Athena Karkanis

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Athena Karkanis
Born (1981-09-07) September 7, 1981 (age 44)
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present
Children2 [1]

Athena Karkanis (born September 7, 1981) is a Canadian television, film and voice actress. She played Grace Stone in the NBC/Netflix science fiction drama series Manifest , and voiced Anne Maria in Total Drama .

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Life and career

Karkanis was born in Lethbridge, 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 (seasons 1-4).

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie Harmony BearVoice, direct-to-video [6]
2007 Saw IV Agent Lindsey Perez
2008 The Art of War II: Betrayal HeatherDirect-to-video
Saw V Agent Lindsey PerezArchive footage
Repo! The Genetic Opera Female Repo Victim
TomboyAlexShort film
2009 Survival of the Dead Tomboy
Saw VI Agent Lindsey Perez
2011 Sacrifice Rachel
2012 The Barrens Erica
2013Foxed!EmilyShort film
Subconscious PasswordThe BabysitterVoice, short film
2016 Spark KokoVoice [6]
2019Break In Break OutTamaraShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996–98 Stickin' Around VariousRecurring voice role
2003 Chappelle's Show Educated Guess AnnouncerVoice, 1 episode
2004 Kevin Hill Annalisa / Lina2 episodes
2005 Missing Tamara CordayEpisode: "Phoenix Rising"
Kojak Gabriella BustarEpisode: "East Sixties"
Delilah and Julius Zoe Ling7 episodes
2006–07 Skyland DiwanVoice, main role (27 episodes) [6]
2006–08 Growing Up Creepie Creepella "Creepie" Creecher / VariousVoice, main role (26 episodes) [6]
2007 The Best Years Dawn VargazMain role; 13 episodes
2008–10 The Border Agent Khalida "Khali" Massi / Salah Karim12 episodes
2009 Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist BreamVoice, episode: "A Fish Tale"
NerdlandPattyVoice, television film
Guns Ines MendozaTelevision miniseries
U.S. AttorneyMarlene RodriguezTelevision film
The Dating Guy DianaVoice, episode: "Captain Petard"
Too Late to Say GoodbyeLizTelevision film
2009–2011 Producing Parker Sally, Mimi Chiu, Latino LesbianVoice, 3 episodes [6]
2010Dex Hamilton: Fire and IceHerman / Computer voiceTelevision film
Degrassi: The Next Generation RachelEpisode: "Don't Let Me Get Me: Part 1"
Sundays at Tiffany's Talk Show HostTelevision film
2011 Republic of Doyle Heather SmithEpisode: "Live and Let Doyle"
InSecurity PalomaEpisode: "El Negotiator"
XIII: The Series Maria CardenasEpisode: "Costa Verde"
Covert Affairs ShireenEpisode: "Bang and Blame"
Almost Heroes Rayna8 episodes
MetaJets FlygirlMain voice role
The Ron James Show NurseVoice, 3 episodes
Certain PreyMarcy SherrillTelevision film
2011–12 Conquer the Kairu Voice, 15 episodes
Lost Girl Nadia7 episodes
2011–present Wild Kratts Aviva Corcovado, NuaMain voice role [6]
2012 Total Drama: Revenge of the Island Anne MariaVoice, 8 episodes
Detentionaire Kimmie McAdamsVoice, episode: "The Candidate"
Supernatural Andrea KormosEpisode: "Blood Brother"
Transporter: The Series Mauga2 episodes
Murdoch Mysteries Dr. Iris BajjaliEpisode: "Evil Eye of Egypt"
The Firm WendyEpisode: "Chapter 20"
2013 The Listener Crown Prosecutor Krista EllisEpisode: "Witness for the Prosecution"
Low Winter Sun Dani KhalilMain role (10 episodes)
Skatoony Anne MariaEpisode: "Style Trial"
2013–14 Julius Jr. Sheree, Sidney, additional voicesVoice, 51 episodes [6]
2014 Remedy Gwen DevoeEpisode: "The Beast Within"
The Lottery Vanessa Keller10 episodes
2015 Murdoch Mysteries Dr. Iris BajjaliEpisode: "Murdoch and the Temple of Death"
Young Drunk Punk GayleEpisode: "European Style"
2015–16 The Expanse Octavia Muss7 episodes
2016Poor Richard's AlmanackPenny RichardsUnsold television pilot
Fugget About It AnnaVoice, episode: "Spicy Apocalypse" [6]
Looped ClaireVoice, 5 episodes [6]
2017 Mysticons Imani Firewing, Quasarla, LateensiaVoice, recurring role [6]
Suits Marissa2 episodes
Ransom Angela RoseEpisode: "The Box"
Zoo Abigail Westbrook12 episodes
2018–23 Manifest Grace StoneMain role (43 episodes)
2018 House of Cards Melody Cruz5 episodes
2019 Corn & Peg Miss Rider1 episode
2021–24 Dino Ranch Jane, Tango [6] Main voice role
2022–23 My Little Pony: Make Your Mark Opaline Arcana
2023–present Work It Out Wombats! KatVoice, 9 episodes

Video games

YearTitleRole
2005 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas Joanna Torres [6]
2010 World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Gilnean NPC
2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic Jedi Consular Female [6]
2012 Diablo III Barbarian - Female [6]
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Aysa Cloudsinger, Lu'lin, Ki
2013Star Wars: The Old Republic - Rise of the Hutt CartelJedi Consular Female
2014 Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Barbarian - Female [6]
World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
Star Wars: The Old Republic - Shadow of RevanJedi Consular Female
2015Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Fallen Empire
Heroes of the Storm Sonya
2016 Maize Ruby Queen [6]
Far Cry Primal
Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Eternal ThroneJedi Consular Female
2019Star Wars: The Old Republic - Onslaught
2022Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legacy of the Sith
My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure Zoom Zephyrwing [6]

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[sic] 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 (September 17, 2009). "Art & Culture Maven: TIFF Interview with Athena Karkanis of George Romero's Survival of the Dead". Artandculturemaven.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Yianilos, Laurel (January 16, 2010). "Crossing Borders is a full time job for this Greek-Canadian Actress". Hollywood.GreekReporter.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  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. May 19, 2014. Archived from the original on June 18, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Athena Karkanis (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 7, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.