Award-winning actress Alexandra Octavia was born in Melbourne, Australia, and enjoys an international acting career. Multi-lingual and featuring fluent French and Mandarin as her main foreign languages, Octavia has performed lead in theatre and film roles in not only her native English but also in French and Mandarin respectively. She also speaks conversational Spanish, Polish and German.

Alexandra is a classically trained pianist, and spent much of her childhood focused on musical studies; she won the Talent Award at the Miss World Australia finals for her piano performance.

A professional dancer and proficient athlete, Alexandra has trained with the Beijing National Circus and is a credited stunt-woman. She actively uses her extra skills in her work, ranging from martial arts and weapon work, to piano and voice.