Abigail Spencer
Biography
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.
Known For
Grey's Anatomy
Law & Order
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Bones
Private Practice
Suits
Castle
The Kelly Clarkson Show
All Movies (24)
- Clean Hands2026 · as Dana
- Buttons2018 · as Annabelle (Adult)
- The Sweet Life2017 · as Lolita
- Three Women2017 · as Madeline
- A Walk in Winter2015 · as Abigail
- H8RZ2015 · as Laura Sedgewick
- A Beautiful Now2015 · as Romy
- Stars2015
- The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards2015 · as Abigail
- The Forger2014 · as DEA Agent Catherine Paisley
- This Is Where I Leave You2014 · as Quinn Altman
- Kilimanjaro2013 · as Yvonne
- Oz the Great and Powerful2013 · as May
- The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia2013 · as Lisa Wyrick
- Chasing Mavericks2012 · as Brenda Hesson
- This Means War2012 · as Katie
- Cowboys & Aliens2011 · as Alice
- In My Sleep2010 · as Gwen
- Jekyll2007 · as Talia Carew
- Backyards & Bullets2007
- Fathers and Sons2005 · as Clarissa
- Graduation Night2003 · as Skye
- Campfire Stories2001 · as Melissa
- Here and Now—
All TV Shows (38)
- Best Medicine2026 · as Louisa Glasson
- With Love, Meghan2025 · as Self
- Extended Family2023 · as Julia Mariano
- Shatter Belt2023 · as Ramina
- Harry & Meghan2022 · as Self
- The Jennifer Hudson Show2022
- Rebel2021 · as Dr. Misha Nelson
- Reprisal2019 · as Doris Dearie / Katherine Harlow
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh2019 · as Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self - Guest
- The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
- Wayne2019 · as Donna Luccetti
- 9-1-12018 · as Detective Amber Braeburn
- Timeless2016 · as Lucy Preston
- True Detective2014 · as Gena Brune
- Rectify2013 · as Amantha Holden
- Burning Love2012 · as Annie
- Suits2011 · as Dana Scott
- The Glades2010 · as Ashley Carter
- Rex Is Not Your Lawyer2010 · as Lindsey Steers
- Castle2009 · as Sarah Reed
- Childrens Hospital2008 · as Young Cheif
- Childrens Hospital2008 · as Chief in Her 20s
- Childrens Hospital2008 · as Maxine Spratt
- Moonlight2007 · as Simone Walker
- Private Practice2007 · as Rachel
- Mad Men2007 · as Suzanne Farrell
- The Wedding Bells2007
- Angela's Eyes2006 · as Angela Clinton
- Ghost Whisperer2005 · as Cindy Brown
- Killer Instinct2005
- How I Met Your Mother2005 · as Carol
- Bones2005 · as Phillipa Fitz
- Grey's Anatomy2005 · as Megan Hunt
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Becky Lester
- Gilmore Girls2000 · as Megan
- Law & Order1990 · as Michelle Burns
- People's Choice Awards1975 · as Self - Presenter