
Angela Clinton
Ghost Whisperer
2005TV
Cindy Brown
Killer Instinct
2005TV
How I Met Your Mother
2005TV
Carol
Bones
2005TV
Phillipa Fitz
Fathers and Sons
2005Movie
Clarissa
Grey's Anatomy
2005TV
Megan Hunt
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self - Guest
Graduation Night
2003Movie
Skye
Campfire Stories
2001Movie
Melissa
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000TV
Becky Lester
Gilmore Girls
2000TV
Megan
Law & Order
1990TV
Michelle Burns
People's Choice Awards
1975TV
Self - Presenter
Here and Now
Movie