Abigail Spencer
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.
Acted in
Extended Family
2023
as Julia Mariano
Harry & Meghan
2022
as Self
Rebel
2021
as Dr. Misha Nelson
Reprisal
2019
as Doris Dearie / Katherine Harlow
Wayne
2019
as Donna Luccetti
Buttons
2018
as Annabelle (Adult)
The Sweet Life
2017
as Lolita
Three Women
2017
as Madeline
Timeless
2016
as Lucy Preston
A Walk in Winter
2015
as Abigail
H8RZ
2015
as Laura Sedgewick
A Beautiful Now
2015
as Romy
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015
as Abigail
This Is Where I Leave You
2014
as Quinn Altman
The Forger
2014
as DEA Agent Catherine Paisley
True Detective
2014
as Gena Brune
Rectify
2013
as Amantha Holden
Kilimanjaro
2013
as Yvonne
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013
as May
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
2013
as Lisa Wyrick
Chasing Mavericks
2012
as Brenda Hesson
Burning Love
2012
as Annie
Burning Love
2012
as Annie
This Means War
2012
as Katie
Cowboys & Aliens
2011
as Alice
Suits
2011
as Dana Scott
The Glades
2010
as Ashley Carter
In My Sleep
2010
as Gwen
Castle
2009
as Sarah Reed
Childrens Hospital
2008
as Young Cheif
Childrens Hospital
2008
as Chief in Her 20s
Childrens Hospital
2008
as Maxine Spratt
Jekyll
2007
as Talia Carew
Moonlight
2007
as Simone Walker
Private Practice
2007
as Rachel
Mad Men
2007
as Suzanne Farrell
Backyards & Bullets
2007
The Wedding Bells
2007
Angela's Eyes
2006
as Angela Clinton
Killer Instinct
2005
Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Cindy Brown
How I Met Your Mother
2005
as Carol
Bones
2005
as Phillipa Fitz
Fathers and Sons
2005
as Clarissa
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Megan Hunt
Graduation Night
2003
as Skye
Campfire Stories
2001
as Melissa
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Becky Lester
Gilmore Girls
2000
as Megan
Here and Now
Burning Love 2
as Annie
In My Sleep
as Gwen
Shatter Belt
as Ramina
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
as Lindsey Steers