90′s Jim Carrey!

Just kidding, just kidding. Just wanted an excuse to use that gif hehehe…

You’re asking face claims, but I’m going to treat this like a VC casting post. Face claims are truly “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” and I consider ppl for these characters more for their acting than their faces. An RPer might prefer to choose a face w/o the character that comes with someone who is well-known. So if you’re looking for a face claim for RP purposes, you might want to look at model sites, or instagram accounts, etc., and try to find a face that we’re not already so familiar with.

Casting-wise, it would be great if we could get an ethnically accurate actress, but I would be satisfied with person of color, since I don’t know what ppl from that area looked like back then. 

Canonically, she needs to have that little girl beauty AR loves so much, but she also needs to be intensely frightening without trying very hard. I headcanon her dark eyes being hypnotic, seductive, but also terrifying, like a shark’s. Someone who is accustomed to being worshiped and expects it ;]

In no particular order:

Sophia Jawad – I approve of @wicked-felina​‘s suggestion of Sophia Jawad [X] who might be the most ethnically accurate, to quote her, “Akasha was from Uruk, which is roughly modern-day Iraq.”

[X tbh there are not enough pics of Sophia out there, but this was the most Akasha-like pose I could find quickly, I’m sure she can look a lot more fierce]

Rihanna – she’s a fandom fave of sorts. She is extremely regal and childlike at the same time. It would be really hard to demand she wear dark contact lenses tho! Her eyes are so gorgeous! Maybe we can sacrifice that bit of canon.

[^X from @lachrymist‘s aesthetic set]

Nicki Minaj – Another fandom favorite. She would probably bring a lot of sexuality to the role, a lot more aggressiveness, which could be great!

[^X fanart by @demdoodles]

Tyra Banks – bc she’s a supermodel, she knows how to manipulate her features very subtly, she can smile like a CoverGirl while murdering thousands of men.

Aaliyah – was great, imo the best part of that movie. Idk whose idea it was for her to move the way she did, but it was compelling, like she existed at a different frame-rate than everyone around her, flexing and curling her body, she was more snake than human.

[^X by @charlesluciano]