Trenna Keating (born January 23, 1987) is a Canadian actress known for her recurring role as Doc Yewll in Defiance between 2013 and 2015.

Trenna Keating
Born (1987-01-23) January 23, 1987 (age 37)
Alma materUniversity of Regina
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present

Early life

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Trenna Keating was born and grew up in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. She likes spending her time hiking and camping outdoors, loves cooking, playing games and dancing. Keating is also a passioned writer of plays. Keating did her BFA degree in acting at the University of Regina.[1]

Career

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When she moved to Toronto,[1] Keating studied clown for a while,[2] and began working as a reader for auditions as her introduction to the Toronto film industry. Keating spent several years working at the theatre and doing crew work in film productions, as background casting director, casting assistant and casting director. On occasion of an interview, she told that most of what I have learned about acting has come from being on the other side of the camera watching actors work.[1]

Keating first appeared in the American romantic comedy and Christmas film Just Friends in 2005, and thenafter in Canadian television series and television films, among them Renegadepress.com, Corner Gas and Combat Hospital in recurring roles. Her probably best known role is the recurring character Doc Yewll in the US-Canadian SciFi-series Defiance that started broadcast in 2013 and was renewed for a third,[3][4][5][6] and last season; Defiance was cancelled by ScyFy on 16 October 2015.[7][8]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2005 Just Friends Nancy
2006 Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story KOD Lady #2 Miniseries
The Velvet Devil Stage Manager TV film
2006–2007 Renegadepress.com Nurse/Waitress "The Real Story: Reacting to Death and Grieving", "Fear" & "Third Wheel"
2007 Like Lovers Andrea Short
2008 Rabbit Fall Karen Shade "Emancipation"
2007–2009 Corner Gas Girl Circa 1984, "Perfect Woman" & "Sensitivity Student" "Lacey Borrows", "Top Gum" & "Super Sensitive"
2009 A Dog Named Christmas Faye McCray TV film
Little Mosque on the Prairie Waitress "True Bro-mance"
2011 Combat Hospital Sgt. Hannah Corday 10 episodes
2013 Cracked Ident Officer "The Hold Out" & "Voices"
2013–2015 Defiance Doc Yewll 34 episodes
2014 Working the Engels Receptionist "Jenna vs. Big Pastry"
The Listener Detective Nesmith "An Innocent Man"
Murdoch Mysteries Kathleen King "On the Waterfront: Part 1" & "On the Waterfront: Part 2"
2015 Schitt's Creek Crystal "Wine and Roses"
Bark Ranger Lisa Cratchley TV film
Orphan Black Vera "The Weight of This Combination", "Formalized, Complex, and Costly" & "Community of Dreadful Fear and Hate"
2016 12 Monkeys Nurse 1 "Emergence"
Dark Matter Felicia Brand "Welcome to Your New Home"
Private Eyes Taylor Larson "Mise en Place"
2017 Cardinal Kristin Baldwin "Cardinal", "Woody" & "Keith"
Reign Lady Palmerton "Uncharted Waters"
Away Home Isla McNeil Short
2018 Workin' Moms Shanon "The Sign", "Red Handed" & "Cuck"
Ransom Simone Merriweather Promised Land
Good Witch Realtor "Tossing The Bouquet"
Anne with an E Mrs. Pye 7 episodes
2021-2022 The Mysterious Benedict Society Dr. Garrison Recurring

References

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  1. ^ a b c Baric, Steve (2013-08-30). "Women We Love: Trenna Keating". themansphere.com. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  2. ^ Clamen, Mark (2013-05-14). "Resident Alien: One on One with Defiance's Trenna Keating". criticsatlarge.ca. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  3. ^ Underwood, Erin (2014-09-09). "Interview: Trenna Keating (aka Doc Yewll) from Defiance". amazingstoriesmag.com. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  4. ^ Bernstein, Robert; Johnson, Jen (2013-04-24). "Our Interview with Trenna Keating aka Defiance's Doc Yewll". Den Of Geek. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  5. ^ Reay, Nick (2015-07-02). "EXCLUSIVE interview with Defiance's 'Doc Yewll'". themovies.co.za. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  6. ^ Bullock, Mynda (2015-09-16). "Trenna Keating Talks Defiance at Dragon Con!". nicegirlstv.com. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
  7. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (2015-10-16). "Syfy's 'Defiance' Canceled After Three Seasons". hollywoodreporer.com. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  8. ^ Keating, Trenna (2015-10-17). "Trenna Keating on facebook". Trenna Keating. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
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