Editing Kacey Rohl

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'''Kacey Rohl''' (born August 6, 1991, in [[w:Vancouver|Vancouver]], [[w:British Columbia|British Columbia]], [[w:Canada|Canada]]) is a Canadian actress who portrayed [[Ada]] in the ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' episode "[[Unvanquished]]".<ref group="external" name="imdb_rohl_biography_birth_vancouver">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3821782/bio/#:~:text=Kacey%20Rohl%20was%20born%20on%20August%206%2C%201991%20in%20Vancouver|title=Kacey Rohl - Biography|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== ''Caprica'' and early television and film work (2010–2012) ===
Rohl appeared as Ada in "Unvanquished," the tenth episode of ''Caprica'', which aired October 5, 2010.<ref group="external" name="tvmaze_rohl_caprica_unvanquished_credit">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvmaze.com/people/4389/kacey-rohl#:~:text=Caprica%20(2010)%20Guest%20starring%20as%20Ada|title=Kacey Rohl|publisher=TVmaze|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> Posting on [[w:Twitter|Twitter]] shortly after the episode aired, Rohl said the character would return in a later episode.<ref group="external" name="rohl_twitter_ada_return_2010">{{cite web|url=http://twitter.com/KaceyEmerson/status/27174233354|title=Twitter post|author=Rohl, Kacey|date=12 October 2010|archive=Y|accessdate=13 October 2010}}</ref> While this is true, it is only as reused footage from the episode that shows [[Clarice Willow]]'s [[Apotheosis]] [[holoband]] pitch.

That same year, Rohl took guest and supporting roles on several other genre and drama series, playing a character credited as Woman in the ''[[w:V (2009 TV series)|V]]'' episode "Heretic's Fork," Madeline Stanfield in the ''[[w:Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]'' episode "The Plateau," Tabitha in the [[w:Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] television film ''[[w:Bond of Silence|Bond of Silence]]'', and Emma Hollings, a spa employee, in the Lifetime television film ''[[w:The Client List (film)|The Client List]]''.<ref group="external" name="imdb_rohl_filmography_v_fringe_bondofsilence_clientlist">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3821782/#:~:text=2010%20Bond%20of%20Silence|title=Kacey Rohl|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> A 2011 wire profile syndicated in several Canadian newspapers described the ''Client List'' part as one of several "personality-stretching" roles in which Rohl played characters considerably removed from herself.<ref group="commentary" name="telegraphjournal_monk_rohl_redridinghood_masseuse_2011">{{cite news|title=Movie role opens doors|author=Monk, Katherine|agency=Postmedia News|newspaper=Telegraph-Journal|location=Saint John, New Brunswick|date=15 March 2011|page=D1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1075411881/#:~:text=One%20of%20those%20personality-stretching%20parts%20came%20with%20Jennifer%20Love%20Hewitt|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref>

In 2011, Rohl made her feature film debut as Prudence in ''[[w:Red Riding Hood (2011 film)|Red Riding Hood]]'', [[w:Catherine Hardwicke|Catherine Hardwicke]]'s dark-fantasy retelling of the [[w:Little Red Riding Hood|fairy tale]], opposite [[w:Amanda Seyfried|Amanda Seyfried]]. Speaking to ''[[w:The Province|The Province]]'' from [[w:Los Angeles|Los Angeles]] after attending the film's American premiere, Rohl credited Hardwicke's vision for bringing the cast together and called the film "my big break," noting that Hardwicke had cast three local actresses for the supporting roles, herself among them.<ref group="commentary" name="theprovince_monk_rohl_redridinghood_bigbreak_2011">{{cite news|title=A young actor's fairy tale twist|author=Monk, Katherine|newspaper=The Province|location=Vancouver, British Columbia|date=14 March 2011|page=B4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/507530118/#:~:text=It%27s%20my%20big%20break|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref>

