Hannah Cheesman

Hannah Cheesman is a Canadian actress, writer, director, producer, and web series creator. She is known for her 2020 Toronto International Film Festival film "Succor", which she wrote and directed, starring Deragh Campbell and Michaela Kurimsky, as well as writing, producing, and starring in Whatever, Linda (2014).[1][2] She is also known for her recurring role as Airiam 2.0 in the second season of Star Trek: Discovery.[3] She is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada (performance) and the University of Toronto (Spanish).

Hannah Cheesman
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActress, writer, director, producer, web series creator
Years active2000s–present
Notable work
Whatever, Linda

Career

Cheesman began her career starring in several short and feature films, including Ingrid Veninger's low-budget independent film The Animal Project, which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[4][5]

Whatever, Linda
Main article: Whatever, Linda

In 2014, Cheesman co-created, wrote, produced, and starred in the critically acclaimed web series Whatever, Linda.[1] For her work on the series, she received several awards, and was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance in a Program or Series Produced for Digital Media and for Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media.[6]

Whatever, Linda is now currently in development with Bell Media and Orphan Black creator Graeme Manson, with Cheesman slated to co-create, write, produce, and potentially star.[7] The series is slated to begin in 2020.

Other work

In 2018, she wrote and directed the short film Emmy, which was selected to screen in the National Screen Institute's Online Short Film Festival.[8] She has also worked in the writers rooms of Orphan Black and Workin' Moms.[9]

In 2019, she starred as Lt. Cmdr. Airiam in the second season of the CBS television series Star Trek: Discovery.[10][11][12] The New York Times called her performance in the series "a real highlight".[3] That year, she also guest-starred in an episode of the CBC series Schitt's Creek.[13]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Daylight Savings Diana Short
2013 Mama Beautiful Mama / Skinny Woman
2013 The Animal Project Alice
2015 Boxing Becca Short
2015 Star Princess Operator Short
2017 The Definites Anna Also co-director, writer, producer
2018 Emmy n/a Short; director, writer, producer

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Flashpoint Uniformed Officer "The Farm"
2011 Papillon Eva Main role
2011 Mayday Air Traffic Controller "Cockpit Failure"
2011 Originals Carina TV series
2011 Stay with Me Crystal Meth TV film
2014 Defiance Lev "Putting the Damage On", "Doll Parts", "I Almost Prayed"
2014–2016 Max & Shred Kaylee Carpenter Recurring role
2014 Whatever, Linda Linda Thoroughbred Web series; also co-creator and writer
2016 L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables Mrs. Carlyle TV film
2016 Murdoch Mysteries Mrs. Sachs "From Buffalo with Love"
2017-2019 Star Trek: Discovery Lieutenant Commander Airiam Seasons 1&2: Series Regular
2019 Schitt's Creek Tina Holdbridge "A Whisper of Desire"

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Shaun White Skateboarding Lily Voice

References
  1. "Whatever, Linda". Independent Production Fund. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  2. "Hannah Cheesman". BFF. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  3. Deb, Sopan (2019-03-14). "'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 2, Episode 9: Angry, Illogical Spock". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  4. Herrera, Ilse de Mucha (2014-06-04). "The Animal Project (2013) - Film Review". The Arts Guild. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  5. "The Animal Project: Not a failed project, but flawed". Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  6. "I lost at the Canadian Screen Awards. And maybe that's not so bad after all". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  7. Andreeva, Nellie (2016-04-20). "'Whatever, Linda' Web Series To Get TV Adaptation By 'Orphan Black' Co-Creator & Mark Gordon Co". Deadline. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  8. "Emmy". National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI). 2018-08-28. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  9. "Whatever, Linda: How two women are breaking out in a TV business that no longer plays by the rules". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  10. Britt, Ryan (2019-03-14). "Star Trek: Discovery's Hannah Cheesman reveals Airiam's link to The Next Generation". SYFY WIRE. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  11. Collura, Scott (2019-03-16). "Star Trek: Discovery's Airiam Explains It All". IGN. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  12. Entertainment, Scott Snowden 2019-03-01T11:53:35Z. "The 'Star Trek: Discovery' Search for Spock Comes to a Head in 'Light and Shadows'". Space.com. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  13. "For television screenwriters, is Time really Up?". Retrieved 2019-03-17.
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