Actor
Dawn-Lyen Gardner
August 30, 1981 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Gardner was born in Los Angeles, California. She began acting on television at an early age. Appearing in a recurring role on Viper and guest-starred on ER. She later moved to New York City and graduated form the Juilliard School. Same time Gardner acted on stage appearing in such productions like For Colored Girls, The School of Night and The Seagull. She has appeared in a number of regional productions. Also, Gardner had a number of guest-starring roles on television shows such as Crossing Jordan, Bones, Heroes and Castle. Gardner worked as a voice actress playing Steela Gerrera in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
In 2016, Gardner was cast as a lead in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Queen Sugar.
Notable work
8.2Bones (2005)
as Court Reporter
7.5Heroes (2006)
as Elizabeth
8.5Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
as Steela Gerrera / Rebel / Citizen (voice) and as Steela Gerrera / Rebel (voice)
8Castle (2009)
as Simone Jenkins
6.9Marvel's Luke Cage (2016)
as Megan McLaren
7.8ER (1994)
as Sandy Rochon
7.2Unforgettable (2011)
as Erica Campbell
Often works with
Eugene Byrd
2 titles together
Bones, Crossing Jordan
Joel David Moore
2 titles together
Bones, Art School Confidential
Jack Coleman
2 titles together
Heroes, Castle
Tawny Cypress
2 titles together
Heroes, Unforgettable
Dee Bradley Baker
2 titles together
Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld
Matthew Wood
2 titles together
Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld
Full filmography · 19
Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld
as Arin (voice)
20257.3
Jentry Chau vs the Underworld
as Scared Soul (voice) and as Melissa / Announcer (voice) and as Melissa (voice)
20248.1
God Friended Me
as Katie Brooks
20187.7
Marvel's Luke Cage
as Megan McLaren
20166.9
Queen Sugar
as Charley Bordelon West
20167.7
The Mysteries of Laura
as Samantha Williams
20147.1
Unforgettable
as Erica Campbell
20117.2
Castle
as Simone Jenkins
20098
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Steela Gerrera / Rebel / Citizen (voice) and as Steela Gerrera / Rebel (voice)
20088.5
Cane
as Melissa
2007
Heroes
as Elizabeth
20067.5
Bones
as Court Reporter
20058.2