That year she was also cast as Sterling Fitch, a recurring character for the first two seasons of the [[w:AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] crime drama ''[[w:The Killing (American TV series)|The Killing]]''. In an interview published shortly after the role was announced, Rohl described Sterling as a traumatized teenager with deep self-esteem issues, and said that despite the difficulty of the part, the character "stuck with me."<ref group="commentary" name="hollywoodthewriteway_rohl_interview_redridinghood_killing_2011">{{cite web|url=https://hollywoodthewriteway.com/2011/04/kacey-rohl-on-red-riding-hood-killing.html#:~:text=Even%20recently%2C%20with%20the%20premiere%2C%20she%20came%20back%20for%20a%20day%20and%20made%20me%20rather%20teary|title=Kacey Rohl On Red Riding Hood, The Killing, & More|author=Melody|publisher=Hollywood the Write Way|date=8 April 2011|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> In the same interview, she discussed having recently joined the puppet-driven mockumentary ''[[w:Sunflower Hour|Sunflower Hour]]'', for which the cast received [[w:Puppetry|puppeteering]] instruction, and said her run of science-fiction guest spots, including ''Caprica'', had drawn her to the genre because of how it could address contemporary political subjects indirectly.<ref group="commentary" name="hollywoodthewriteway_rohl_interview_redridinghood_killing_2011" />

In a separate interview published that June, Rohl said Sterling was concealing a secret she was reluctant to reveal early in the series, and discussed two other projects then in production: ''[[w:Sisters & Brothers (film)|Sisters & Brothers]]'', a [[w:Carl Bessai|Carl Bessai]]-directed film co-starring [[w:Cory Monteith|Cory Monteith]] and [[w:Dustin Milligan|Dustin Milligan]] that she described as "[[w:Improvisational theatre|structured improv]],"<ref group="commentary" name="laynemorgantv_blastmagazine_rohl_sistersandbrothers_2011">{{cite web|url=https://laynemorgantv.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/interview-for-blast-magazine-with-kacey-rohl-of-amcs-the-killing/#:~:text=structured%20improv|title=Interview for Blast Magazine with Kacey Rohl of AMC's "The Killing"|publisher=Layne Morgan TV|date=18 June 2011|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="commentary" name="assignmentfashion_bentley_rohl_interview_2011" /> and the shift in pacing she had experienced moving from television to film, noting that ''Red Riding Hood'' required more time, lighting, and crew than a television schedule typically allowed.<ref group="commentary" name="laynemorgantv_blastmagazine_rohl_sistersandbrothers_2011" /> In an interview around the same time, Rohl named ''The Killing'' castmate [[Richard Harmon]], who played Jasper Ames, as a peer she hoped to work with again, saying of him, "that kid is a powerhouse."<ref group="commentary" name="assignmentfashion_bentley_rohl_interview_2011">{{cite web|url=http://assignmentfashion.com/wp/2011/04/22/af-personalities-series-presents-kacey-rohl/|title=AF Personalities Series Presents: Kacey Rohl|author=Bentley, Noel|publisher=Assignment Fashion|date=22 April 2011|archive=Y|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref>

