Spencer portrays Dorothy Vaughan, NASA's first African-American manager. She's joined on-screen by Taraji P. Henson, who plays mathematician Katherine Johnson, and Janelle Monáe, who stars as ...

During a recent chat with The Jess Cagle Interview, Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer opened up about the influence Dorothy Vaughan — the first black supervisor at NASA — had and what we ...

Octavia Spencer’s penchant ... — and her second Oscar nomination for supporting actress for her role as mathematician and spunky NASA supervisor Dorothy Vaughan in the feel-good ...

The inspiring new film Hidden Figures tells the true story of three African-American women who were integral in successfully sending the first American astronauts into space. Speaking on The Jess ...

Octavia Spencer speaks to "GMA," on Feb. 28, 2017, in New York City. Spencer received a best supporting actress Oscar nomination for her “Hidden Figures” role as Vaughan, NASA's first African ...

Tajari P. Henson stars as Katherine Johnson, Octavia Spencer as Dorothy Vaughan and Janelle Monae as Mary Jackson in 'Hidden Figures.' (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation) ...

Octavia Spencer was the inspiration for the role of Zelda the cleaning woman in Guillermo del Toro's fantasy monster film. ... and as mathematician Dorothy Vaughan in “Hidden Figures.” ...

Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer was the first actor to commit to HIDDEN FIGURES. This is the true story of a trio of African-American female mathematicians in the early 1960s whose ...

Don't mess with Octavia Spencer. The Oscar winner shines in Hidden Figures, ... News has an exclusive look at a scene in which Spencer, who plays mathematician Dorothy Vaughan, ...

Octavia Spencer‘s turn in Hidden Figures as Dorothy Vaughan, a real-life mathematician who helped send John Glenn into orbit in 1962, has already earned her rave reviews and an Oscar nomination ...

Kent State University's first universitywide commencement will get a touch of Hollywood as Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer speaks to graduates of the northeastern Ohio school.

Their characters — Katherine G. Johnson (Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Monáe) — were the women behind “Project Mercury,” which helped launch astronaut John Glenn ...