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Elizabeth Keener
Born
(1966-12-01) December 1, 1966 (age 46), Miami, Florida, U.S.A
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1994 - present
Elizabeth Keener (born 1 December, 1966) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Dawn Denbo on the Showtime American lesbian drama, The L Word.
Keener was born in Miami, Florida. Her father is of Irish descent and her mother is of Lebanese descent. Keener is the younger sister of actress Catherine Keener.
The L Word edit:
Keener joined The L Word during Season 5 as entrepreneur Dawn Denbo (AKA Double D), who started a rival lesbian bar with her lover Cindi (played by Alicia Leigh Willis) having both recently moved to LA from Miami to open a lesbian club, called SheBar. She remained from episode 4 named: "Let's Get This Party Started" until the last episode of season 5 named "Loyal and True".
Filmography edit:
Film
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1994
Teresea's Tattoo
Party Babe
2003
Farm Sluts
Janet
2004
Cross Bronx
Kathy Mac
2005
Getting To Know You
Tenny Bell
Short film
2005
The Receipt
Bitch Clerk
2006
Friends With Money
Lancôme SalesWoman
2007
My Insignificant Other
Wendy
Short film
2008
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Flight Attendant (Uncredited)
2009
My Fake Fiancé
Carmen
2010
Please Give
Cathy
2010
Out In The Desert
Herself
Documentary,
Post-production
2011
Queens Of The World
Adrienne Kessler
In production
2012.
Detroit Winter
Officer Lenin.
| Post-Production
,
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1996
Ellen
Trendy Woman
2000
Grapevine
Donna
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Amy Shepperd
Guest role
2001
Felicity (TV series)
Chris
2007
Crossing Jordan
Stacey
2008
The L Word
Dawn Denbo
Recurring guest role
2010
My Generation (TV series)
The Filmmaker
2010
Dishing It Up
TBA
TV Movie
2011
Lucky- TBA
season 1, Episode 6. 'Ace Pitches A Deal'.
,
Other work
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2008
3Way
Celia Sanderson
Web series
2009
Brunch With Bridget
Herself
Web series
Commercial work edit:
Keener has been in various commercials including an Oscar Mayer lunch meat commercial, a Lays potato chip commercial and a 7Up commercial.
Awards edit:
Gotham Awards: 2010 Nominated Best Ensemble Cast for: Please Give (2010).
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Text from this biography licensed under creative commons license
