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American actress

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Abigail Leigh Spencer is an American actor who works in film and television. Born on August 4, 1981, in Gulf Breeze, Florida, she began her work period in 1999. She is a native English speaker and writes in the English language.

Spencer has one child. She has brown hair and is female. Her professional department is acting.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1981
Works
2

Top works

  • Timeless
  • Timeless

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA

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…

Known for

  • Best Medicine — Louisa Glasson2026
  • With Love, Meghan — Self2025
  • Extended Family — Julia Mariano2023
  • Shatter Belt — Ramina2023
  • The Jennifer Hudson Show2022
  • Harry & Meghan — Self2022
  • Rebel — Dr. Misha Nelson2021
  • A Little Late with Lilly Singh — Self2019
  • Wayne — Donna Luccetti2019
  • The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self - Guest2019

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Country
United States
Active from
1981

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
90
Total plays
383

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Abigail+Spencer">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
Abigail Leigh Spencer , ( 1981-08-04 ) August 4, 1981 (age 44) , Gulf Breeze, Florida , U.S.
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1997–present
Spouse
Andrew Pruett ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2004 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2013 ) ​
Parent
Yancy Spencer III (father)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Abigail
Family name
Spencer
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Gulf Breeze
Occupation
film actor
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Hair colour
brown hair
Image
Abigail Spencer 2013 2.jpg
Height
165
Number of children
1
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Commons category
Abigail Spencer
date of birth
1981-08-04
birth name
Abigail Leigh Spencer
start of work period
1999-00-00
social media followers
111071
writing language
English language
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Encyclopedic overview

Abigail Leigh Spencer (born August 4, 1981) is an American actress, producer and writer. She began her career playing Rebecca Tyree on the ABC daytime television soap opera All My Children (1999–2001) before going on to star in the Lifetime crime drama series, Angela's Eyes (2006). From 2013 to 2016, Spencer starred as Amantha Holden in the SundanceTV drama series Rectify, for which she received a nomination for a Critics' Choice Television Award; she then starred as history professor Lucy Preston in the NBC science-fiction series Timeless. As of 2026, she is in a lead role on the FOX series Best Medicine.

Spencer has appeared in many films, including 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). She also had recurring roles on the series Mad Men (2009), Hawthorne (2009–2011), Suits (2011–2019), and Grey's Anatomy (2017–2022).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abigail Spencer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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