Casey McKinnon
{{Short description|Canadian actress and producer}}
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| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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|occupation =Actress, producer
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| notable_works = {{unbulleted list|Galacticast,|A Comicbook Orange,|Kitkast}}
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| website = [http://www.caseymckinnon.com/ caseymckinnon.com]
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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.
Background
Born and raised in Montreal,{{Cite web |url=http://2007.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=bio&id=129390 |title=south by southwest festivals + conferences |access-date=2007-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622212240/http://2007.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=bio&id=129390 |archive-date=2008-06-22 |url-status=dead }} McKinnon attended St. Thomas High School with partner Rudy Jahchan and studied East Asian studies at McGill University{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?id=27a2f092-1939-4e2a-94da-5b0d27ead403&k=78700&p=1 |title=In a galaxy not so far, far away... |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122151835/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?id=27a2f092-1939-4e2a-94da-5b0d27ead403&k=78700&p=1 |archivedate=2009-01-22 }} alongside Autumn Phillips; herself both a McGill and St Thomas High School alumna.{{cite news |url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/catherineelsworth/3633561/Autumn_Kelly/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222204305/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/catherineelsworth/3633561/Autumn_Kelly/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 February 2014 |title=Autumn Kelly |first=Catherine |last=Elsworth |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=8 August 2007}} Before pursuing a full-time career in new media, she worked for the United Nations.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9961735/the_rise_of_the_video_blog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060423155427/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9961735/the_rise_of_the_video_blog |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 23, 2006 |title=The Rise of the Video Blog |first=Andrew M. |last=Goldstein |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=21 April 2006}}{{cite news|url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/catherineelsworth/3633561/Autumn_Kelly/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222204305/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/catherineelsworth/3633561/Autumn_Kelly/|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 February 2014|title=Autumn Kelly|first=Catherine|last=Elsworth|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=8 August 2007}}
Career
=Web series=
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.{{Cite web |url=http://loadedpun.com/2006/04/10/kitkast-blasts-off-with-galacticast.html |title=Loadedpun.com |access-date=2007-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810100853/http://loadedpun.com/2006/04/10/kitkast-blasts-off-with-galacticast.html |archive-date=2007-08-10 |url-status=dead }} 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[https://archive.today/20120913064219/http://www.tilzy.tv/news/2007/4/pulp_secrets_confessions.htm News - Tilzy.TV] and later launched the comic book and graphic novel review show A Comicbook Orange on June 6, 2006, where McKinnon worked as host.[http://newteevee.com/2007/06/04/five-new-networks-to-watch-online/ Five New Networks To Watch Online « NewTeeVee] 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,.{{cite web|url=http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/07/29/teh-awesome-in-fact/|title=Teh awesome, in fact|work=Fagstein|date=29 July 2007 }}
In addition to her self-produced works, she has appeared in Geek Therapy alongside America Young,{{Cite web |url=http://jacehallshow.com/blog/20120124/steve-jobs-mourner-featured-in-latest-geek-therapy-episode/ |title=Steve Jobs Mourner Featured in Latest 'Geek Therapy' Episode | the Jace Hall Show |access-date=2013-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222174437/http://www.jacehallshow.com/blog/20120124/steve-jobs-mourner-featured-in-latest-geek-therapy-episode/ |archive-date=2014-02-22 |url-status=dead }} Star Wars inspired lightsaber battle Elf Sabers with The Guild's Teal Sherer,{{cite web|url=http://star-wars.suvudu.com/2011/12/elf-sabers-a-joyous-fight-to-the-death.html|title=Elf Sabers: A Joyous Fight to the Death|author=Kyle Munley|work=Star Wars Books - Suvudu.com|date=10 January 2021 }} Babelgum original series Hurtling Through Space at an Alarming Rate as nemesis Kalm,{{cite web|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2009/12/08/quick-clicks-julia-allison-grass-roots-anyone-but-me-sundance-htsaaar/|title=Quick Clicks: Julia Allison, 'Grass Roots', 'Anyone But Me', Sundance, 'HTSAAAR'|work=Tubefilter|date=8 December 2009 }} and the fan imagined trailer for Elfquest.