Dawn Alden

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SAG - AFTRA
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 140 lbs
Hair: Red (ish)
Eyes: Hazel/Green

TELEVISION

House of Lies	Co-star	Showtime	Lincoln Point Productions
Sons of Anarchy: "Bainne"	Co-star (uncredited)	FX
I'm Alive: "Eaten Alive"	Guest star	Animal Planet	Gurney Productions
I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant: "The Wedding Gift"	Co-star	TLC, Discovery Health	Mike Mathis Productions

FILM

OMEGA: Advent Destiny	OMara (lead)	1022 Productions	dir: Adam Spann
Helen: A Great Old Broad	Marie (lead)	C-41 Productions	dir: Bartley Taylor
Baker's Dozen	Doctor (supporting)	8383 Productions for Bloody Disgusting Films	dir: Jon Schnepp
One Small Step	Ms. Forster (lead)	Attention Soldier Productions	dir: Elle Schneider
Here Today	Belinda (lead)	Picture-wise Pictures	dir: Casey Schlosser
Rock and Romance	Liane (supporting)	goldilocks gets her revenge productions	dir: Stephen Treadway
Weird Tales 3	Juliet Brier (supporting)	Gold Creek Films	dir: Ted Faye
Becoming	Teacher (supporting)	Dustin Todd Films	dir: Dustin Brown
Scars	Helen (supporting)	Open to the Public Productions	dir: Fred Ochs
The Spirit	Milty's Girl (supporting)	Edgewood Entertainment in assoc with Will Eisner Studios	dir: Harold Longway
Riley, or How I Learned to Kill My Mother	Josephine (lead)	Chapman University thesis film	dir: Alec Contestabile
Hall of Fame	Charlene (lead)	Chapman University thesis film	dir: Daniel Kaufman
Skin Deep	Cheryl (lead)	Chapman University	dir: John Rocco
Ghost Patrol	Annette Dandridge (lead)	Chapman University	dir: Blake Heiss
Comic Book Boy	Luanne (lead)	NY Film Academy	dir: Jurgita Bareikaite
Broken Bones	Daryl Alice (lead)	LAFSC	dir: Nathan Morrow
Appetite	Sister Moore (lead)	USC Long Beach	dir: So Yun Um
Tears Asunder	Farrah (lead)	Loyola Marymount	dir: Edi Ibok
The Letter	Mom (lead)	Brooks Institute	dir: Kelsea Davis
Still Human	Alice (lead)	Art Institute of CA - LA	dir: Julie Takakuwa
Firelight	Woman (supporting)	A.F.I. thesis film	dir: Simon Brown
The Split	Muriel (supporting)	Chapman University thesis film	dir: Blake Heiss
Just Say No	Chad's Mom (supporting)	Chapman University thesis film	dir: John Rocco
Real American Heroes	Recruiting Officer (supporting)	Chapman University thesis film	dir: Ori Guendelman
Pawn	Deadhead (supporting)	Chapman University thesis film	dir: Blake Heiss
Super Chief	Ruth (supporting)	Chapman University	dir: Parker Howell
Heaven's Never Far Away	Mother (supporting)	Biola Institute	dir: Aaron Kessinger
On the Shoulders of Giants	Helen Parks (supporting)	Brooks Institute	dir: Jerry Fredrickson
Bunny Goes to Town	Karen (supporting)	California Institute of the Arts	dir: Elizabeth Mims
Familiar	Mom (supporting)	California Institute of the Arts	dir: Claire Marie Vogel
Feast Fit for a Prince	Lola (supporting)	Art Institute of CA - LA	dir: Jazminn Diaz
Delusion	Anne (supporting)	LACC	dir: Karen Agnes
Connected by Webs	Mother (supporting)	USC Long Beach	dir: Kirk Deis

NEW MEDIA

Dark Age	Ruth (lead)	Red O Hat Productions	dir: Kent Meloy
90 Days to Greatness	Sherrie (lead)	Healthy Life Live Productions	dir: Brian Gerber
The Hunted - Women of Will	Gladys (lead)	Vicarious Productions	dir: Dawn Alden
Babysitting	Waitress (supporting)	Put Yer Pants On Productions	dir: Whit Spurgeon
Gustavo the Great	Chiwt (supporting)	52 Films 52 Weeks	dir: Samantha Simmonds
Nowhere to Be Found	Kathy (supporting)	Creative Cat Productions	dir: Layla Bozek, Allyson Tachiki
Saving Rent	Suzie's mom (co-star)	Pegside Films in assoc with ABC-TV	dir: Gary Teperman
Star Schlep	Karen (lead)	USC Film School	dir: Liz Werner

THEATRE (selected credits)

The Ends of the Earth	Janice Stocknelson	The Blank Theatre YPF (Hollywood, CA)
And The Winner Is	Sheri	Stillspeaking Theatre (San Marino, CA)
The Evolution of Love (short play festival)	various	Stillspeaking Theatre (San Marino, CA)
The Autumn Garden	Rose	Eclipse Theatre (Chicago)
The Land of the Free	Elizabeth	Babes With Blades (Chicago)
The Defiant Muse (Jeff Recommended)	Lisi / Elvira	Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago)
The Girl in the Iron Mask	Artemis	Babes With Blades (Chicago)
An Affair of Honor	Esme, Miss Kelly	Babes With Blades (Chicago)
The Coast of Chicago (Jeff Recommended)	Eva	Walkabout Theater / Lookingglass (Chicago)
Duet for One (Jeff Recommended)	Dr. Feldman	Stockyards Theatre Project (Chicago)
By the Music of the Spheres	Ensemble	Goodman Theatre (Chicago)
XenaLive Part 2: Xena Lives! The Musical	Chicken, Beetle	About Face Theatre (Chicago)
Police Deaf Near Far (Jeff Recommended)	Police Trainer/Signer	Stage Left and The Storefront Theatre at Gallery 37
Xena LIVE!	Aphrodite, Amazon	About Face & greasy joan (Chicago)
Babes With Blades (3 runs over 2 years)	Ensemble/Fighter	Footsteps Theatre (Chicago)
Twelfth Night	Orsino	Footsteps Theatre (Chicago)
Babes With Blades	Ensemble/Fighter	Roman Eagle Lodge (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Salome (Jeff Recommended)	Herodias	Footsteps Theatre (Chicago)
Taming of the Shrew	Petruchio	Footsteps Theatre (Chicago)
Antigone (Anouilh)	Antigone	Footsteps Theatre (Chicago)

TRAINING

On-Camera:	Glenn F. Haines, Oksana Fedunyszyn
Acting:	James Kerr, James Gardner, Peter Harrigan, Kelly C. Morgan, Mark-Alan Gordon
Shakespeare:	Selena Cadell, Phillip Franks, Barry Rutter, Bob Scogin, Rick McMillan
Voice:	Patsy Rodenburg, Mavourneen Dwyer (Berry), Natalie Baker (Skinner)
Movement:	Toby Jones (Theatre Complicite), Sarah Barker (Alexander), Thom Delventhal (Acrobatics)
Combat:	Tony Wolf, James Loriega, Brad Waller, F. Braun McAsh, Scott Witt, Jonathan Howe

EDUCATION

Royal National Professional Training Programme, Royal National Theatre, London
M.F.A. in Acting; University of Pittsburgh
B.A. in Zoology; University of Vermont

SPECIAL SKILLS

stunt fighting, fight choreography, intermediate american sign language, intermediate german language, dialects, tai-chi, yoga, bike-riding, horse-back riding, manual transmission, knitting, crocheting, sewing, wicca & native american ceremony, massage

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