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Dawn Stern(I)

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Dawn Stern at an event for The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
Dawn earned her B.S. in Theatre Performance from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (SIU-E) and has been a proud Equity member since 1987. Early in her career she worked in St. Louis and Chicago markets where she earned her AFTRA, AEA, and SAG union cards. Dawn moved to Los Angeles in 1996 which began a seventeen-year television acting career which includes six pilots, three series regular gigs and over twenty-five guest star appearances. Her highlights include: a series regular on Viper, 413 Hope Street, Starhunter and Nobody -a recurring role on the Young and the Restless and notable guest star appearances including: Star Trek: Enterprise, Ally McBeal, Profiler, Beverly Hills 90210, Profiler, and True Blood. A few of her favorite guest stars include working with Damon Wayans on My Wife and Kids, Steve Harvey on the Steve Harvey Show, Wanda Sykes on Wanda at Large and Monique on The Parkers. Her film credits include: The Fugitive and Original Gangstas. On the professional stage, some of Dawn's favorite stage roles performed have been: Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Kate in Taming of the Shrew, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Paulina A Winter's Tale, Goneril in King Lear and now Margaret of Anjou in a Shakespeare adaptation she co-wrote with Stephan Wolfert called She-Wolf.

Dawn is most proud of her role as COO of the 501-c3, De-Cruit, the only veteran created, interdisciplinary, strengths-based, scientifically validated theater-based program in the country that supports military veterans by treating traumatic stress and associated problems encountered by veterans as they navigate the transition from military life to civilian life. The treatment program is designed specifically to address the range of military, pre-military and post-military traumas that veterans need to work through in order to move forward with their lives.
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    Pam Grier, Jim Brown, and Fred Williamson in Original Gangstas (1996)
    Original Gangstas
    5.7
    • Princess
    • 1996
    Richard Burgi in The Sentinel (1996)
    The Sentinel
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Janet Myers
    Rufus Sewell in Eleventh Hour (2008)
    Eleventh Hour
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Dr. Lisa Richards
    Anna Paquin, Ryan Kwanten, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Nelsan Ellis, and Rutina Wesley in True Blood (2008)
    True Blood
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Cat Ingerslev

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    • Anna Paquin, Ryan Kwanten, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Nelsan Ellis, and Rutina Wesley in True Blood (2008)
      True Blood
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Cat Ingerslev
      • 2012
    • NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
      NCIS: Los Angeles
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Gretchen Jenkins
      • 2009
    • Rufus Sewell in Eleventh Hour (2008)
      Eleventh Hour
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Dr. Lisa Richards
      • 2008
    • Nobody (2007)
      Nobody
      8.1
      TV Movie
      • Jessica
      • 2007
    • Galore
      • Leah
      • 2007
    • Vanessa Marcil, Tom Selleck, Josh Duhamel, Camille Guaty, James Lesure, and Molly Sims in Las Vegas (2003)
      Las Vegas
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Regina Fairmont
      • 2007
    • Starhunter (2000)
      Starhunter
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Callista (Callie) Larkadia
      • 2003–2004
    • Eileen Davidson, Bryton James, Joshua Morrow, Gina Tognoni, Justin Hartley, Melissa Claire Egan, and Peter Bergman in The Young and the Restless (1973)
      The Young and the Restless
      5.3
      TV Series
      • Vanessa Lerner
      • 2003–2004
    • Jenna von Oÿ, Ken Lawson, Mo'Nique, Countess Vaughn, Dorien Wilson, and Yvette Wilson in The Parkers (1999)
      The Parkers
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Tra-Say
      • 2004
    • Wanda Sykes in Wanda at Large (2003)
      Wanda at Large
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Candy
      • 2003
    • Gary Busey, Ice-T, Fred Williamson, and Derrick Franklin in On the Edge (2002)
      On the Edge
      4.0
      Video
      • Suzi Burris
      • 2002
    • John Stamos and Melissa George in Thieves (2001)
      Thieves
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Roxanne
      • 2002
    • Patricia Richardson and Rosa Blasi in Strong Medicine (2000)
      Strong Medicine
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Vicky Lloyd
      • 2002
    • Natasha Henstridge, Kristen Miller, and Natashia Williams in She Spies (2002)
      She Spies
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Actress Playing Shane Phillips on Movie Set (uncredited)
      • 2002
    • Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Connor Trinneer, and Linda Park in Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)
      Star Trek: Enterprise
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Latia Female (uncredited)
      • 2002

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    • Height
      • 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
    • Born
      • 1966
      • Japan
    • Spouse
      • Stephan WolfertApril 1, 2008 - present

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      She is COO of De-Cruit, a non-profit she runs with her husband, Army veteran Stephan Wolfert https://www.decruit.org/.
    • Quotes
      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."

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