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 shortlived Lifetime crime drama series Angelas 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