Cressida (disambiguation) explained

Cressida (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Χρησίδα|link=no) is a character in Medieval and Renaissance literature.

Cressida may also refer to:

• Cressida (moon), a moon of Uranus
• Cressida (band), an English progressive rock band
• Cressida (butterfly), a monotypic genus of butterfly in the family Papilionidae
• Toyota Cressida, a model of car
• V 102 Cressida, a German Vorpostenboot of World War II

As a given name:

• Cressida Bell (born 1959), English artist and designer
• Cressida Bonas (born 1989), English actress and model
• Cressida Campbell (born 1960), Australian artist
• Cressida Cauty, British vocalist
• Cressida Connolly (born 1960), English writer
• Cressida Cowell (born 1966), English children's author
• Cressida Dick (born 1960), Commissioner of London Metropolitan police
• Cressida Galea, Maltese politician
• Cressida Granger, British entrepreneur
• Cressida Heyes (born 1970), Canadian philosopher
• Cressida O'Hanlon, Australian politician

As a surname:

• Kat Cressida, American actress

Fiction

• Cressida, a minor character in The Hunger Games, a series of novels and films

See also

• • 548 Kressida, an asteroid
• Troilus and Cressida, a play by William Shakespeare
• Briseis (disambiguation) and Chryseis, Greek female literary characters, origin of the name Cressida