=== ''Hannibal'' and ''Working the Engels'' (2013–2014) ===
From 2013 to 2015, Rohl recurred as Abigail Hobbs, the daughter of a [[w:Serial killer|serial killer]], on the [[w:NBC|NBC]] crime drama ''[[w:Hannibal (TV series)|Hannibal]]''.<ref group="external" name="imdb_rohl_hannibal_abigailhobbs_credit">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2243973/characters/nm3821782/#:~:text=Kacey%20Rohl%20as%20Abigail%20Hobbs|title=Hannibal (TV Series 2013–2015) - Kacey Rohl as Abigail Hobbs|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> Speaking to the ''[[w:Vancouver Sun|Vancouver Sun]]'' shortly after the series premiered, Rohl said the role came about through a connection with director [[w:David Slade|David Slade]], with whom she had previously shot an unsold pilot, and that she learned she had been cast while enrolled in a theatre course at the [[w:Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] in [[w:London|London]]; she recalled getting a text from her agent and "jumping up and breathing so heavily I thought I was going to pass out" in the neighbourhood [[w:Pub|pub]] where she received the news.<ref group="commentary" name="vancouversun_leirenyoung_rohl_hannibal_casting_rada_2013">{{cite news|title=B.C. actress takes a bite out of Hannibal|author=Leiren-Young, Mark|newspaper=The Vancouver Sun|location=Vancouver, British Columbia|date=12 April 2013|page=29|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/497829230/#:~:text=I%20started%20jumping%20up%20and%20breathing%20so%20heavily%20I%20thought%20I%20was%20going%20to%20pass%20out|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> The same interview noted she was then in [[w:Chicago|Chicago]] filming a pilot for the ABC/[[w:Sony Pictures Television|Sony]] drama ''Doubt'', created by [[w:David Shore|David Shore]] and directed by [[w:Thomas Schlamme|Thomas Schlamme]], in which she played a [[w:Paralegal|paralegal]].<ref group="commentary" name="vancouversun_leirenyoung_rohl_hannibal_casting_rada_2013" /> In September 2013, ''[[w:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]]'' announced that Rohl, identified in the trade as a ''Hannibal'' cast member, had been cast as Jenna Engel, an attorney who takes over her late father's law practice, in the [[w:Global Television Network|Global Television]]/NBC co-produced sitcom ''[[w:Working the Engels|Working the Engels]]'', starring opposite [[w:Andrea Martin|Andrea Martin]] as her mother, Ceil.<ref group="production" name="hollywoodreporter_vlessing_rohl_workingengels_cast_2013">{{cite web|url=https://www.Hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/azura-skye-benjamin-arthur-join-651167/#:~:text=Hannibal%27s%20Kacey%20Rohl%20was%20previously%20announced%20to%20play%20Jenna%20Engel|title=Azura Skye, Benjamin Arthur Join Canadian Comedy 'Working the Engels'|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> Promoting the series ahead of its March 2014 premiere on Global, reported at the time as the first Canadian-produced sitcom sold to an American network, Rohl described the Engel family as dysfunctional but ultimately supportive of one another.<ref group="commentary" name="calgaryherald_volmers_rohl_workingengels_preview_2014">{{cite news|title=Comedy icon back on small screen as a boozy mom|author=Volmers, Eric|newspaper=Calgary Herald|location=Calgary, Alberta|date=12 March 2014|page=27|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/493440559/#:~:text=alternatively%20functional%2C%20rather%20than%20dysfunctional|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> In the same interview, after watching cast members Martin and [[w:Martin Short|Martin Short]] reunite on set, Rohl said, "there's so much history there and so much love."<ref group="commentary" name="calgaryherald_volmers_rohl_workingengels_preview_2014" /> Martin praised the cast and crew as close-knit, and Rohl said she had grown up familiar with Martin's work because her own mother had raised her on female comedians; of working opposite Martin, Rohl said simply, "I loooooove her."<ref group="commentary" name="torontostar_korb_rohl_workingengels_martin_2014">{{cite news|title=Martin back on TV in Working the Engels|author=Korb, Michael|newspaper=Toronto Star|edition=Starweek Magazine|location=Toronto, Ontario|date=8 March 2014|page=174|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/950873096/#:~:text=I%20loooooove%20her|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> Reviewing the series for the ''[[w:San Francisco Chronicle|San Francisco Chronicle]]'' that July, critic David Wiegand praised the cast but faulted the writing, arguing that the scripts wasted Martin's comedic talent and failed to give the rest of the ensemble, including Rohl, material that matched their abilities.<ref group="external" name="sfchronicle_wiegand_workingengels_review_2014">{{cite news|title='Sweden' works; 'Engels' doesn't|author=Wiegand, David|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|location=San Francisco, California|date=9 July 2014|page=42|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1250878312/#:~:text=It%20is%20unforgivably%20guilty%20of%20wasting%20Martin%27s%20comedic%20gifts|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> Reviewing the series for ''[[w:The Globe and Mail|The Globe and Mail]]'' that April, television critic John Doyle was similarly unimpressed with the writing but said he had "nothing against" Rohl, citing her work on ''Hannibal'' and ''The Killing'' and adding that he hoped to see her in better material.<ref group="external" name="theglobeandmail_doyle_rohl_workingengels_review_2014">{{cite news|title=More historical than hysterical|author=Doyle, John|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|location=Toronto, Ontario|date=9 April 2014|page=34|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1218138977/#:~:text=Nothing%20against%20Kacey%20Rohl%2C%20who%20did%20excellent%20work%20on%20Hannibal|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> The series ran for a single twelve-episode season on Global in Canada and a truncated run on NBC in the United States before both networks canceled it in August 2014, with Global citing insufficient viewership to justify a second season.<ref group="production" name="hollywoodreporter_rohl_workingengels_canceled_2014">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbcs-working-engels-canceled-726553#:~:text=The%20Shaw%20Media%20network%20in%20a%20statement%20said%20the%20numbers%20were%20not%20strong%20enough%20to%20warrant%20a%20second%20season|title=NBC's 'Working the Engels' Canceled|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref>

