sentences:  In 2016, she starred alongside Taraji P. Henson and Janelle Monáe in "Hidden Figures," a film about African-American mathematicians at NASA who were critical to its success in the 1960s in the Space Race, and who each had careers there.She played mathematician and human computer Dorothy Vaughan.The role garnered her a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance and earned Spencer a second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first black actress to follow up an Oscar victory with another nomination, having previously won for "The Help".