Integrity Award

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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…), stage performer (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying), and TV creator/producer (BLACK JAQ) for ABC.   Her highly anticipated return to network television is in the works, as this spring she filmed the pilot HELL ON EARTH, starring along with Kim Coles & Kyla Pratt.   While filming, she was also performing in the star-studded production of Donald Welch’s newest stage play THE DIVORCE, having it’s World Premier before sold-out audiences in Los Angeles & is presently touring the country this fall.  The cast includes Vanessa Bell Calloway, Freda Payne, Tatiana Ali, Judy Pace & Dorien Wilson.   Dawnn most recently starred in the World Premiere of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David musical LOVE SWEET LOVE, it is a staged, musical tribute to the duos countless hits as a songwriting team.  She was also featured in the award winning film DreamGirls starring Beyonce’, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy & Jennifer Hudson, as  Melba Early, the wife of Eddie’s character.  From January of 2006 thru march of 2007 she starred in and received rave reviews as well as the BEST ACTRESS: FRED AWARD (Los Angeles)  and a nomination for the  BEST ACTRESS: SUZI AWARD (Atlanta),  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.  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.  Her sensual vocals are featured on the single It’s A Shame on jazz violinist Michael Ward’s  Continuum  CD.  She has also given voice to animated characters for various TV series including Futurama, & it’s just released feature film: Futurama: Bender’s Big Score,   King of the Hill,  The Boondocks, The X-Men and starred in the Disney films Charlotte's Web II & The Poof Point, which also happens to feature the title song from Dawnn’s CD Worth Waiting For on it’s soundtrack.  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; Youth Entertainment Studios; the Inner City Games; Campfire Boys and Girls; The United States Conference on AIDS; and other important causes. Look for more detailed information about Dawnn on her Web site www.DAWNNLEWIS.com