
Dawn-Lyen Gardner
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.
15 TV shows
TV Shows

Bones
FOX

Castle
ABC

ER
NBC

Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Cartoon Network

Unforgettable
CBS

Crossing Jordan
NBC

Marvel's Luke Cage
Netflix

Viper
NBC

God Friended Me
CBS

Jentry Chau vs the Underworld
Netflix

Summerland
The WB

The Mysteries of Laura
NBC

Queen Sugar
OWN

Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld
Disney+

Cane
CBS
Other Credits
Heroes, Married to the Kellys, Steve