Casey McKinnon is a Canadian actress and producer from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is known for her work on web series Galacticast, A Comicbook Orange and Kitkast.
Casey McKinnon | |
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 October 2007 | |
| Born | |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, producer |
| Notable work |
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| Website | caseymckinnon.com |
Background
editBorn and raised in Montreal,[1] McKinnon attended St. Thomas High School with partner Rudy Jahchan and studied East Asian studies at McGill University[2] alongside Autumn Phillips; herself both a McGill and St Thomas High School alumna.[3] Before pursuing a full-time career in new media, she worked for the United Nations.[4][5]
Career
editWeb series
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McKinnon first became known under the pseudonym Ms. Kitka, the host of sex news and entertainment show Kitkast, launched on October 15, 2005. Inspired by podcasting and British television show Sin Cities, the show gained mainstream attention from Rolling Stone and The Guardian. Due to a desire to make a science fiction show, she decided to move onto other projects and launched Galacticast with her boyfriend Rudy Jahchan on May 8, 2006.[6] Under the corporation name 8Bit Brownies Inc., the two went on to co-produce a short miniseries for Next New Networks filmed at South by Southwest called Pulp Secret Confessions[7] and later launched the comic book and graphic novel review show A Comicbook Orange on June 6, 2006, where McKinnon worked as host.[8] In July 2007, McKinnon was hired to host Pulp Secret Live At Comic-Con, where she made a daily update show live from San Diego Comic-Con,.[9]
In addition to her self-produced works, she has appeared in Geek Therapy alongside America Young,[10] Star Wars inspired lightsaber battle Elf Sabers with The Guild's Teal Sherer,[11] Babelgum original series Hurtling Through Space at an Alarming Rate as nemesis Kalm,[12] and the fan imagined trailer for Elfquest.[13]
Journalism
editFrom July to October 2007, she wrote a monthly column for The Guardian following her experiences working in web video.[14] The articles connect new media to their Hollywood predecessors and reflect a desire for Internet television to be taken seriously by the old media community.
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Six Reasons Why | Nomad's Mother | |
| 2011 | ElfQuest: A Fan Imagining | Brownberry | Short film |
| 2011 | Elf Sabers | Elf Casey | Short film |
| 2012 | Alice and the Monster | Posh Girl | |
| 2016 | Perchance to Dream | Proctor | Short film |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Torrent | Herself | Episode: "Episode 28" |
| 2006 | The Money Programme | Various | Archive footage from Galacticast |
| 2010 | EP Daily | Herself | 1 episode |
Theatre
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Hamlet Max | Guildenstern | Hamlet set in a post-apocalyptic world[15] |
| 2014 | Celini | Ashley | Serial Killers at Sacred Fools Theater Company |
| 2014 | A Woman of No Importance | Lady Stutfield | Sacred Fools Theater Company |
| 2015 | Sight Unseen | Grete | The Lounge Theatre on Theatre Row Hollywood |
| 2016 | The Tragedy of JFK (as told by Wm. Shakespeare) | Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy | Produced by The Blank and based on Calpurnia in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.[16] |
Web
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Kitkast | Ms. Kitka | 20 episodes |
| 2006-2008 | Galacticast | Various | 68 episodes |
| 2006 | Goodnight Burbank | Herself | Episode: "GNB 20 - No Pets Left Behind. Sprouts kill cancer. Walnuts fights transfats." |
| 2007 | Pulp Secret Live at Comic-Con | Herself | 3 episodes |
| 2007-2010 | A Comicbook Orange | Herself | 50 episodes |
| 2007 | CNET TV | Herself | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Pro at Cooking | Herself | Episode: "Episode 2" |
| 2009 | Hurtling Through Space at an Alarming Rate | Kalm | Episode: "The Wrath of Kalm" |
| 2010 | Rocketboom | Herself | Episode: "Casey McKinnon" |
| 2010 | Project: Comic-Con | Herself - Narrator (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2010 | The Web.Files | Herself | Episode: "A Comicbook Orange" |
