Acting
Abigail Spencer
Born Aug 4, 1981 · 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 (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.
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Acting
Clean Hands
2026
Crime · Drama
Best Medicine
2026
Comedy · Drama
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Comedy · Music
Extended Family
2023
Comedy
Shatter Belt
2023
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama · Mystery
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Talk
Rebel
2021
Drama · Crime
Reprisal
2019
Drama · Crime
Wayne
2019
Drama · Action & Adventure · Comedy
Buttons
2018
Drama
9-1-1
2018
Drama · Crime · Action & Adventure
The Sweet Life
2017
Romance · Drama · Comedy
Three Women
2017
Comedy · Romance
Timeless
2016
Drama · Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A Walk in Winter
2015
Drama · Crime · Mystery
H8RZ
2015
Action · Drama · Thriller
A Beautiful Now
2015
Drama
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015
Drama · Comedy
The Forger
2014
Thriller · Crime · Drama
This Is Where I Leave You
2014
Drama · Comedy
True Detective
2014
Drama · Mystery
Rectify
2013
Crime · Drama
Kilimanjaro
2013
Romance · Drama
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013
Fantasy · Adventure · Family
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
2013
Horror · Drama · Thriller
Chasing Mavericks
2012
Drama
Burning Love
2012
Comedy
This Means War
2012
Action · Comedy · Romance
Cowboys & Aliens
2011
Science Fiction · Western
NTSF:SD:SUV::
2011
Comedy · Action & Adventure
Suits
2011
Drama
The Glades
2010
Crime · Drama · Action & Adventure
In My Sleep
2010
Thriller · Mystery · Drama
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
2010
Drama · Comedy
Castle
2009
Drama · Crime
Childrens Hospital
2008
Comedy
Jekyll
2007
Horror
Moonlight
2007
Mystery · Crime · Drama
Private Practice
2007
Drama
Mad Men
2007
Drama
The Wedding Bells
2007
Drama · Comedy
Angela's Eyes
2006
Drama · Action & Adventure
Ghost Whisperer
2005
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Mystery · Drama
Killer Instinct
2005
Drama · Crime
How I Met Your Mother
2005
Comedy
Bones
2005
Crime · Drama
Fathers and Sons
2005
Drama · TV Movie
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Drama
Graduation Night
2003
Comedy
Campfire Stories
2001
Horror
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Gilmore Girls
2000
Comedy · Drama
Law & Order
1990
Crime · Drama