
Abigail Spencer
Acting
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

Law & Order
1990 · tv

Bones
2005 · tv

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · tv

Suits
2011 · tv

Castle
2009 · tv

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · tv

9-1-1
2018 · tv

How I Met Your Mother
2005 · tv

Gilmore Girls
2000 · tv

True Detective
2014 · tv

Mad Men
2007 · tv

Private Practice
2007 · tv

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · tv

Ghost Whisperer
2005 · tv

Timeless
2016 · tv

The Glades
2010 · tv

Childrens Hospital
2008 · tv

People's Choice Awards
1975 · tv

A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 · tv

Moonlight
2007 · tv

Rectify
2013 · tv

Wayne
2019 · tv

Burning Love
2012 · tv

Cowboys & Aliens
2011 · movie

Oz the Great and Powerful
2013 · movie

This Is Where I Leave You
2014 · movie

Best Medicine
2026 · tv

This Means War
2012 · movie

The Wedding Bells
2007 · tv