Charlotte Spencer (born 26 September 1991 in Harlow, England) is a British actress. She is known for her playing the female lead in The Living and the Dead. Screen International named her a Star of Tomorrow 2015. She was born in Harlow, Essex, to Peter and Karen. She has a younger sister and brother. Spencer said of her background "I come from a working class background; my dad’s a builder and my mum works in a school". She started ballet aged 3 and has wanted to perform since then. At the age of 11, her parents sent her to a drama school in London, at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone. Charlotte's parents remortgaged their house to support her acting career. As of 2016 she lives with her parents when not working as an actor, working with her grandmother at a charity shop and helping with the choir at her mother's infants school. She has a dog, Chip.
In May 2016, she began filming for the BBC/NFTS short film Diagnosis in the lead role of Sally, a woman who acts in medical role play. Spencer appeared as jockey Tina Fallon in the 2014 E4 TV series Glue and was nominated for a Supporting Actress BAFTA for this role in 2015.