Abigail Spencer
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.
Filmography (58 titles)
MovieClean Hands
Dana · 2026
7.2ShowBest Medicine
Louisa Glasson · 2026
3.3ShowWith Love, Meghan
Self · 2025
5.9ShowExtended Family
Julia Mariano · 2023
5.8ShowShatter Belt
Ramina · 2023
5.8ShowHarry & Meghan
Self · 2022
5.6ShowThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
7.1ShowRebel
Dr. Misha Nelson · 2021
7.0ShowReprisal
Doris Dearie / Katherine Harlow · 2019
3.4ShowA Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self · 2019
6.3ShowThe Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest · 2019
8.3ShowWayne
Donna Luccetti · 2019
6.3MovieButtons
Annabelle (Adult) · 2018
8.2Show9-1-1
Detective Amber Braeburn · 2018
6.2MovieThe Sweet Life
Lolita · 2017
MovieThree Women
Madeline · 2017
7.2ShowTimeless
Lucy Preston · 2016
MovieA Walk in Winter
Abigail · 2015
5.1MovieH8RZ
Laura Sedgewick · 2015
4.0MovieA Beautiful Now
Romy · 2015
Stars
2015
4.8MovieThe Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
Abigail · 2015
5.8MovieThe Forger
DEA Agent Catherine Paisley · 2014
6.6MovieThis Is Where I Leave You
Quinn Altman · 2014
8.3ShowTrue Detective
Gena Brune · 2014
7.6ShowRectify
Amantha Holden · 2013
4.8MovieKilimanjaro
Yvonne · 2013
5.9MovieOz the Great and Powerful
May · 2013
5.8MovieThe Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
Lisa Wyrick · 2013
7.0MovieChasing Mavericks
Brenda Hesson · 2012