Athena Karkanis
Born (1981-09-07) September 7, 1981
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present
Children2[1]

Athena Karkanis (born September 7, 1981) is a Canadian television, film and voice actress. She is noted for her role as Grace Stone in the NBC/Netflix science fiction drama series Manifest.

Life and career

Karkanis was born in Alberta[2] and raised in Toronto.[3] She is of Greek and Egyptian descent.[3][4] 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, Julius Jr., Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, Dino Ranch and My Little Pony: Make Your Mark. She has a regular voice role in Wild Kratts as Aviva Corcovado. Karkanis was also the lead voice for the title character in Growing Up Creepie.

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.[5] In 2015, she began playing the role of Octavia Muss on The Expanse. From 2018 to 2022, Karkanis played Grace Stone on the TV series Manifest on NBC (seasons 1–3) and on Netflix (season 4).

Filmography

Film

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

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996–98 Stickin' Around Various Recurring role; voice
2003 Chappelle's Show Educated Guess Announcer Episode: #1.2; voice
2004 Kevin Hill Annalisa / Lina Guest role; 2 episodes
2005 Missing Tamara Corday Episode: "Phoenix Rising"
Kojak Gabriella Bustar Episode: "East Sixties"
Delilah and Julius Zoe Ling Recurring role; 7 episodes
2006–07 Skyland Diwan Main role; 27 episodes, voice
2006–08 Growing Up Creepie Creepella "Creepie" Creecher / Various Main role; 26 episodes
2007 The Best Years Dawn Vargaz Main role; 13 episodes
2008–10 The Border Agent Khalida "Khali" Massi / Salah Karim Recurring role; 12 episodes
2009 Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist Bream Episode: "A Fish Tale"; voice
Nerdland Patty Television film; voice
Guns Ines Mendoza Television miniseries
U.S. Attorney Marlene Rodriguez Television film
The Dating Guy Diana (voice) Episode: "Captain Petard"
Too Late to Say Goodbye Liz Television film
2010 Dex Hamilton: Fire and Ice Herman / Computer voice
Degrassi: The Next Generation Rachel Episode: "Don't Let Me Get Me: Part 1"
Sundays at Tiffany's Talk Show Host Television film
2011 Republic of Doyle Heather Smith Episode: "Live and Let Doyle"
InSecurity Paloma Episode: "El Negotiator"
XIII: The Series Maria Cardenas Episode: "Costa Verde"
Covert Affairs Shireen Episode: "Bang and Blame"
Almost Heroes Rayna Main role; 8 episodes
MetaJets Flygirl Main role; voice
The Ron James Show Nurse Recurring role; 3 episodes, voice
Certain Prey Marcy Sherrill Television film
2011–12 Conquer the Kairu Recurring role; 15 episodes, voice
Lost Girl Nadia Recurring role; 7 episodes
2011–present Wild Kratts Aviva Corcovado Main role; 148 episodes, voice
2012 Total Drama: Revenge of the Island Anne Maria Main role; 8 episodes, voice
Detentionaire Kimmie McAdams (voice) Episode: "The Camdidate"
Supernatural Andrea Kormos Episode: "Blood Brother"
Transporter: The Series Mauga Recurring role; 2 episodes
Murdoch Mysteries Dr. Iris Bajjali Episode: "Evil Eye of Egypt"
The Firm Wendy Episode: "Chapter 20"
2013 The Listener Crown Prosecutor Krista Ellis Episode: "Witness for the Prosecution"
Low Winter Sun Dani Khalil Main role; 10 episodes
Skatoony Anne Maria Episode: "Style Trial"
2013–14 Julius Jr. Sheree / Sidney / Various Main role; 51 episodes, voice
2014 Remedy Gwen Devoe Episode: "The Beast Within"
The Lottery Vanessa Keller Main role; 10 episodes
2015 Murdoch Mysteries Dr. Iris Bajjali Episode: "Murdoch and the Temple of Death"
Young Drunk Punk Gayle Episode: "European Style"
2015–16 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 [6]
Suits Marissa Recurring role; 2 episodes
Zoo Abigail Westbrook Recurring role; 12 episodes
2018–23 Manifest Grace Stone Main role (season 1–3, guest season 4); 43 episodes
2018 House of Cards Melody Cruz Recurring role; 5 episodes
2019 Corn & Peg Miss Rider Guest role; 1 episode
2021–present Dino Ranch Jane, Tango Main role; voice
2022–present My Little Pony: Make Your Mark Opaline
2023–present Work It Out Wombats! Kat Recurring role; 9 episodes

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas Joanna Torres Voice role
2010 World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Gilnean NPC
2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic Jedi Consular Female
2012 Diablo III Barbarian - Female
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Aysa Cloudsinger / Lu'lin / Ki the Assassin
2013 Star Wars: The Old Republic - Rise of the Hutt Cartel Jedi Consular Female
2014 Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Barbarian - Female
World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
Star Wars: The Old Republic - Shadow of Revan Jedi Consular Female
2015 Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Fallen Empire
Heroes of the Storm Sonya
2016 Far Cry Primal
Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Eternal Throne Jedi Consular Female
2019 Star Wars: The Old Republic - Onslaught
2022 Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legacy of the Sith

References

  1. ↑ "Athena Karkanis on Instagram: "Went to the ballet today with my two favourite people. It was amazing to watch a live performance again with a theatre full of arts lovers. As the lights went down and the curtain came up on the beautiful dancers of this incredible company. I found myself overcome with emotion, thinking about how momentous this return to the stage is. As a performer (Who's first many years of her career were on the stage) and as a lover of theatre and dance, I felt so happy and grateful to be there and to be sharing it with my children. Thank you @nationalballet in the words of my four year old… " that was the beautifulest thing in the whole wide world " #angelsatlasnbc"".
  2. ↑ Wassenberg, Anya (2009-09-17). "Art & Culture Maven: TIFF Interview with Athena Karkanis of George Romero's Survival of the Dead". Artandculturemaven.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  3. 1 2 Yianilos, Laurel (2010-01-16). "Crossing Borders is a full time job for this Greek-Canadian Actress". Hollywood.GreekReporter.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-29. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  4. ↑ Stokeley, Matthew (August 2013). "Q&A – Athena Karkanis (Dani Khalil)". AMC. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  5. ↑ "'The Lottery', 'Witches Of East End' Add Cast". Deadline.com. 2014-05-19. Archived from the original on 2014-06-18. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  6. ↑ "Athena Karkanis". Behind the Voice Actors. November 14, 2020. Archived from the original on November 14, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.