Which Ride or Die lead was born in Montgomery, Alabama?

Octavia Spencer was born in Montgomery, Alabama, making her the Ride or Die lead who came from that city.

She was born Octavia Lenora Spencer on May 25, 1970, and grew up in Montgomery as the sixth of seven children. Her mother, Dellsena, raised the family and worked as a maid, an experience that later gave Spencer a personal connection to roles portraying working women in the American South.

Spencer’s first film job was as an intern on The Long Walk Home, which was filmed in Montgomery and dramatized the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott. She later made her screen debut in A Time to Kill before becoming widely known for The Help, Hidden Figures, and The Shape of Water.

A common mix-up is confusing Spencer’s Alabama birthplace with her university history: she began at Auburn University at Montgomery but graduated from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.