=== Television work (2016–2019) ===
In February 2016, Rohl joined the second season of the [[w:Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] event series ''[[w:Wayward Pines|Wayward Pines]]'' as Kerry Campbell, a character ''[[w:Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]'' described in its casting announcement as part of the show's "brain trust."<ref group="production" name="deadline_andreeva_rohl_waywardpines_season2_2016">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/02/wayward-pines-kacey-rohl-nimrat-kaur-cast-1201703968/#:~:text=Rohl%20will%20play%20Kerry%20Campbell%2C%20described%20as%20a%20tough%20and%20unflappable%20part%20of%20the%20new%20Wayward%20Pines%20brain%20trust|title='Wayward Pines' Adds Kacey Rohl & Nimrat Kaur For Season 2|author=Andreeva, Nellie|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|date=18 February 2016|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> Around the same time, she also recurred as Marina, a character a 2025 profile in Niagara Frontier Publications described as ill-tempered, on the [[w:Syfy|Syfy]] series ''[[w:The Magicians (American TV series)|The Magicians]]''.<ref group="commentary" name="wnypapers_maloni_rohl_section31_qa_2025">{{cite web|url=https://www.wnypapers.com/news/article/featured/2025/01/23/162091/qa-kacey-rohl-on-entertaining-action-packed-star-trek-section-31#:~:text=as%20the%20%E2%80%9Cbitchy%E2%80%9D%20Marina%20on%20%E2%80%9CThe%20Magicians%E2%80%9D|title=Q&A: Kacey Rohl on entertaining, action-packed 'Star Trek: Section 31'|author=Maloni, Joshua|publisher=Niagara Frontier Publications|date=23 January 2025|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> Beginning in late 2017, she recurred as Alena, a computer hacker tied to Felicity Smoak's company Helix, on the [[w:The CW|The CW]] superhero series ''[[w:Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]''.<ref group="production" name="bleedingcool_wickline_rohl_arrow_alena_helix_2017">{{cite web|url=https://bleedingcool.com/tv/arrow-season-6-alena-returns-felicity/#:~:text=Alena%20(Kacey%20Rohl)%20returns%20and%20needs%20help%20from%20Felicity|title=Arrow Season 6: Alena From Helix Returns, And She Needs Felicity|author=Wickline, Dan|publisher=Bleeding Cool|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> In 2018, she starred as Sabrina Swanson, a former high school overachiever whose ten-year reunion is disrupted by a murderous mascot costume, in the Syfy original film ''[[w:Killer High|Killer High]]''.<ref group="production" name="bloodydisgusting_squires_rohl_killerhigh_sabrina_2018">{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/exclusives/3522218/exclusive-syfy-brings-giant-warthog-high-school-reunion-bloody-super-fun-killer-high-trailer/#:~:text=stars%20Kacey%20Rohl%20from%20NBC%27s%20Hannibal|title=Syfy Brings a Giant Warthog to a High School Reunion in Bloody, Super Fun 'Killer High' Trailer|author=Squires, John|publisher=Bloody Disgusting|date=18 September 2018|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref>

=== ''White Lie'' and awards recognition (2019–2020) ===
In May 2019, ''[[w:Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' reported that the French sales company Playtime had acquired international rights to ''[[w:White Lie (film)|White Lie]]'', a project in which Rohl's character, a university dance student, raises money from her own classmates by claiming to have cancer, only for her family to begin questioning the deception.<ref group="production" name="variety_keslassy_rohl_whitelie_playtime_2019">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/global/playtime-boards-canadian-psychological-thriller-white-lie-starring-kacey-rohl-exclusive-1203220199/#:~:text=Rohl%20plays%20Katie%2C%20a%20university%20dance%20major%20who%20fundraises%20among%20her%20fellow%20students|title=Playtime Boards Canadian Psychological Thriller 'White Lie' Starring Kacey Rohl (EXCLUSIVE)|author=Keslassy, Elsa|publisher=Variety|date=20 May 2019|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> Directed by Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas and set in [[w:Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton, Ontario]], the film was discussed by its directors with [[w:The Canadian Press|The Canadian Press]] as an attempt to make a morally compromised, deceptive protagonist sympathetic without ever fully explaining her motives on screen.<ref group="development" name="torontostar_bresge_rohl_whitelie_hamilton_setting_2020">{{cite news|title='White Lie' exposes grey area of scams|author=Bresge, Adina|agency=The Canadian Press|newspaper=Toronto Star|location=Toronto, Ontario|date=24 July 2020|page=28|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/951444666/#:~:text=Their%20Hamilton-set%20psycho-%20logical%20thriller|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref>

