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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
January 1, 1974 (age 52)
Place of Birth
Salford, Lancashire, England
Dawn McDaniel
Biography
As a freelance Producer, Dawn has a new series in development with Sunetra Sarker and Amy Leigh-Hickman and a Noir Thriller set in London and New York with BBC Studios, also alongside Sunetra Sarker.
Dawn has worked on screen for leading production companies in the UK, in Film & Television - including award winning productions for the BBC, ITV, CHANNEL 4, FILM FOUR, TIGER ASPECT, ATLAS FILMS, PATHÉ PRODUCTIONS and GRANADA FILM.
As an actress, Dawn has been engaged for recurring year-on-year contracts with both the BBC & ITV on award winning TV shows, working with leading Writers, Producers & Directors including Peter Kosminsky, Joanna Hogg, Sir Ben Elton and Andrew Davies.Amongst other roles: part of the original cast of the BBC’s flagship show Holby City, Dawn was a lead series regular for 3 seasons. A lead series regular in ITV’s London Bridge for 3 seasons and played a leading role in the BAFTA winning serial Moll Flanders, Written by Andrew Davis and Directed by David Attwood for ITV FILMS.
Dawn trained at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, though made her professional theatre debut as a child at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in the West End Production of The Sound Of Music starring Petula Clark. Later, leading Theatre roles include: Noises Off by Michael Frayn, , Don Juan Comes Back From The War by Odon von Horvath, 5 O’Clock by Richard Brockman, The Mysteries by Tony Harrison, A Little Grain of Sand by Christophe Allwright and Anton Chekov’s The Wood Demon.
Dawn was invited to give a series of acting workshops for the University of London and for the Sabrina Guinness initiative - YCTV. She was invited to the Actors Studio in New York by Studio Director, Mirra Bank. In LA, Dawn is an associate of the L.A Writers Group Lab 26.
Known For

TV
Holby City
Kirstie Collins
1999

TV
Soldier Soldier
Julie Markham
1991
TV
London Bridge
Allie Walker
1996

TV
Murphy's Law
Daisy
2001

TV
Hotel Babylon
Sadie Peters
2006

TV
The Thin Blue Line
Escort
1995

TV
Life Begins
Lizzie
2004

TV
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
Emily
1996
TV
Wing and a Prayer
Clare
1997

Film
True Blue
Sloane
1996

Film
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
Emily
1996

Film
The Woodlanders
Woodland Wife
1998
Filmography
2006TVHotel Babylonas Sadie Peters2004TVLife Beginsas Lizzie2001TVMurphy's Lawas Daisy1999TVHolby Cityas Kirstie Collins1998FilmThe Woodlandersas Woodland Wife1997TVWing and a Prayeras Clare1996TVThe Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flandersas Emily1996FilmTrue Blueas Sloane1996FilmThe Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flandersas Emily1996TVLondon Bridgeas Allie Walker1995TVThe Thin Blue Lineas Escort1991TVSoldier Soldieras Julie Markham