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Athena Karkanis
Born (1981-09-07) September 7, 1981 (age 43)
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present

Athena Karkanis (born September 7, 1981) is a Canadian television, film and voice actress. She is noted for her role as Grace Stone on Manifest.

Life and career

Karkanis was born in Alberta[1] and raised in Toronto.[2] She is of Greek and Egyptian descent,[2][3] and attended McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. She was planning on attending law school, but abandoned that path to pursue her passion for acting.[2] In 2005, she made her screen debut in an episode of 1-800-Missing and later had a number of guest-starring, recurring and regular roles on Canadian television shows. She also had regular voice roles in Skyland, MetaJets and Total Drama: Revenge of the Island. She has a regular voice role in Wild Kratts as Aviva Corcovado.

Karkanis co-starred in several horror films, including Saw IV (2007), Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008), Saw VI (2009), Survival of the Dead (2009), and The Barrens (2012). She also appeared in direct-to-video action films The Art of War II: Betrayal (2008), and Sacrifice (2011). On television, she was a regular cast member in the first season of Canadian teen drama The Best Years in 2007, in The Border from 2008 to 2010, and in the short-lived comedy series Almost Heroes in 2011. She also had a recurring role in Lost Girl from 2011 to 2012.

Karkanis starred in the AMC drama series Low Winter Sun in 2013. In 2014, she was cast as a series regular in the Lifetime post-apocalyptic drama series, The Lottery.[4] In 2015, she began playing the role of Octavia Muss on The Expanse. In 2018, Karkanis started playing Grace Stone on the NBC TV series Manifest.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie Harmony Bear Direct-to-video; voice role
2007 Saw IV Agent Lindsey Perez
2008 The Art of War II: Betrayal Heather Direct-to-video
2008 Repo! The Genetic Opera Female Repo Victim
2008 Tomboy Alex Short film
2009 Survival of the Dead Tomboy
2009 Saw VI Agent Lindsey Perez
2011 Sacrifice Rachel
2012 The Barrens Erica
2013 Foxed! Emily Short film
2013 Subconscious Password The Babysitter Short film; voice role
2016 Spark Koko Voice role
2019 Break In Break Out Tamara Short film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996–1998 Stickin' Around Various Recurring role; voice role
2003 Chappelle's Show Educated Guess Announcer Episode: #1.2; voice role
2004 Kevin Hill Annalisa / Lina Guest role; 2 episodes
2005 Missing Tamara Corday Episode: "Phoenix Rising"
2005 Kojak Gabriella Bustar Episode: "East Sixties"
2005 Delilah and Julius Zoe Ling Recurring role; 7 episodes
2006–2007 Skyland Diwan Main role; 27 episodes, voice role
2006–2008 Growing Up Creepie Creepella "Creepie" Creecher / Various Main role; 10 episodes
2007 The Best Years Dawn Vargaz Main role; 13 episodes
2008-2010 The Border Agent Khalida "Khali" Massi / Salah Karim Recurring role; 12 episodes
2009 Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist Bream Episode: "A Fish Tale"; voice role
2009 Nerdland Patty Television film; voice role
2009 Guns Ines Mendoza Television mini-series
2009 U.S. Attorney Marlene Rodriguez Television film
2009 The Dating Guy Diana (voice) Episode: "Captain Petard"
2009 Too Late to Say Goodbye Liz Television film
2010 Dex Hamilton: Fire and Ice Herman / Computer voice Television film
2010 Degrassi: The Next Generation Rachel Episode: "Don't Let Me Get Me: Part 1"
2010 Sundays at Tiffany's Talk Show Host Television film
2011 Republic of Doyle Heather Smith Episode: "Live and Let Doyle"
2011 InSecurity Paloma Episode: "El Negotiator"
2011 XIII: The Series Maria Cardenas Episode: "Costa Verde"
2011 Covert Affairs Shireen Episode: "Bang and Blame"
2011 Almost Heroes Rayna Main role; 8 episodes
2011 MetaJets Flygirl Episode: "The New Recruit"
2011 The Ron James Show Nurse Recurring role; 3 episodes, voice role
2011 Certain Prey Marcy Sherrill Television film
2011–2012 Conquer the Kairu Recurring role; 15 episodes, voice role
2011–2012 Total Drama: Revenge of the Island Anne Maria Main role ; 7 episodes, voice role
2011–2012 Lost Girl Nadia Recurring role; 7 episodes
2011–present Wild Kratts Aviva Corcovado Main role 148 episodes; voice role
2012 Detentionaire Kimmie McAdams (voice) Episode: "The Camdidate"
2012 Supernatural Andrea Kormos Episode: "Blood Brother"
2012 Transporter: The Series Mauga Recurring role; 2 episodes
2012 Murdoch Mysteries Dr. Iris Bajjali Episode: "Evil Eye of Egypt"
2012 The Firm Wendy Episode: "Chapter 20"
2013 The Listener Crown Prosecutor Krista Ellis Episode: "Witness for the Prosecution"
2013 Low Winter Sun Dani Khalil Main role; 10 episodes
2013–2014 Julius Jr. Sheree / Sidney / Various Main role; 51 episodes, voice role
2014 Remedy Gwen Devoe Episode: "The Beast Within"
2014 The Lottery Vanessa Keller Main role; 10 episodes
2015 Murdoch Mysteries Dr. Iris Bajjali Episode: "Murdoch and the Temple of Death"
2015 Young Drunk Punk Gayle Episode: "European Style"
2015–2016 The Expanse Octavia Muss Recurring role; 7 episodes
2016 Poor Richard's Almanack Penny Richards Unsold television pilot
2017 Mysticons Imani Firewing, Quasarla Recurring role [5]
2017 Suits Marissa Recurring role; 2 episodes
2017 Zoo Abigail Westbrook Recurring role; 12 episodes
2018–present Manifest Grace Stone Main role; 29 episodes
2018 House of Cards Melody Cruz Recurring role; 5 episodes
2019 Corn & Peg Miss Rider Guest role; 1 episode

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas Joanna Torres Voice role
2010 World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Gilnean NPC Voice role
2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic Jedi Consular Female Voice role
2012 Diablo III Barbarian - Female Voice role
2012 World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Aysa Cloudsinger / Lu'lin / Ki the Assassin Voice role
2013 Star Wars: The Old Republic - Rise of the Hutt Cartel Jedi Consular Female Voice role
2014 Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Barbarian - Female Voice role
2014 World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Voice role
2014 Star Wars: The Old Republic - Shadow of Revan Jedi Consular Female Voice role
2015 Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Fallen Empire Jedi Consular Female Voice role
2015 Heroes of the Storm Sonya Voice role
2016 Far Cry Primal Voice role

References

  1. ^ Wassenberg, Anya (2009-09-17). "Art & Culture Maven: TIFF Interview with Athena Karkanis of George Romero's Survival of the Dead". Artandculturemaven.com. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  2. ^ a b c Yianilos, Laurel (2010-01-16). "Crossing Borders is a full time job for this Greek-Canadian Actress". Hollywood.GreekReporter.com. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  3. ^ Stokeley, Matthew (August 2013). "Q&A – Athena Karkanis (Dani Khalil)". AMC. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  4. ^ "'The Lottery', 'Witches Of East End' Add Cast". Deadline.com. 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  5. ^ "Athena Karkanis". Behind the Voice Actors. November 14, 2020. Archived from the original on November 14, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
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