The film premiered at the [[w:Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto International Film Festival]] in September 2019, where Rohl was named a TIFF Rising Star, a designation ''The Canadian Press'' reported gave participating performers access to industry meetings with casting directors, filmmakers, and producers; the same report noted Rohl was then in production on the [[w:CBC Television|CBC]] spy thriller ''[[w:Fortunate Son (TV series)|Fortunate Son]]''.<ref group="external" name="torontostar_szklarski_rohl_tiff_risingstar_fortunateson_2019">{{cite news|title=TIFF's rising stars are changing film|author=Szklarski, Cassandra|agency=The Canadian Press|newspaper=Toronto Star|location=Toronto, Ontario|date=2 September 2019|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/951472185/#:~:text=is%20currently%20shooting%20CBC%27s%20upcoming%20spy%20thriller%20Fortunate%20Son|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> Discussing the physical demands of the role for an online interview around the same time, including having her head shaved on camera, Rohl called it "an awesome opportunity."<ref group="commentary" name="shedoesthecity_rohl_interview_whitelie_tiffrisingstar_2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.shedoesthecity.com/white-lie-kacey/#:~:text=Also%20it%20was%20an%20awesome%20opportunity%20to%20shave%20my%20head|title=TIFF Rising Star Kacey Rohl talks about her starring role in #TIFF19 film White Lie|publisher=SheDoesTheCity|date=20 August 2019|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> Reflecting on her career to that point in a separate interview, Rohl said she felt "overflowing gratitude" that acting had become a way to support herself while doing work she loved.<ref group="commentary" name="starrymag_rohl_interview_whitelie_gratitude_2019">{{cite web|url=https://starrymag.com/kacey-rohl-white-lie/#:~:text=I%20am%20filled%20with%20overflowing%20gratitude|title=Kacey Rohl – White Lie|publisher=Starry Magazine|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref>

Rohl's performance earned her a Best Actor, Female (Canadian) nomination at the [[w:Vancouver Film Critics Circle|Vancouver Film Critics Circle]]'s 20th annual awards, announced December 13, 2019.<ref group="external" name="vancouverfilmcritics_2020nominees_rohl_whitelie">{{cite web|url=https://vancouverfilmcritics.com/2019/12/13/2020-nominees-announced/#:~:text=White%20Lie%27s%20other%20nods%20are%20for%20Kacey%20Rohl%20in%20the%20Best%20Actor%2C%20Female%20category|title=2020 Nominees Announced|publisher=Vancouver Film Critics Circle|date=13 December 2019|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> She was also nominated for Best Lead Actress (Film) at the 2020 [[w:Canadian Screen Awards|Canadian Screen Awards]], one of four nominations the film received overall from the [[w:Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television|Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television]].<ref group="external" name="globalnews_wallis_rohl_csa2020_nominee_bestactress">{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6553033/2020-canadian-screen-awards-tv-movie-nominees/#:~:text=Best%20Lead%20Actress%20(Film)%0ADeragh%20Campbell%20(Annie%20at%2013%2C000%20ft.)%0AKacey%20Rohl%20(White%20Lie)|title=2020 Canadian Screen Awards: List of TV, movie nominees in the major categories|author=Wallis, Adam|publisher=Global News|date=18 February 2020|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> Reviewing the film for the [[w:Calgary Herald|Calgary Herald]] that July, critic Chris Knight gave it four out of five stars and called Rohl's character "an engaging villain" whose motives the filmmakers left deliberately unresolved through to the film's final scene.<ref group="external" name="calgaryherald_knight_rohl_whitelie_review_2020">{{cite news|title=The topic of cancer|author=Knight, Chris|newspaper=Calgary Herald|location=Calgary, Alberta|date=24 July 2020|page=C2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/681453036/#:~:text=Kacey%20Rohl%27s%20character%20is%20an%20engaging%20villain|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref>

