
Octavia Spencer
As a Guest
2 segments
'I Always, Always Fight': Octavia Spencer On Demanding More From Hollywood
Spencer is nominated for an Emmy for playing Madam C.J. Walker, an enterprising Black businesswoman, in a the Netflix series Self Made. Originally broadcast March 16, 2020.
'I Always, Always Fight': Octavia Spencer On Demanding More From Hollywood
Growing up, actor Octavia Spencer remembers being inspired by the story of Madam C.J. Walker, one of America's first black, female, self-made millionaires. Born on a plantation in 1867, Walker eked out a living washing clothes for white families before building an empire selling hair care and makeup products to women of color.