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    Athena Karkanis

    Athena Karkanis is most known for her role as Grace Stone of NBC’s breakout hit “Manifest”. She was recently seen on the 6th and final season of the multiple Emmy-award-winning House of Cards and as the villain on the final season of Zoo for CBS.  Athena is also known for her role as Dani Khalil opposite Mark Strong and Lennie James on AMC’s acclaimed series Low Winter Sun. She can also be seen on Suits, The Expanse, The Lottery, The Border, Murdoch Mysteries, Ransom, in three of the Saw movies and more. She is the narrator of The Boat People by Sharon Bala for Penguin Random House and her voice can be heard on dozens of cartoons, most notably as Aviva on PBS’s long running Wild Kratts and many video games.

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