Casey McKinnon

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Casey McKinnon
CaseyMcKinnonOctober2007.jpg
October 2007
Born
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)Actress, producer
Notable work
  • Galacticast,
  • A Comicbook Orange,
  • Kitkast
Website caseymckinnon.com

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.

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Background

Born 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

Web series

McKinnon at the 2009 Streamy Awards Casey McKinnon.jpg
McKinnon at the 2009 Streamy Awards

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

From 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

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008Six Reasons WhyNomad's Mother
2011 ElfQuest: A Fan Imagining BrownberryShort film
2011Elf SabersElf CaseyShort film
2012Alice and the MonsterPosh Girl
2016Perchance to DreamProctorShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Torrent HerselfEpisode: "Episode 28"
2006 The Money Programme VariousArchive footage from Galacticast
2010 EP Daily Herself1 episode

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014Hamlet Max Guildenstern Hamlet set in a post-apocalyptic world [15]
2014CeliniAshleySerial Killers at Sacred Fools Theater Company
2014 A Woman of No Importance Lady StutfieldSacred Fools Theater Company
2015 Sight Unseen GreteThe Lounge Theatre on Theatre Row Hollywood
2016The 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005KitkastMs. Kitka20 episodes
2006-2008 Galacticast Various68 episodes
2006 Goodnight Burbank HerselfEpisode: "GNB 20 - No Pets Left Behind. Sprouts kill cancer. Walnuts fights transfats."
2007Pulp Secret Live at Comic-ConHerself3 episodes
2007-2010A Comicbook OrangeHerself50 episodes
2007 CNET TV Herself2 episodes
2007 Pro at Cooking HerselfEpisode: "Episode 2"
2009Hurtling Through Space at an Alarming RateKalmEpisode: "The Wrath of Kalm"
2010 Rocketboom HerselfEpisode: "Casey McKinnon"
2010Project: Comic-ConHerself - Narrator (voice)4 episodes
2010The Web.FilesHerselfEpisode: "A Comicbook Orange"
2010The RadNerd ShowHerselfEpisode: "Casey McKinnon"
2010Fanboy FunhouseFuturistic Mullet Chick/Herself2 episodes
2010BlackBoxTVAngela BillsonEpisode: "This Is For You Baby!"
2010Bumps in the NightCaptain Howdy/Bunny2 episodes
2011ElevatorLucyEpisode: "Harold the Janitor's Dad"
2011Midday at NoonVampiraEpisode: "Infidelity"
2012Geek TherapySteve Jobs Grief CounselorEpisode: "Steve Jobs Mourner"
2012 Tabletop HerselfEpisode: "Dixit"
2013Shelf LifeYoung Hero Lass Singer (voice)Episode: "Powered Up"
2014 IRrelevant Astronomy Computer technicianEpisode: "Fusion vs. Fission"

Awards and nominations

As 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]

Awards and nominations for Casey McKinnon
YearAward ShowCategoryNominated workResult
2012Inaugural IAWTV Awards Best Host (Taped) [24] A Comicbook OrangeNominated
2016BroadwayWorld Los Angeles AwardsBest Featured Actress in a Play (Local Production) [25] [26] The Tragedy of JFK (as told by Wm. Shakespeare)Won

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