Abigail Spencer
Acting • Born 1981-08-04
Biography
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
61 credits
In My Sleep
Movie • 2010
Gwen
Oz the Great and Powerful
Movie • 2013
May
Cowboys & Aliens
Movie • 2011
Alice
Here and Now
Movie
Chasing Mavericks
Movie • 2012
Brenda Hesson
This Means War
Movie • 2012
Katie
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
Movie • 2013
Lisa Wyrick
Kilimanjaro
Movie • 2013
Yvonne
The Forger
Movie • 2014
DEA Agent Catherine Paisley
This Is Where I Leave You
Movie • 2014
Quinn Altman
A Beautiful Now
Movie • 2015
Romy
H8RZ
Movie • 2015
Laura Sedgewick
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
Movie • 2015
Abigail
The Sweet Life
Movie • 2017
Lolita
A Walk in Winter
Movie • 2015
Abigail
Three Women
Movie • 2017
Madeline
Fathers and Sons
Movie • 2005
Clarissa
Backyards & Bullets
Movie • 2007
Buttons
Movie • 2018
Annabelle (Adult)
Graduation Night
Movie • 2003
Skye
Jekyll
Movie • 2007
Talia Carew
Campfire Stories
Movie • 2001
Melissa
Stars
Movie • 2015
Clean Hands
Movie
Dana
Angela's Eyes
TV • 2006
Angela Clinton
Mad Men
TV • 2007
Suzanne Farrell
How I Met Your Mother
TV • 2005
Carol
Castle
TV • 2009
Sarah Reed
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Becky Lester
Ghost Whisperer
TV • 2005
Cindy Brown
Bones
TV • 2005
Phillipa Fitz
Private Practice
TV • 2007
Rachel
Moonlight
TV • 2007
Simone Walker
The Wedding Bells
TV • 2007
Gilmore Girls
TV • 2000
Megan
Killer Instinct
TV • 2005
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV • 2019
Self
Rebel
TV • 2021
Dr. Misha Nelson
Rectify
TV • 2013
Amantha Holden
Wayne
TV • 2019
Donna Luccetti
The Glades
TV • 2010
Ashley Carter
True Detective
TV • 2014
Gena Brune
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Megan Hunt
Timeless
TV • 2016
Lucy Preston
Extended Family
TV • 2023
Julia Mariano
Burning Love
TV • 2012
Annie
Childrens Hospital
TV • 2008
Young Cheif
Childrens Hospital
TV • 2008
Chief in Her 20s
Childrens Hospital
TV • 2008
Maxine Spratt
Suits
TV • 2011
Dana Scott
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
TV • 2010
Lindsey Steers
Reprisal
TV • 2019
Doris Dearie / Katherine Harlow
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Harry & Meghan
TV • 2022
Self
Shatter Belt
TV • 2023
Ramina
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Michelle Burns
With Love, Meghan
TV • 2025
Self
9-1-1
TV • 2018
Detective Amber Braeburn
Best Medicine
TV • 2026
Louisa Glasson
People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self - Presenter