

After finding the clone of Beckett, she realises that Michael made an injection to keep his cells from deteriorating. When she gets back to Atlantis, she is the one who discovers that Teyla is pregnant. After discovering the Athosians were missing, she helps Teyla through the night, and even overcomes some of her fears and drawbacks from her early years, after injuring Nabel, who is later revealed to have worked for Michael. She and Teyla both went to New Athos on a medical check up. In hers, she dreams that Teyla Emmagan suffers severe abdominal pain and dies when an alien insect bursts out of her stomach. She is one of many people affected by nightmares in Atlantis after Colonel John Sheppard touches a crystal life form that invades people's nightmares. She talks with McKay and tells him that he could save her life with Replicator nanites that once infected her. One of her first duties is to try and save Dr Weir's life, after she is critically injured due to the Asuran beam grazing the tower before the city can escape from the Asurans. She also says that she is no Carson, but Dr. She is then trained to be a doctor, where she soon becomes Atlantis' Chief Medical Officer, with some reluctance, after the death of former Chief Medical Officer Dr. During her schooling years, she is three years ahead of her class, having graduated high school at the age of 15 and earns a bachelor's degree before she becomes 18.

A few years before joining the Atlantis Expedition her mother dies and she becomes all her father has left. Keller was born and raised in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Role in Stargate Atlantis Character arc ĭr. In 2008, Staite was nominated for a Gemini Award in "Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role" for her role as Keller, and in 2009, she was also nominated for a Leo Award in "Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series." Towards the end of the fifth season, she starts a relationship with fellow expedition member Rodney McKay. At first, she appears as a non-assertive character, but has proven to be courageous over time. She is a brilliant young doctor and becomes a member of the Atlantis Expedition, and has taken charge as Atlantis' Chief Medical Officer, after the death of Dr. Keller was introduced in the third season finale, " First Strike". Keller had a recurring role in the fourth season, and was later promoted to a regular in Season 5. She was created by the producers, who wanted someone to fill in for Carson Beckett after Paul McGillion's departure from regular status in the series. She is played by Canadian actress Jewel Staite, who previously played the Wraith Ellia in season two episode " Instinct". Jennifer Keller is a fictional character from the Canadian-American military science fiction series Stargate Atlantis, a spin-off series to Stargate SG-1. Medical doctor, Chief Medical Officer of the Atlantis Expeditionĭr.
