Biography
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.
Filmography
Cast Credits

With Love, Meghan
Character: Self
TV • 2025

Extended Family
Character: Julia Mariano
TV • 2023

Shatter Belt
Character: Ramina
TV • 2023

Harry & Meghan
Character: Self
TV • 2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show
Character:
TV • 2022

Rebel
Character: Dr. Misha Nelson
TV • 2021

Reprisal
Character: Doris Dearie / Katherine Harlow
TV • 2019

A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Character: Self
TV • 2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character: Self
TV • 2019

Wayne
Character: Donna Luccetti
TV • 2019

Buttons
Character: Annabelle (Adult)
MOVIE • 2018

9-1-1
Character: Detective Amber Braeburn
TV • 2018

The Sweet Life
Character: Lolita
MOVIE • 2017

Three Women
Character: Madeline
MOVIE • 2017

Timeless
Character: Lucy Preston
TV • 2016

A Walk in Winter
Character: Abigail
MOVIE • 2015

H8RZ
Character: Laura Sedgewick
MOVIE • 2015

A Beautiful Now
Character: Romy
MOVIE • 2015
Stars
Character:
MOVIE • 2015

The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
Character: Abigail
MOVIE • 2015
Crew