Octavia

[ ok-tey-vee-uh ]

/ ɒkˈteɪ vi ə /

died 11 b.c., sister of Roman emperor Augustus and wife of Marc Anthony.

a.d. c42–62, Roman empress, wife of Nero.

a female given name.

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Other segments include performances by Melissa Leo, Octavia Spencer, Brittany Snow and Jean Smart.

Jennifer Hudson Shines in 'Call Me Crazy' |Allison Samuels |April 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Octavia Spencer got a standing ovation when she won the supporting actress award for The Help.

'The Artist' Wins Big | |February 26, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
And actresses Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, also acknowledged today, are all but locks in their Oscar categories.

Golden Globe Nominations: The Winners and Losers |Richard Rushfield |December 15, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The Help was a dramatic vehicle for standouts Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer.

Emma Stone's Lohan Problem |Ramin Setoodeh |September 2, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

Octavia Spencer and Allison Janney are both phenomenal actresses.

How We Made 'The Help' |Brunson Green |August 13, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Go and change your dress for milking, Octavia, and don't spend quite so much time gossiping up the lane with Sam Mitchell.

Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 |Lucy Maud Montgomery
And pausing there, she asked whether Octavia was interested in it, and whether she should continue.

Darkness and Dawn |Frederic W. Farrar
Octavia was alarmed at the wildness of his look, but the fresh air had already revived him.

Darkness and Dawn |Frederic W. Farrar
The common women talked loudly but sympathetically of Octavia's persecuted innocence.

Roman Women |Alfred Brittain
To remove them Octavia leaves her husband in Athens and hurries to Rome.

Oxford Lectures on Poetry |Andrew Cecil Bradley

Octavia

/ (ɒkˈteɪvɪə) /

died 11 bc, wife of Mark Antony; sister of Augustus