Dawnn Lewis

Dawnn Lewis is a multitalented and multifaceted individual.  Perhaps best known for her roles on the hit TV shows A Different World and Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, she is also a Grammy Award-winning singer, a multiple ASCAP & BMI Award-winning song writer, a film actor I’m Gonna Get You Sucka…,  DreamGirls.  A TV creator/producer (BLACK JAQ) for ABC.   She can now be seen recurring on the hit CW Network series One Tree Hill, as well as starring in the soon to be released Warner Bros. feature film The Preachers Kid, & the Fox animated feature film Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder.  Dawnn will also be starring from  June – July 2009, in  the NYC City Center presentation of THE WIZ  as Addapearle. Dawnn was recently honored with the 2008 INTEGRITY AWARD  from the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival.  Her performance abilities have been heralded around the world, and is often called upon to create and establish characters in successful shows in a variety of genre’s.  Most recently, she starred as “The Voice Of God” in the World Premiere Musical  NORMAN’S ARK  at the Ford Theatre.  This winter Dawnn also starred in the World Premiere of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David musical LOVE SWEET LOVE.  Prior to that she received rave reviews as well as the BEST ACTRESS: FRED AWARD (Lo s Angeles)  and a nomination for the 2007 BEST ACTRESS: SUZI AWARD (Atlanta, ALLIANCE THEATRE),  for her “knock your socks off!!!” performance in the World Premiere of the new Broadway-bound musical “SISTER ACT” as the “outrageous, Nun-On-The-Run”, Deloris Van Cartier. This summer she re-created her spell-binding performance in Donald Welch’s star-studded cast of THE DIVORCE.  Both THE DIVORCE & SISTER ACT  were nominated for multiple 2008 NAACP Image Awards. In 2000 she won the Best Actress Image Award for her transforming performance in THE MARRIAGE.   Dawnn started her own record label, Morning Jewel Music, and released her first CD, a sultry blend of Jazzy R&B entitled Worth Waiting For.  She has also given voice to animated characters for various TV series including Futurama,  King of the Hill,  The Boondocks, The X-Men & Spiderman (to name a few).  Dawnn also finds time to teach Master Classes, mentor youth across the country, give motivational lectures and lend her support to:  The United Negro College Fund; American Cancer Society; The March of Dimes; Youth Entertainment Studios; the Inner City Games; Campfire Boys and Girls; The United States Conference on AIDS; The K.I.S. Foundation for Sickle Cell Disease; The NBA/WNBA and other important causes. Look for more detailed information about Dawnn on her Web site www.DAWNNLEWIS.com