{{short description|Canadian actress (born 1987)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Trenna Keating | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|1|23}} | birth_place = Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2005–present | birth_name = | other_names = | alma_mater = University of Regina | website = <!--{{url|http://www.trennakeating.com}}--> }}
'''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.<ref name="themansphere">{{cite web|last1=Baric|first1=Steve|title=Women We Love: Trenna Keating|url=http://themansphere.com/women-love-trenna-keating/|publisher=themansphere.com|date=August 30, 2013|accessdate=May 21, 2015}}</ref>
==Career== When she moved to Toronto,<ref name="themansphere"/> Keating studied clown for a while,<ref name="criticsatlarge">{{cite web|last1=Clamen|first1=Mark|title=Resident Alien: One on One with Defiance's Trenna Keating|url=http://www.criticsatlarge.ca/2013/05/resident-alien-one-on-one-with.html|publisher=criticsatlarge.ca|date=May 14, 2013|accessdate=May 21, 2015}}</ref> 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''.<ref name="themansphere"/>
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,<ref name=amazingstories>{{cite web|last1=Underwood|first1=Erin|title=Interview: Trenna Keating (aka Doc Yewll) from Defiance|url=http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2013/06/interview-trenna-keating-aka-doc-yewll-from-defiance/|publisher=amazingstoriesmag.com|date=September 9, 2014|accessdate=May 21, 2015}}</ref><ref name="defiance">{{cite web|last1=Bernstein|first1=Robert|last2=Johnson|first2=Jen|title=Our Interview with Trenna Keating aka Defiance's Doc Yewll|url=http://www.denofgeek.us/tv/defiance/103215/our-interview-with-trenna-keating-aka-defiances-doc-yewll|publisher=Den Of Geek|date=April 24, 2013|accessdate=May 21, 2015}}</ref><ref name="themovies">{{cite web|last1=Reay|first1=Nick|title=EXCLUSIVE interview with Defiance's 'Doc Yewll'|url=http://www.themovies.co.za/2015/07/02/exclusive-interview-with-defiances-doc-yewll/|publisher=themovies.co.za|date=July 2, 2015|accessdate=July 5, 2015}}</ref><ref name="nicegirlstv">{{cite web|last1=Bullock|first1=Mynda|title=Trenna Keating Talks Defiance at Dragon Con!|url=http://nicegirlstv.com/2015/09/16/exclusive-video-interview-trenna-keating-talks-defiance-at-dragon-con/|publisher=nicegirlstv.com|date=September 16, 2015|accessdate=September 18, 2015}}</ref> and last season; ''Defiance'' was cancelled by ScyFy on October 16, 2015.<ref name="defiance-fini">{{cite web|last1=Goldberg|first1=Lesley|title=Syfy's 'Defiance' Canceled After Three Seasons|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/syfy-defiance-canceled-832668|publisher=hollywoodreporer.com|date=October 16, 2015|accessdate=October 16, 2015}}</ref><ref name="trenna-facebook">{{cite web|last1=Keating|first1=Trenna|title=Trenna Keating on facebook|url=https://m.facebook.com/OfficialTrennaKeating/photos/a.230363303797481.1073741831.141449436022202/515973455236463/?type=3&source=48|publisher=Trenna Keating|date=October 17, 2015|accessdate=October 17, 2015}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2005 |''Just Friends'' |Nancy | |- |rowspan=2|2006 |''Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story'' |KOD Lady #2 |Miniseries |- |data-sort-value="Velvet Devil, The" | ''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" |- |rowspan=2|2009 |data-sort-value="Dog Named Christmas, A" | ''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 |- |rowspan=3|2014 |''Working the Engels'' |Receptionist |"Jenna vs. Big Pastry" |- |data-sort-value="Listener, The" | ''The Listener'' |Detective Nesmith |"An Innocent Man" |- |''Murdoch Mysteries'' |Kathleen King |"On the Waterfront: Part 1" & "On the Waterfront: Part 2" |- |rowspan=3|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" |- |rowspan=3|2016 |''12 Monkeys'' |Nurse 1 |"Emergence" |- |''Dark Matter'' |Felicia Brand |"Welcome to Your New Home" |- |''Private Eyes'' |Taylor Larson | "Mise en Place" |- |rowspan=3|2017 |''Cardinal'' |Kristin Baldwin |"Cardinal", "Woody" & "Keith" |- |''Reign'' |Lady Palmerton |"Uncharted Waters" |- |''Away Home'' |Isla McNeil | Short |- |rowspan=4|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 |data-sort-value="Mysterious Benedict Society, The" | ''The Mysterious Benedict Society'' |Dr. Garrison |Recurring |- |2023 |''Painkiller'' |Deborah Marlowe |3 episodes |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links == * {{IMDb name|2276274}}
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