Dawn-Lyen Gardner: Biography in Details
Who is Dawn-Lyen Gardner?
Dawn-Lyen Gardner is an American actress.
People mostly recognize her for her leading role in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, ‘Queen Sugar’.
How old is Dawn-Lyen Gardner?
Gardner was born in Los Angeles, California on August 30, 1981.
Most of the information relating to her early life and childhood years is not available at present. She holds an American nationality.
Furthermore, she belongs to a mixed ethnic background. She is of mixed-racial heritage and has an African-American father and a Chinese mother.
Talking about her education, Gardner graduated from Los Angeles County High School for the Arts in 1999.
Later, Dawn-Lyen Gardner moved to New York City and attended Juilliard School. Eventually, she graduated from Juilliard in 2003.
Dawn-Lyen Gardner: Career, Profession
Dawn-Lyen Gardner began her acting career at an early age. Initially, she had a recurring role on ‘Viper’ and guest-starred on ‘ER’.
During her time in Julliard, she appeared on several stage productions like ‘ For Colored Girls’, ‘The School of Night’, and ‘The Seagull’.
Additionally, Dawn-Lyen Gardner also worked as a voice actress playing Stella Gerrera in the ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’.
Dawn-Lyen Gardner’s most important role came after she was cast as a lead character alongside Rutina Wesley in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, ‘Queen Sugar’ created and produced by Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey.
All in all, she has 20 credits as an actress for her appearances in movies and television series.
Some of the movies and television series that she has been part of include ‘The Dunning Man’, ‘Luke Cage’, ‘Unforgettable’, ‘Castle’, ‘Heroes’, and others.
Gardner garnered the Black Reel Awards for Television nomination in the category of Outstanding Actress, Drama Series for her performance in ‘Queen Sugar’ in 2017.
Salary, Net Worth
Dawn-Lyen Gardner has not revealed her current salary.
Furthermore, she has an estimated net worth of $2 million as of 2023.
Is Dawn-Lyen Gardner involved in any rumors and controversies?
Dawn-Lyen Gardner has kept most of the information relating to her personal life away from the mainstream media spotlight.
She has not been involved in any notable controversies to date. Furthermore, there are no rumors concerning her life and career.
Height, Weight, Body Size
Talking about her body measurement, Dawn-Lyen Gardner has a height of 5 feet 9 inches, and her body weight is of average size.
Additionally, her hair color is black and her eye color is brown.
Social Media
Dawn-Lyen Gardner is quite active on social media.
She has a huge number of followers on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter as well as Instagram. She has more than 42.5K followers on Twitter.
In addition, she has more than 177k followers on Instagram. Similarly, her Facebook page has more than 71k followers.
Dawn-Lyen Gardner’s Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | August | Friday |
| 2025 | August | Saturday |
| 2026 | August | Sunday |
| 2027 | August | Monday |
| 2028 | August | Wednesday |