{{cite web|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2011/04/07/quick-clicks-workshop-on-hulu-elfquest-white-collar-brawler-we-break-hearts/|title=Quick Clicks: 'Workshop' on Hulu, 'ElfQuest', 'White Collar Brawler', 'We Break Hearts'|work=Tubefilter|date=7 April 2011 }}
=Journalism=
From July to October 2007, she wrote a monthly column for The Guardian following her experiences working in web video.[https://archive.today/20070616170157/http://www.publicbroadcasting.ca/2007/08/fixing-internet-video.html publicbroadcasting.ca: Fixing Internet Video] 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
=Film=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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| 2008
| Six Reasons Why | Nomad's Mother | |
| 2011
| 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=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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| 2006
| Herself | Episode: "Episode 28" |
| 2006
|data-sort-value="Money Programme, The" | The Money Programme | Various | Archive footage from Galacticast |
| 2010
| Herself | 1 episode |
= Theatre =
=Web=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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| 2005
| Kitkast | Ms. Kitka | 20 episodes |
| 2006-2008
| Various | 68 episodes |
| 2006
| 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
|data-sort-value="Comicbook Orange, A" | A Comicbook Orange | Herself | 50 episodes |
| 2007
| Herself | 2 episodes |
| 2007
| Herself | Episode: "Episode 2" |
| 2009
|Hurtling Through Space at an Alarming Rate | Kalm | Episode: "The Wrath of Kalm" |
| 2010
| Herself | Episode: "Casey McKinnon" |
| 2010
|Project: Comic-Con | Herself - Narrator (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2010
|data-sort-value="Web.Files, The" | The Web.Files | Herself | Episode: "A Comicbook Orange" |
| 2010
|data-sort-value="RadNerd Show, The" | 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
| Herself | Episode: "Dixit" |
| 2013
|Shelf Life | Young Hero Lass Singer (voice) | Episode: "Powered Up" |
| 2014
| Computer technician | Episode: "Fusion vs. Fission" |
Awards and nominations
As a producer, McKinnon's work on Galacticast garnered five PodTech Vloggie Awards{{cite web|url=http://www.podcastingnews.com/content/2006/11/ze-franks-package-comes-out-on-top-at-podtech-vloggies/|title=Ze Frank Comes Out On Top At PodTech Vloggies » Podcasting News|date=6 November 2006 |publisher=}} and three Parsec nominations,[http://parsecawards.com/2007Finalists Parsec Awards 2007 Finalists | The Parsec Awards] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220210540/http://parsecawards.com/2007Finalists |date=December 20, 2007 }} while A Comicbook Orange was nominated for Best Hosted Web Series in the 2nd Streamy Awards{{cite web|url=http://www.streamys.org/nominees-winners/2010-nominees/|title=2nd Annual Winners & Nominees|work=The Streamy Awards}}{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2010/04/11/streamy-awards-winners/|title=Streamy Awards 2010: Here Are the Winners|author=Samuel Axon|date=12 April 2010|work=Mashable}} and won Best Web Non-Fiction in Clicker.com's Best of 2010 awards.{{cite web|url=http://gigaom.com/2011/01/04/clicker-best-of-2010-awards/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323113843/http://gigaom.com/2011/01/04/clicker-best-of-2010-awards/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 23, 2013|title=Gigaom - Web Originals Lead Voting for Clicker's Best of 2010 Awards|author=Liz Shannon Miller|publisher=}}
She has also been named a sexy geek by the Montreal Gazette{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2007/12/28/vote-for-montreals-sexiest-geek-in-2007/|title=Home | Montreal Gazette | Montreal Gazette}} and blogger Violet Blue.{{cite web|url=http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2006/12/top-ten-sexiest-geeks-of-2006.html|title=Top Ten Sexy Geeks 2006|author=Violet Blue|work=Violet Blue ® - Open Source Sex|date=20 December 2006}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://caseymckinnon.com/}}
- {{IMDb name|id=2976533|name=Casey McKinnon}}
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