The Help
Actress In a Supporting Role /
Octavia Spencer
Nominated Role
Octavia Spencer portrays Minny Jackson, an African-American maid who loses her job with a socially prominent family and finds another with a white woman from the wrong side of the tracks.
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Academy Awards History
This is the first Academy Award nomination for Octavia Spencer.
Thank you Academy for putting me with the hottest guy in the room. I have to thank my families. My family in Alabama, the state of Alabama, my L.A. family watching at Steven’s Arigato, my “Help” family, Tate…Tate, Brunson, Kathryn, Allison Janney, thank you for being in my life. I share this with everybody. Thank you Steven Spielberg for changing my life. Thank you Stacey Snider for changing my life. Please wrap up….I’m wrapping up. I’m sorry, I’m freaking out. Thank you world. Oh God, and thank you to WME and Viewpoint L.A. I’m sorry guys, I love you. Thank you. I’m sorry.
