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