Trenna Keating (born January 23, 1987) is a Canadian actress known for her recurring role as Doc Yewll in Defiance, between 2013 and 2015.
Early life 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.
Career When she moved to Toronto, Keating studied clown for a while, 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.
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, and last season; Defiance was cancelled by ScyFy on October 16, 2015.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes2005Just FriendsNancy2006Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas StoryKOD Lady #2Miniseries The Velvet DevilStage ManagerTV film2006–2007Renegadepress.comNurse/waitress"The Real Story: Reacting to Death and Grieving", "Fear" & "Third Wheel"2007Like LoversAndreaShort2008Rabbit FallKaren Shade"Emancipation"2007–2009Corner GasGirl Circa 1984, "Perfect Woman" & "Sensitivity Student""Lacey Borrows", "Top Gum" & "Super Sensitive"2009 A Dog Named ChristmasFaye McCrayTV filmLittle Mosque on the PrairieWaitress"True Bro-mance"2011Combat HospitalSgt. Hannah Corday10 episodes2013CrackedIdent Officer"The Hold Out" & "Voices"2013–2015DefianceDoc Yewll 34 episodes2014Working the EngelsReceptionist"Jenna vs. Big Pastry" The ListenerDetective Nesmith"An Innocent Man"Murdoch MysteriesKathleen King"On the Waterfront: Part 1" & "On the Waterfront: Part 2"2015Schitt's CreekCrystal "Wine and Roses"Bark RangerLisa CratchleyTV filmOrphan BlackVera"The Weight of This Combination", "Formalized, Complex, and Costly" & "Community of Dreadful Fear and Hate"201612 MonkeysNurse 1"Emergence"Dark MatterFelicia Brand"Welcome to Your New Home"Private EyesTaylor Larson "Mise en Place"2017CardinalKristin Baldwin"Cardinal", "Woody" & "Keith"ReignLady Palmerton"Uncharted Waters"Away HomeIsla McNeil Short2018Workin' MomsShanon"The Sign", "Red Handed" & "Cuck"RansomSimone MerriweatherPromised LandGood WitchRealtor"Tossing The Bouquet"Anne with an EMrs. Pye7 episodes2021-2022 The Mysterious Benedict SocietyDr. GarrisonRecurring2023PainkillerDeborah Marlowe3 episodes
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