
Abigail Spencer
Acting
Born 1981-08-04 · Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA
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
2005 · TV

Suits
2011 · TV

Rectify
2013 · TV

Timeless
2016 · TV

Burning Love
2012 · TV

Law & Order
1990 · TV

True Detective
2014 · TV

Angela's Eyes
2006 · TV

Best Medicine
2026 · TV

Extended Family
2023 · TV

Mad Men
2007 · TV

Rebel
2021 · TV

Reprisal
2019 · TV

Bones
2005 · TV

9-1-1
2018 · TV

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · TV

How I Met Your Mother
2005 · TV

Castle
2009 · TV

Gilmore Girls
2000 · TV

Harry & Meghan
2022 · TV

Ghost Whisperer
2005 · TV

Private Practice
2007 · TV

People's Choice Awards
1975 · TV

The Glades
2010 · TV

Childrens Hospital
2008 · TV

Wayne
2019 · TV

Moonlight
2007 · TV

The Wedding Bells
2007 · TV

Killer Instinct
2005 · TV

Shatter Belt
2023 · TV

Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
2010 · TV

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · TV

A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 · TV

With Love, Meghan
2025 · TV