Kate McKinnon gets cast as Aphrodite in ‘Percy Jackson’ series

Comedian and actress Kate McKinnon has taken on the role of the goddess of beauty, Aphrodite, in the Percy Jackson series.

She will join the HBO series as a recurring character, with her character being able to “alter her appearance depending on the beholder” and “must be sure that Percy Jackson (Walker Scobell) respects the power and importance of love before she agrees to offer aid on his quest.”

The star is perhaps best known for being a part of sketch series Saturday Night Live for a decade from 2012 to 2022. She received a whopping 10 nominations during her time on the show, having won two of them.

She has starred in projects such as Bombshell (2019), Yesterday (2019), The Spy Who Dumped Me as well as the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot.

One of her most recent roles was in Greta Gerwig’s smash hit Barbie in which she took the role of Weird Barbie.

For upcoming projects, McKinnon is set to star in Andrew Stanton’s science fiction flick, In the Blink of an Eye.

The comedian is repped by CAA, Artists Firsts and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs & Fox.

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