Famous Ladies You Never Knew Were BFFs

Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer

This friendship goes back 17 years to when Davis and Spencer appeared together in the brief CBS drama City of Angels. The two remained close friends, eventually appearing together again, this time on the big screen in 2011s The Help.

Davis and Spencer played friends who worked as maids in Mississippi for affluent white families during the turbulent civil rights movement era of the 1960s. With Spencer being an Academy Award winner (2012, Best Supporting Actress) and Davis being a 3-time nominee (2009, ’12, and ’17), this duo comprises two of the most prominent and talented actresses working in film today.