--- name: "Jaquel Spivey" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jaquel-spivey" fi1m_id: "jaquel-spivey" imdb_id: "nm12566364" tmdb_id: 3823459 wikidata_id: "Q112291617" roles: ["Actor"] born: "13 November 1998" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 60 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-17T17:00:09.206395+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Jaquel Spivey ## Identity Jaquel Spivey - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jaquel-spivey - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** jaquel-spivey - **IMDb ID:** nm12566364 - **TMDB ID:** 3823459 - **Wikidata ID:** Q112291617 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaquel_Spivey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112291617, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12566364/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3823459 Actor. Born 13 November 1998 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 13 November 1998, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA - **Active:** 2024–present - **Average Fi1m score:** 60, as actor, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaquel_Spivey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112291617, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12566364/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3823459 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*The Beauty*](https://film.one/tv/the-beauty.md) (65) - **Paramount+:** [*Mean Girls*](https://film.one/film/mean-girls.md) (56) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Jaquel Spivey > Jaquel Spivey brings confidence and sharp humour to *Mean Girls*, giving a tired film some welcome energy. We rate the actor more highly than that vehicle, but want screen roles that make fuller use of his tenderness. Jaquel Spivey's Damian Hubbard is worth listening to even when *Mean Girls* (2024) is telling us something familiar. Narrating alongside Auliʻi Cravalho's Janis, he gets the best lines while she gets the best songs. We were relieved when the pair took over the telling, because their energy made the recycled story easier to sit through. We liked him considerably more than we liked the film. His first professional role was Usher in the Broadway production of *A Strange Loop* (2022); *Mean Girls* was his film debut. The stage performance brought together bashful tenderness, sharp comedy and demanding singing. Some critics found this Usher younger and less fully formed than the earlier off-Broadway portrayal, while still crediting his sensitivity and voice. That leaves us curious about how much of the vulnerability a screen role might allow him to keep. In *Mean Girls*, directors Arturo Perez Jr. and Samantha Jayne benefit from his partnership with Cravalho, but Tina Fey's script leans too heavily on the people surrounding Cady, played by Angourie Rice. The heroine is repeatedly left at the edge while others explain her story. Spivey's confident, queer Black Damian avoids becoming a caricature, and the part gives him room to be funny without apology. The songs remain unmemorable, and neither actor can make the repeated plotting feel new for long. *The Beauty* (2026) brings a change of setting, with Spivey appearing in the pilot as Jeremy (Pre Beauty). Ryan Murphy's body-horror series has gruesome invention and committed acting, alongside blunt beauty-industry satire and scattered storytelling. One pilot appearance is too little on which to declare a new direction. For now, *Mean Girls* gives us the clearest reason to watch him, though it also supplies plenty of reasons to wish he were in something else. A screen role that makes use of the tenderness as well as the jokes would be a better test. ## Biography Jaquel Spivey (born 13 November 1998) is an American actor from Raleigh, North Carolina. He graduated with a degree in musical theatre from Point Park University in 2021. Spivey made his Broadway debut as Usher in *A Strange Loop* (2022). He received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical, won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, and shared a Grammy Award nomination for the cast recording of the musical. His screen credits include the role of Damian Hubbard in the 2024 film *Mean Girls* and Jeremy (Pre Beauty) in the 2026 series *The Beauty*. He also appears as Sam in the 2025 film *Queens of the Dead*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *The Beauty* (2026), Fi1m 65, as Jeremy (Pre Beauty) — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beauty.md) - *Mean Girls* (2024), Fi1m 56, as Damian Hubbard — [page](https://film.one/film/mean-girls.md) ## Complete filmography (3) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Beauty* (2026), series, as Jeremy (Pre Beauty) — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beauty.md) - *Queens of the Dead* (2025), as Sam - *Mean Girls* (2024), as Damian Hubbard — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/mean-girls.md) ## Awards ### Other awards — 3 won - Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical 2022: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical (won) - Outer Critics Circle Award 2022: Outer Critics Circle Award (won) - Theatre World Award 2022: Theatre World Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jaquel-spivey