20 Actors You Probably Forgot Were in YA Adaptation Movies

3. Octavia Spencer - The Divergent Series

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Octavia Spencer spent many years making a living off of guest roles and bit parts in movies. She briefly appeared in Spider-Man and has played a nurse on screen a remarkable amount of times.

Years of hard work seemed to pay off with an Oscar win for the 2011 film version of The Help. Other high-profiles films of hers include Hidden Figures and The Shape of Water.

Like Naomi Watts, Daniel Dae Kim and Keiynan Lonsdale, Spencer signed on for The Divergent Series: Insurgent and The Divergent Series: Allegiant. She played Johanna, the leader of Amity, a faction dedicated to maintaining peace and harmony.

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