=== ''Star Trek: Section 31'' (2025) ===
''[[w:IndieWire|IndieWire]]'', citing a March 2024 ''Variety'' set report, wrote that Rohl had been cast as a young version of Lieutenant [[Memoryalpha:Rachel Garrett|Rachel Garrett]], a character previously played by Tricia O'Neil in the ''[[Memoryalpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[Memoryalpha:Yesterday's Enterprise|Yesterday's Enterprise]]," for the [[w:Paramount+|Paramount+]] film ''[[w:Star Trek: Section 31|Star Trek: Section 31]]''.<ref group="production" name="indiewire_rohl_section31_rachelgarrett_announcement_2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/star-trek-first-female-enterprise-captain-section-31-1234968706/#:~:text=The%20actress%20Kacey%20Rohl%20will%20be%20playing%20Garrett|title='Star Trek': Rachel Garrett, the First Female USS Enterprise Captain, Will Be Part of the 'Section 31' Movie|publisher=IndieWire|date=29 March 2024|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> The film, centered on [[w:Michelle Yeoh|Michelle Yeoh]]'s [[Memoryalpha:Philippa Georgiou|Philippa Georgiou]], premiered on Paramount+ in January 2025, with the platform's own full-cast listing confirming Rohl in the role of Rachel Garrett.<ref group="external" name="tvguide_rohl_section31_fullcast_rachelgarrett">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/star-trek-section-31/cast/2060186312/#:~:text=Kacey%20Rohl%20%C2%B7%20Rachel%20Garrett|title=Star Trek: Section 31 - Full Cast & Crew|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref>

Rohl's audition unfolded over several rounds before she learned which character she was being considered for; speaking to the ''Vancouver Sun'', she said casting initially asked her to prepare two contrasting interpretations, one more comedic and one more reserved and procedure-following, ahead of a final [[w:Zoom (software)|Zoom]] callback in the fall of 2023 that mixed scripted scenes with improvisation.<ref group="commentary" name="vancouversun_gee_rohl_section31_audition_2025">{{cite news|title=Beaming in: Vancouver actor Rohl enters Star Trek universe with her portrayal of science officer in new movie|author=Gee, Dana|newspaper=The Vancouver Sun|location=Vancouver, British Columbia|date=30 January 2025|page=A8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1167282935/#:~:text=It%27s%20wasn%27t%20a%20lot%20of%20quietly%20acting%20opposite%20a%20tennis%20ball|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> She said one of the biggest surprises of the shoot was how much of the film's alien environments were built practically or rendered on augmented-reality screens rather than left to her imagination against a bare set, joking that the approach meant "it wasn't a lot of quietly acting opposite a tennis ball."<ref group="commentary" name="vancouversun_gee_rohl_section31_audition_2025" /> In a companion interview published the same day, Rohl described Garrett as "a real by-the-book gal" who finds comfort working inside clear rules, while noting that the film leaves ambiguous how much actual authority the character holds within [[Memoryalpha:Section 31|Section 31]].<ref group="commentary" name="theprovince_gee_rohl_section31_character_2025">{{cite news|title=Vancouver's Rohl breaches final frontier|author=Gee, Dana|newspaper=The Province|location=Vancouver, British Columbia|date=30 January 2025|page=A18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1167282688/#:~:text=I%20think%20she%27s%20a%20real%20by-the-book%20gal|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> In a joint interview with co-star [[Memoryalpha:Humberly González|Humberly González]] published the same week, Rohl called Garrett "a badass with a really strong sense of self," and said she had long joked with her manager about wanting to work on a project set in space, without expecting the joke would eventually be fulfilled by an actual ''Star Trek'' role; she also described physically demanding stunt sequences that involved being thrown back and forth in a stationary rig made to simulate motion, after which she would discover unexplained bruises once she was home.<ref group="commentary" name="hamiltonspectator_smith_rohl_section31_interview_2025">{{cite news|title=Two to beam up in Toronto|author=Smith, Briony|agency=Toronto Star|newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator|location=Hamilton, Ontario|date=25 January 2025|page=G5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1165281616/#:~:text=a%20badass%20with%20a%20really%20strong%20sense%20of%20self|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> In a separate Q&A, Rohl recalled stepping onto one of the production's mission-ship sets for the first time and being moved to tears, joking that she was "knocked on my butt" by the scale of the practical construction.<ref group="commentary" name="wnypapers_maloni_rohl_section31_qa_2025" />

