Cast & creator
Abigail Spencer
Best known for Law & Order, Grey's Anatomy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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.
Also known as: Abigail Leigh Spencer , Abby Spencer
27
film credits
40
television credits
65
1975–2026 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (67)
Showing 67 of 67 credits
Law & Order
Michelle Burns
1990
Grey's Anatomy
Megan Hunt
2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Becky Lester
2000
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Bones
Phillipa Fitz
2005
Castle
Sarah Reed
2009
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Suits
Dana Scott
2011
Gilmore Girls
Megan
2000
How I Met Your Mother
Carol
2005
9-1-1
Detective Amber Braeburn
2018
Mad Men
Suzanne Farrell
2007
Ghost Whisperer
Cindy Brown
2005
True Detective
Gena Brune
2014
Private Practice
Rachel
2007
Childrens Hospital
Young Cheif
2008Childrens Hospital
Chief in Her 20s
2008Childrens Hospital
Maxine Spratt
2008
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self
2019
Timeless
Lucy Preston
2016
The Glades
Ashley Carter
2010
Best Medicine
Louisa Glasson
2026
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
1975
Rectify
Amantha Holden
2013
NTSF:SD:SUV::
Caroline
2011
Moonlight
Simone Walker
2007
Burning Love
Annie
2012
Oz the Great and Powerful
May
2013
Cowboys & Aliens
Alice
2011
This Means War
Katie
2012
Wayne
Donna Luccetti
2019
This Is Where I Leave You
Quinn Altman
2014
Rebel
Dr. Misha Nelson
2021
Reprisal
Doris Dearie / Katherine Harlow
2019
Extended Family
Julia Mariano
2023
With Love, Meghan
Self
2025
Angela's Eyes
Angela Clinton
2006
The Wedding Bells
2007
Killer Instinct
2005
Harry & Meghan
Self
2022
The Forger
DEA Agent Catherine Paisley
2014
Chasing Mavericks
Brenda Hesson
2012
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
Lisa Wyrick
2013
Shatter Belt
Ramina
2023
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2025
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
Lindsey Steers
2010
Buttons
Adult Annabelle
2018
Fathers and Sons
Clarissa
2005
In My Sleep
Gwen
2010
Kilimanjaro
Yvonne
2013
The Actor
Producer
2025
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
Abigail
2015
Campfire Stories
Melissa
2001
Graduation Night
Skye
2003
Jekyll
Talia Carew
2007
The Sweet Life
Lolita
2017
A Walk in Winter
Abigail
2015
Clean Hands
Dana
2026
A Beautiful Now
Romy
2015Backyards & Bullets
2007
Winter Light
Producer
2015
Three Women
Madeline
2017
H8RZ
Laura Sedgewick
2015