AUSTIN, Texas -- It's been another busy year for Academy Award winning actress Octavia Spencer.

She executive produced and starred in "Small Town Crime," an indie film that premiered at South By Southwest.

She also has a supporting role in new movie "The Shape of Water." It debuts in Austin theaters this weekend.

Spencer plays coworker and friend to a mute cleaning lady played by Sally Hawkins.

They both deal with a strange creature being kept in the government facility they work at.

Our Victor Diaz has more with Spencer.