
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.

Cowboys & Aliens
2011 · as Alice

Oz the Great and Powerful
2013 · as May

This Means War
2012 · as Katie

This Is Where I Leave You
2014 · as Quinn Altman

Buttons
2018 · as Annabelle (Adult)

The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
2013 · as Lisa Wyrick

The Forger
2014 · as DEA Agent Catherine Paisley

Fathers and Sons
2005 · as Clarissa

Chasing Mavericks
2012 · as Brenda Hesson

In My Sleep
2010 · as Gwen

Graduation Night
2003 · as Skye

Jekyll
2007 · as Talia Carew

The Sweet Life
2017 · as Lolita

Kilimanjaro
2013 · as Yvonne

The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015 · as Abigail

Clean Hands
2026 · as Dana

A Beautiful Now
2015 · as Romy

Campfire Stories
2001 · as Melissa