Actress Octavia Spencer, who lost her mother Dellsena when she was 18, says she is still her biggest inspiration.
"The woman who has inspired the most is my mother.
I am a product of her disadvantages in life, and she tried to make sure that we took advantage of all of the opportunities that were afforded to us, " people. com quoted Spencer as saying.
The actress says her mother taught her to be practical, grounded and hardworking from an early age.
She said: "We had more than she did, and a lot less than a lot of people, even to this day.
So she is the one woman that I credit everything to. "