Athena Karkanis
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Born | Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada | September 7, 1981
Occupation(s) | Actress, voice actress, singer |
Years active | 1996–present |
Athena Karkanis (born September 7, 1981) is a Canadian actress, voice actress and singer. She is noted for her role as Grace Stone on Manifest and for voicing Miss Rider on Corn & Peg.
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 Krattsas 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 |
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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 |
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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 | Suits | Marissa | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
2017 | Zoo | Abigail Westbrook | Recurring role; 12 episodes |
2018–present | Manifest | Grace Stone | Main role; 17 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 |
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Stokeley, Matthew (August 2013). "Q&A – Athena Karkanis (Dani Khalil)". AMC. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ "'The Lottery', 'Witches Of East End' Add Cast". Deadline.com. 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2014-06-25.