| 2010 | The RadNerd Show | Herself | Episode: "Casey McKinnon" |
| 2010 | Fanboy Funhouse | Futuristic Mullet Chick/Herself | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | BlackBoxTV | Angela Billson | Episode: "This Is For You Baby!" |
| 2010 | Bumps in the Night | Captain Howdy/Bunny | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Elevator | Lucy | Episode: "Harold the Janitor's Dad" |
| 2011 | Midday at Noon | Vampira | Episode: "Infidelity" |
| 2012 | Geek Therapy | Steve Jobs Grief Counselor | Episode: "Steve Jobs Mourner" |
| 2012 | Tabletop | Herself | Episode: "Dixit" |
| 2013 | Shelf Life | Young Hero Lass Singer (voice) | Episode: "Powered Up" |
| 2014 | IRrelevant Astronomy | Computer technician | Episode: "Fusion vs. Fission" |
Awards and nominations
editAs a producer, McKinnon's work on Galacticast garnered five PodTech Vloggie Awards[17] and three Parsec nominations,[18] while A Comicbook Orange was nominated for Best Hosted Web Series in the 2nd Streamy Awards[19][20] and won Best Web Non-Fiction in Clicker.com's Best of 2010 awards.[21]
She has also been named a sexy geek by the Montreal Gazette[22] and blogger Violet Blue.[23]
| Year | Award Show | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Inaugural IAWTV Awards | Best Host (Taped)[24] | A Comicbook Orange | Nominated |
| 2016 | BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Awards | Best Featured Actress in a Play (Local Production)[25][26] | The Tragedy of JFK (as told by Wm. Shakespeare) | Won |
References
edit- ^ "south by southwest festivals + conferences". Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
- ^ "In a galaxy not so far, far away..." Archived from the original on 2009-01-22.
- ^ Elsworth, Catherine (8 August 2007). "Autumn Kelly". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.
- ^ Goldstein, Andrew M. (21 April 2006). "The Rise of the Video Blog". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 23, 2006.
- ^ Elsworth, Catherine (8 August 2007). "Autumn Kelly". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.
- ^ "Loadedpun.com". Archived from the original on 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
- ^ News - Tilzy.TV
- ^ Five New Networks To Watch Online « NewTeeVee
- ^ "Teh awesome, in fact". Fagstein. 29 July 2007.
- ^ "Steve Jobs Mourner Featured in Latest 'Geek Therapy' Episode | the Jace Hall Show". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
- ^ Kyle Munley (10 January 2021). "Elf Sabers: A Joyous Fight to the Death". Star Wars Books - Suvudu.com.
- ^ "Quick Clicks: Julia Allison, 'Grass Roots', 'Anyone But Me', Sundance, 'HTSAAAR'". Tubefilter. 8 December 2009.
- ^ "Quick Clicks: 'Workshop' on Hulu, 'ElfQuest', 'White Collar Brawler', 'We Break Hearts'". Tubefilter. 7 April 2011.
- ^ publicbroadcasting.ca: Fixing Internet Video
- ^ Delin, Kevin (16 June 2014). "Fringe Review: Hamlet Max". Bitter Lemons.
- ^ Dostal, Ellen (7 October 2016). "BWW Review: THE TRAGEDY OF JFK (as told by Wm. Shakespeare)". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ "Ze Frank Comes Out On Top At PodTech Vloggies » Podcasting News". 6 November 2006.
- ^ Parsec Awards 2007 Finalists | The Parsec Awards Archived December 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "2nd Annual Winners & Nominees". The Streamy Awards.
- ^ Samuel Axon (12 April 2010). "Streamy Awards 2010: Here Are the Winners". Mashable.
- ^ Liz Shannon Miller. "Gigaom - Web Originals Lead Voting for Clicker's Best of 2010 Awards".
- ^ "Home | Montreal Gazette | Montreal Gazette".
- ^ Violet Blue (20 December 2006). "Top Ten Sexy Geeks 2006". Violet Blue ® - Open Source Sex.
- ^ "International Academy of Web Television Announces Nominees for the Inaugural IAWTV Awards | the International Academy of Web Television". Archived from the original on 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
- ^ "2016 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Regional Awards Update - Becky Gulsvig, Pia Toscano, J. Harrison Ghee in Lead!". BroadwayWorld.com. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2016 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Awards Winners Announced - Kristin Chenoweth, Christine Ebersole, Rachel York and More!". BroadwayWorld.com. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.