Dawn Stern
Birthday: 1966, Japan
Height: 173 cm
Dawn was born into drama on a US Air Force base in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan. She was raised in a small town in Southern Illinois- the land of barns and farms. Books were her salvation. Shakespeare her ...Show More
On her mixed parentage: "My mother is Scottish Norwegian, my father was most likely Creole - there w Show more
On her mixed parentage: "My mother is Scottish Norwegian, my father was most likely Creole - there was a lot of mixing: Native American, French, African." Hide
On science fiction shows and female characters: "I was excited to finally be allowed to step outside Show more
On science fiction shows and female characters: "I was excited to finally be allowed to step outside the pretty girl roles and play a woman who is as much a tomboy as I am." Hide
On knowing early on she wanted to act: Even at the age of three I just knew. When I first saw other Show more
On knowing early on she wanted to act: Even at the age of three I just knew. When I first saw other children on television I told my mother that I could do that before I knew the word actor. And the first time I got a laugh on stage, I was filled with an overwhelming sensation that this, at last, was where I belonged. Hide
On being a 'love child': "My story is something that would rival anything you see on daytime dramas. Show more
On being a 'love child': "My story is something that would rival anything you see on daytime dramas." Hide
Regarding her LA work: I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to play characters who can exercis Show more
Regarding her LA work: I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to play characters who can exercise an intellect as easily as an emotional life and who are not hemmed in by the stereotypes that so often haunt women of color. Hide
Dawn Stern's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (119)
