Elizabeth Keener | |
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Born | December 1, 1966 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.[1]
Keener was born in Miami, Florida. Her father is of Irish descent and her mother is of Lebanese descent.[2] Keener is the younger sister of actress Catherine Keener.
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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".
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 | Lancome SalesWoman | |
2007 | My Insignificant Other | Wendy | Short film |
2008 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Flight Attendant (Uncredited) | |
2010 | Please Give | Cathy | |
2010 | Out In The Desert | Herself | Documentary Post-production |
2011 | Queens Of The World | Adrienne Kessler | In production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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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 |
Other work
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | 3Way | Celia Sanderson | Web series |
2009 | Brunch With Bridget | Herself | Web series |
Keener has been in various commercials including an Oscar Mayer lunch meat commercial, a Lays potato chip commercial and a 7Up commercial.
Gotham Awards: 2010 Nominated Best Ensemble Cast for: Please Give (2010).