Which Ride or Die lead was born Octavia Lenora Spencer?

Which Ride or Die lead was born Octavia Lenora Spencer? The lead is Octavia Spencer.

Octavia Lenora Spencer is the full birth name of the American actress, producer, and author known professionally as Octavia Spencer. In Ride or Die, she stars alongside Hannah Waddingham, playing Debbie Claybourne, one half of the series’ central friendship and action-comedy pairing.

Spencer built her screen career through supporting and leading roles before becoming an Oscar-winning performer. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Help, portraying Minny Jackson. Her other major films include Hidden Figures, The Shape of Water, Ma, and the animated films Onward and Zootopia, in which she supplied voice work.

The question’s wording may cause confusion because Octavia Spencer is already the performer’s familiar professional name, while “Octavia Lenora Spencer” is her full name. The other choices are also established actresses, but none matches that birth name. Hannah Waddingham, another Ride or Die lead, is a separate performer.