Octavia

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Octavia may refer to:

People

  • Octavia the Elder, elder half sister of Octavia Minor
  • Octavia the Younger, sister of Augustus, younger half sister of Octavia Major and fourth wife of Mark Antony
  • Claudia Octavia, the daughter of Claudius and Valeria Messalina and first wife of Nero
  • Octahvia, American vocalist
  • Octavia E. Butler, African-American science fiction writer (1947-2006)
  • Octavia, the name taken by Mabel Barltrop of the Panacea Society in 1918
  • Octavia Spencer, African-American actress best known for her Academy Award-winning portrayal of Minnie, the outspoken maid, in the 2011 film The Help.

Culture

  • Oktawia Kawęcka, a jazz musician, singer, flutist, composer, producer and actress.
  • Octavia (play), a tragedy mistakenly attributed to the Roman playwright Seneca the Younger that dramatises Claudia Octavia's death
  • Octavia (opera), by Reinhard Keiser
  • Octavia, a romance by Jilly Cooper
    • Octavia (TV serial), an ITV adaptation of Cooper's novel, written by Jonathan Harvey
  • Octavia (She-Ra), a character from the cartoon She-Ra: Princess of Power
  • Octavia of the Julii, a character in HBO's television series Rome loosely based on Octavia Minor
  • Octavia, Kielian snake in the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. She is a nest maid for Ezylryb and Madame Plonk
  • Octavia Melody, a fan-given name to a background character in the animated show My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

Others

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