Athésia
- Actress
Athésia is a Sydney (Australia)-based, Canadian-born actor, singer-songwriter and radio presenter, born in Montréal, Québec, to Haitian parents. A multilingual performer working across screen, stage and audio, she brings a culturally rich, emotionally grounded presence to her work, alongside a reputation for calm, generosity and focus on set.
Athésia's screen debut is in the award-winning short film Souvenir (2025), directed by writer-director Renée Marie Petropoulos , which won the 2026 Grand Jury Prize at the SXSW Narrative Short Competition in Austin, Texas before being selected for the 2026 Sydney Film Festival. Appearing alongside Tanzyn Crawford , Emily Grant , Julian Garner and Erika Ndibe , the film explores intimacy, power and agency, marking a compelling introduction to Athésia's work as an actor. Her performance brings tenderness, emotional complexity and quiet authority to the role, shaping a character defined by both strength and vulnerability.
Alongside acting, Athésia has an established career as a jazz singer-songwriter and broadcaster. She has presented and produced Jazz Around the World for ABC Jazz, sharing jazz voices and sounds from across the globe. Her performance background informs a nuanced approach to character, rhythm and storytelling, bridging music and dramatic work with ease.
Athésia is of African, French, Spanish and Taíno (Indigenous Caribbean) heritage, her artistic practice is shaped by a deep connection to culture, language and lineage. Fluent in English and French, she also speaks Haitian Creole, with conversational Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish, and has a strong facility for accents and language acquisition.
Athésia is drawn to roles of emotional depth and complexity, including characters across generations, and brings both lived experience and emotional maturity to her work as an actor. She continues to develop projects across film, television and audio-led formats, with a focus on storytelling rooted in meaning, consciousness and human connection.
Athésia's screen debut is in the award-winning short film Souvenir (2025), directed by writer-director Renée Marie Petropoulos , which won the 2026 Grand Jury Prize at the SXSW Narrative Short Competition in Austin, Texas before being selected for the 2026 Sydney Film Festival. Appearing alongside Tanzyn Crawford , Emily Grant , Julian Garner and Erika Ndibe , the film explores intimacy, power and agency, marking a compelling introduction to Athésia's work as an actor. Her performance brings tenderness, emotional complexity and quiet authority to the role, shaping a character defined by both strength and vulnerability.
Alongside acting, Athésia has an established career as a jazz singer-songwriter and broadcaster. She has presented and produced Jazz Around the World for ABC Jazz, sharing jazz voices and sounds from across the globe. Her performance background informs a nuanced approach to character, rhythm and storytelling, bridging music and dramatic work with ease.
Athésia is of African, French, Spanish and Taíno (Indigenous Caribbean) heritage, her artistic practice is shaped by a deep connection to culture, language and lineage. Fluent in English and French, she also speaks Haitian Creole, with conversational Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish, and has a strong facility for accents and language acquisition.
Athésia is drawn to roles of emotional depth and complexity, including characters across generations, and brings both lived experience and emotional maturity to her work as an actor. She continues to develop projects across film, television and audio-led formats, with a focus on storytelling rooted in meaning, consciousness and human connection.
