Backstory

 

 










I started acting in plays back in school...my first role was as Becky Thatcher in a show my literature class wrote combining different heros and heroines of great American literature. Maybe it was that kiss from the cute boy playing Tom Sawyer, but I was hooked! Click on the photos to enlarge.

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DAWN WESTLAKE
SAG/AFTRA

5' '7", 120 lbs.
Blonde, blue eyes

 

Diana Shaw, Esq.
(818) 777-8803

 

FILM

68 & Clear

God’s Good Pleasure

The Pawn

The Story of Bob

Fake Stacy

Thoroughly Modern Mili

Henry X

Dottie:The Little Girl w/the Big Voice

 

Starring-writer-producer

Starring-writer-producer

Starring-writer-producer

Co-starring

Supporting

Dir./Writer/Producer/Lead 

Co-starring

Dir./Writer/Producer/Lead

 

Dawn Westlake/Ron de Cana

Dawn Westlake/Ron de Cana

The Moser Brothers/Ron de Caña

Ted Melfi/Area 51 Films

John Chuldenko

Westlake&Berman/Ron de Caña  

Dir. Dan MacCannell

Dawn Westlake/Ron de Caña

Mini Driver Project

Lead/Writer/Producer

Fernando Rocha/Ron de Caña

The Real Whatever II

Co-Starring

Michael Butler/Landscape/Artisan

The Real Whatever

Co-Starring

Michael Butler/Twisted Mojo Prods.

A Day Without a Mexican

Co-Starring

Sergio Arau/Arau-Arizmendi Productions

The Rhumba Lesson

Starring

Anita Weiner/Nedee Productions

The Waving Fork

Starring

Grace Giorgio/Two Lips Productions

Perfect World, Coming Soon

Co-Starring

Jane Goldman/Perfect World Productions

Watermarks

Starring

Mary Hodder/Hodder-Kelton Film

WEB RADIO

Blast Off Patrol!

TELEVISION

Friday Night After Dark (trailer)

 

Starring 

 

Starring

 

Twisted Mojo 

 

New Wave Entertainment (for Cinemax)

La Neta

Guest Starring

Arau-Arizmendi Productions

El Niño

Voiceover

CBS News

America's Most Wanted

Guest Starring

STF/FOX-TV

TV3 Informatius

Self

Televisió de Catalunya, Spain

Totally Hidden Video

Recurring

Chris Pye/FOX-TV


COMMERCIALS

 

 

National, regional, & foreign

 

 


INDUSTRIALS

 

 

request client list & tape

 

 


THEATRE

 

 

Seascape w/Sharks and Dancer

Producer/Starring

Eclectic Co., LA

Nine

Starring

Eclectic Co., LA

The Interview

Starring

Eclectic Co., LA

Attack of the Moral Fuzzies

Co-Starring (w/Johnathan Schaech)

Eclectic Co., LA

In Thought and Deed

Starring

Bernice St. Theatre, SF

The Odd Couple

Gwendolyn Pigeon

City Lights, Vallejo

Antigone

Ismene & Euydice

Harvest Theatre Co., SF

Orchards

Varinka & F

Harvest Theatre Co., SF

Spontaneous Combustion

Starring/Writer

The Roxy Chicago

Monkey Kings & Other Things

Co-Starring

Second City, Chicago

 


EDUCATION: B.S. With Distinction, Radio-TV-Film, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
HONORS: Richter Scholar, NU; Mark of Excellence, Society of Professional Journalists; 8 awards for "Mini Driver Project" ; 7 awards for DOTTIE; 2 awards for THOROUGHLY MODERN MILI; 8 awards for THE PAWN; Canon Platinum Filmmaker 2002, JVC Award in Tokyo for self-expression in film 2005.
TRAINING: Jeff Perry (Steppenwolf), Joe Guastaferro, Ph D. (Goodman School), Jane Brody, CSA (Private), The Players' Workshop of the Second City, Second City Training Center, Chicago
SKILLS: Spanish (fluent), Italian, Portuguese & Catalán (proficient), TelePrompTer, dialects/accents, improvisation, writing, samba, kickboxing, (Savate & Muy Thai - 2 1/2 years) swimming, tennis, ping-pong, billiards, cooking, fine art modeling, teaching/interpreting Spanish, reading to children, web reporting, digital photography

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©1999 Dawn Westlake