To prepare, Rohl independently watched all of ''[[Memoryalpha:Star Trek: Discovery|Star Trek: Discovery]]'' to study Yeoh's performance, and said director [[Memoryalpha:Olatunde Osunsanmi|Olatunde Osunsanmi]] additionally assigned the cast ''[[w:Mission: Impossible (film)|Mission: Impossible]]'' and ''[[w:Crimson Tide (film)|Crimson Tide]]'' (1995) as reference viewing for the ensemble's command dynamics.<ref group="commentary" name="bleedingcool_chang_rohl_section31_interview_research_2025">{{cite web|url=https://bleedingcool.com/tv/section-31-omari-hardwick-kacey-rohl-on-research-rachel-more/#:~:text=Those%20were%20big%20boots%20to%20fill|title=Section 31: Omari Hardwick & Kacey Rohl on Research, Rachel & More|author=Chang, Tom|publisher=Bleeding Cool|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> Of honoring O'Neil's original performance, Rohl said, "those were big boots to fill."<ref group="commentary" name="bleedingcool_chang_rohl_section31_interview_research_2025" /> In a separate interview at the film's New York premiere, Rohl said playing [[Memoryalpha:Starfleet|Starfleet]]'s only on-screen representative in the ensemble carried a particular responsibility, describing the pressure as something that "makes diamonds." She characterized Garrett at the start of the film as a disciplined, rule-following officer who gradually grows more comfortable operating in moral gray areas as the story progresses.<ref group="commentary" name="trekmovie_ulster_rohl_section31_interview_2025">{{cite web|url=https://trekmovie.com/2025/01/25/kacey-rohl-ponders-rachel-garretts-challenges-and-representing-starfleet-in-star-trek-section-31/#:~:text=Pressure%20makes%20diamonds|title=Interview: Kacey Rohl Ponders Rachel Garrett's Challenges And Representing Starfleet In 'Star Trek: Section 31'|author=Ulster, Laurie|publisher=TrekMovie.com|date=25 January 2025|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref> In a February 2025 interview, Rohl said she did not learn which character she had auditioned for until after her first round of callbacks, after which the part "became my obsession," prompting her to rewatch "Yesterday's Enterprise" multiple times to study O'Neil's performance before director Olatunde Osunsanmi told her he wanted her own take on the role rather than an impression.<ref group="commentary" name="tvweek_currie_rohl_interview_section31_rachelgarrett_2025">{{cite web|url=https://tvweekonline.ca/kacey-rohl-star-trek-section-thirty-one/#:~:text=My%20first%20audition-and-a-half%2C%20I%20didn%27t%20know%20that%27s%20who%20I%20was%20auditioning%20for|title=Kacey Rohl – Star Trek: Section 31|author=Currie, Matt|publisher=TV Week|date=7 February 2025|accessdate=19 June 2026}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Rohl is the daughter of Michael Rohl, a television and film director whose credits include ''[[w:Smallville|Smallville]]'' and ''[[w:Supernatural (American TV series)|Supernatural]]'', and Jan Derbyshore, a playwright and comedian.<ref group="commentary" name="torontostar_korb_rohl_workingengels_martin_2014" /> Rohl has said she began performing as a young child, recalling that she was reciting [[w:Hamlet|Hamlet]]'s graveyard soliloquy by age four, and has credited an early acting coach and a teacher who told her a performing career was achievable with giving her the confidence to pursue acting professionally.<ref group="commentary" name="theprovince_monk_rohl_redridinghood_bigbreak_2011" /> Aside from one-person plays she put on at home, her first formal production was a school staging of the musical ''[[w:Annie (musical)|Annie]]'', in which she played the title role at around age seven.<ref group="commentary" name="assignmentfashion_bentley_rohl_interview_2011" /> She later trained in a theatre course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.<ref group="commentary" name="vancouversun_leirenyoung_rohl_hannibal_casting_rada_2013" />

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