Emily Coutts
{{Short description|Canadian actress (born 1989)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Emily Coutts
| image = Emily Coutts at a CFC event in L.A. 2018 (39149205910).jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|07|4}}
| Birth place , Listowel, Ontario, Canada =
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| nationality = Canadian
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| notable_works = Star Trek: Discovery
| occupation = Actor, writer, producer
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Emily Coutts (born July 4, 1989) is a Canadian actress. She is known for portraying Keyla Detmer, a bridge officer, on the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Discovery.{{Cite web|last=Kecskes|first=Alex|date=2018-03-23|title=Emily Coutts talks "Star Trek Discovery"|url=https://acedmagazine.com/emily-coutts-talks-star-trek-discovery/|access-date=2020-12-17|website=ACED Magazine|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title='Star Trek: Discovery': Emily Coutts on season 2, Detmer's Eyepiece|url=https://comicbook.com/startrek/news/star-trek-discovery-keyla-detmer-emily-coutts-eyepiece/|access-date=2020-12-17|website=Star Trek|date=2 October 2018 |language=en}}
A graduate of York University's drama program, Coutts has written, produced, and starred in several independent short and feature films.{{Cite web|title=Spotlight on Alumni: Emily Coutts – Theatre|url=https://theatre.ampd.yorku.ca/2017/03/spotlight-on-alumni-emily-coutts/|access-date=2020-12-17|language=en-US}}{{cite web |last1=Mark |first1=John |title=Star Trek and the Struggle w/ Emily Coutts |url=https://blncdnaturals.com/world/star-trek-and-the-struggle-w-emily-coutts/ |website=BLNCD World |access-date=November 18, 2021 |date=January 1, 2021}} She has also appeared in a web series that she co-wrote and co-produced, entitled Beattie & Mae, alongside Melanie Leishman.{{Cite web|title=Beattie & Mae {{!}} TV, eh?|url=https://www.tv-eh.com/tag/beattie-mae/|access-date=2020-12-17|website=www.tv-eh.com|date=15 March 2018 }}
Personal life
Coutts came out as gay in 2019.{{cite magazine |last1=Reynolds |first1=Daniel |title=How Star Trek Helped Discovery Star Emily Coutts Come Out |url=https://www.out.com/print/2022/2/08/how-star-trek-helped-discovery-star-emily-coutts-come-out |access-date=February 8, 2022 |magazine=Out |date=February 8, 2022}} In August 2020, she announced her engagement to her girlfriend, producer Lexy Altman.{{cite web |last1=Coutts |first1=Emily |title=marrying a real life mermaid 🥂 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CEUR3a4A1hZ/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CEUR3a4A1hZ |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|publisher=Instagram |access-date=November 18, 2021 |date=August 25, 2020}}{{cbignore}}
Filmography
=Film=
=Television=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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| 2012
| data-sort-value="L.A. Complex, The" | The L.A. Complex |Paul F. Tompkins Show Receptionist |Episode: "Vacancy" |
| 2012
|Cherisse |Episode: "Payback" |
| 2013
| data-sort-value="Next Step, The" |The Next Step |Waitress |Episode: "Bad Moon Rising" |
| 2013
|Typist |Episode: "The Ghost of Queen's Park " |
| 2014
|Best Christmas Party Ever |Natalie |TV movie |
| 2016
| data-sort-value="Girlfriend Experience, The" |The Girlfriend Experience |Monica |Episode: "Available" |
| 2016
|Sylvia |Episode: "We Were Family" |
| 2017
|Camilla Morse |Episode: "Hot Wheels of Thunder" |
| 2017–2024
|Recurring |
| 2018
|Kaitlin Corday |Episode: "Bad Reception" |
| 2021
|Star Trek: Discovery Logs |Keyla Detmer (voice) |TV series short |
| 2021
|Clarice |Erin |Episodes: "Silence Is Purgatory" & "Motherless Child" |
| 2021
|Glowbies |Fifi (voice) |Animated series |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2956530}}
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Category:Canadian television actresses
Category:York University alumni
Category:Canadian queer actresses
Category:21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
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