Abigail Spencer
Known for: Acting
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
Series
How I Met Your Mother
Carol
2005
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Series
True Detective
Gena Brune
2014
Series
Grey's Anatomy
Megan Hunt
2005
Series
Law & Order
Michelle Burns
1990
Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Becky Lester
2000
Series
Bones
Phillipa Fitz
2005
Series
9-1-1
Detective Amber Braeburn
2018
Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Suits
Dana Scott
2011
Series
Castle
Sarah Reed
2009
Series
Gilmore Girls
Megan
2000
Series
Mad Men
Suzanne Farrell
2007
Series
Ghost Whisperer
Cindy Brown
2005
Series
Private Practice
Rachel
2007
Series
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self
2019
Series
Childrens Hospital
Young Cheif
2008
Series
Childrens Hospital
Chief in Her 20s
2008
Series
Childrens Hospital
Maxine Spratt
2008
Series
Timeless
Lucy Preston
2016
Series
Best Medicine
Louisa Glasson
2026
Series
The Glades
Ashley Carter
2010
Series
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
1975
Series
Rectify
Amantha Holden
2013
Series
Moonlight
Simone Walker
2007
Series
Burning Love
Annie
2012
Series
Wayne
Donna Luccetti
2019
Series
NTSF:SD:SUV::
Caroline
2011
Film
Cowboys & Aliens
Alice
2011
Film
Oz the Great and Powerful
May
2013
Series
Reprisal
Doris Dearie / Katherine Harlow
2019
Series
Rebel
Dr. Misha Nelson
2021
Series
Extended Family
Julia Mariano
2023
Series
Angela's Eyes
Angela Clinton
2006
Film
This Is Where I Leave You
Quinn Altman
2014
Series
Killer Instinct
2005
Series
With Love, Meghan
Self
2025
Film
This Means War
Katie
2012
Series
The Wedding Bells
2007
Film
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
Lisa Wyrick
2013
Series
Harry & Meghan
Self
2022
Film
Clean Hands
Dana
2026
Film
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2025
Film
The Forger
DEA Agent Catherine Paisley
2014
Series
Shatter Belt
Ramina
2023
Film
Chasing Mavericks
Brenda Hesson
2012
Series
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
Lindsey Steers
2010
Film
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
Abigail
2015
Film
Fathers and Sons
Clarissa
2005
Film
In My Sleep
Gwen
2010
Film
Kilimanjaro
Yvonne
2013
Film
Buttons
Adult Annabelle
2018
Film
Graduation Night
Skye
2003
Film
Jekyll
Talia Carew
2007
Film
The Sweet Life
Lolita
2017
Film
A Walk in Winter
Abigail
2015
Film
Campfire Stories
Melissa
2001
Film
H8RZ
Laura Sedgewick
2015
Film
A Beautiful Now
Romy
2015
Backyards & Bullets
2007
Film
Three Women
Madeline
2017
Here and Now
Stars
2015