Oscar-nominated actor Andra Day has been tapped to play Athena, the Greek Goddess of Wisdom and Annabeth’s mom, in the upcoming second season of Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The casting was reveiled at D23 in Brazil with a video of Day in character posted across the show’s social media accounts.

Day's Athena will be the mother of Annabeth Chase (Leah Sava Jeffries) in Disney's adaptation of the Rick Riordan series.

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,

Andra Day is joining the Season 2 cast of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” as Athena. Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, is one of the most important Olympian characters in Rick Riordan’s “Percy Jackson” books,