What's Next for Oscar A-Listers?

Octavia Spencer

Best-supporting actress -- and audience favorite -- Octavia Spencer already has the Sundance hit "Smashed" in the can. She plays a sympathetic AA member who sponsors newbie Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Spencer also has a string of other supporting roles on tap, including "Lost on Purpose" with Jane Kaczmarek, "The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife," and an untitled Diablo Cody project. The big challenge here will be... more 

Octavia Spencer

Best-supporting actress -- and audience favorite -- Octavia Spencer already has the Sundance hit "Smashed" in the can. She plays a sympathetic AA member who sponsors newbie Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Spencer also has a string of other supporting roles on tap, including "Lost on Purpose" with Jane Kaczmarek, "The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife," and an untitled Diablo Cody project. The big challenge here will be for her to either nail a big leading-lady role (hint, hint, BFF writer-director Tate Taylor) or get her own smart, sassy cable TV series like "The Big C." less