Dawn Steele
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Dawn Anne Steele (born December 11, 1973 in Glasgow) is a Scottish actress.
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[edit] Career
Dawn Steele is perhaps best known as Alexandra "Lexie" MacDonald from the hit BBC drama Monarch of the Glen, a part which she played for series 1 - 6 of the show, 1999-2004. In January 2005, she appeared as new character Justine McManus in the second series of the BBC's paranormal drama show Sea of Souls with Iain Robertson and Bill Patterson. Shortly after, she appeared as a student on the BBC reality show Fame Academy in a second all-celebrity series in aid of the charity Comic Relief does Fame Academy.
In January 2006, Dawn returned in the third series of Sea of Souls. In April she played Shazza in Simon Farquhar's powerful Aberdonian drama Rainbow Kiss at the Royal Court Theatre in London's West End. She won sensational reviews for her performance as a promiscuous beautician who becomes the object of a lethal obsession. In 2003, she was voted the second most eligible woman in the Scotland on Sunday newspaper.
Dawn starred in a one-off BBC1 comedy, Magnolia, which aired on September 22, 2006.
[edit] Education
- 1994 - 1998 Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, BA Dramatic Studies (Hons)
- 1998 - Graduated First Class Honours
- 1998 - Winner of Silver Medal RSAMD
[edit] Work
[edit] Theatre
| Production - Character | Director | Company |
| Home Edinburgh | Anthony Neilson | National Theatre of Scotland |
| The Slab Boys | Philip Howard | Traverse, Edinburgh |
| Electra - Crysothemis | Theatre Babel | |
| Medea - Gluake | Theatre Babel | |
| Rainbow Kiss - Shazza | Richard Wilson | Royal Court Theatre |
[edit] Television
| Production - Character | Director | Company |
| Comic Relief does Fame Academy | Various | BBC/Comic Relief/Endemol |
| Sea of Souls - Justine McManus | Various | BBC Scotland |
| The Bedtime Hour (CBeebies) | BBC | |
| The Key - Mary | David Blair | BBC |
| Monarch of the Glen (6 series) - Lexie | Various | Ecosse Films/BBC Scotland |
| Snoddy - Laura | Colin Gilbert | BBC Scotland |
| Tinsel Town (2 series) | Various | Raindog for BBC |
| Highlander - War and Peace - Brynn | Gaumont TV | |
| Haywire | Peter Boyd MacLean | BBC |
| Split Second - Kathy | David Blair | BBC |
| Rain Dog Pilot | BBC Scotland | |
| In Search of the Unicorns | BBC | |
| Dreams and Recollections | Scottish Television | |
| Magnolia - Sheila | Red Productions |
[edit] Film
| Production - Character | Director | Company |
| Tabloid TV - Tori | David Blair | Tabloid TV Productions |
| Club le Monde - Jacqui | Simon Rumley | Club le Monde Films |
| The Debt Collector | Anthony Neilson | Theatre Babel |
| Gregory's Two Girls - Jan | Dragon Pictures |
[edit] Drama School
| Production - Character | Director | Company |
| Play | Susan Worsfold | RSAMD |
| Fear and Misery of the Third Reich | Lewis Palter | RSAMD |
| The Love of a Nightingale | Deborah Richardson/Web | RSAMD |
| Romeo & Juliet | Lorenzo Mele | RSAMD |
| The Ubu Plays | Allan Sharpe | RSAMD |
| The Homosexual | James Robert Carson | RSAMD |
| The Case of the Crushed Petunias | Robert Robert Carson | RSAMD |
| The Steamie - Mrs Culfeathers | Pete Lincoln | RSAMD |
[edit] Trivia
Before teaming up with Iain Robertson to work on Sea of Souls they had perviously worked together on The Slab Boys and The Debt Collector.
[edit] External links
- DawnSteele.co.uk - Unofficial website, including career info, gallery and message board
- Dawn Steele at the Internet Movie Database
- Unofficial website on Dawn with images and news
