Percy Jackson Casts Golden Globe Winner Andra Day as Athena

Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians has picked a real winner — of Golden Globe, Grammy and Emmy awards — to play Annabeth’s mom.

R&B singer and actress Andra Day will play Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, it was announced on Sunday at D23 Brazil.

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Day, a Golden Globe winner for the title role in 2021’s The United States vs. Billie Holiday, shared the news herself, in the video shown below. (CSI: NY’s Melina Kanakaredes played the role/mom to Alexandra Daddario in the 2010 film Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.)

Adapted from Rick Riordan’s bestselling book series, Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians tells the fantastical story of Percy Jackson (played by Walker Scobell), a modern demigod who’s just coming to terms with his divine powers when he is tasked with finding the Greek god Zeus’ missing lightning bolt. With help from his friends Grover and Annabeth (played by Aryan Simhadri and Leah Sava Jeffries), Percy embarked on a cross-country quest to retrieve it and prevent war from breaking out within his family.

Upcoming Percy Jackson and the Olympics episodes — eyed for a 2025 release — will tackle The Sea of Monsters, the second book in Rick Riordan’s beloved franchise.

The series’ Season 1 guest cast included Virginia Kull as Sally Jackson, Glynn Turman as Chiron, Toby Stephens as Poseidon, the late Lance Reddick as Zeus, Lin-Manuel Miranda as Hermes, Megan Mullally as Alecto aka Mrs. Dodds, Jason Mantzoukas as Dionysus aka Mr. D, Charlie Bushnell as Luke Castellan, Dior Goodjohn as Clarisse La Rue, Jessica Parker Kennedy as Medusa, Olivea Morton as Nancy Bobofit, Suzanne Cryer as Echidna, Timm Sharp as Gabe Ugliano, Timothy Omundson as Hephaestus and Jay Duplass as Hades.

Season 2 will see The Midnight Club’s Daniel Diemer portray Tyson, a cyclops and Percy’s half-brother.

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