- Dawn Young is a multi award winning NYC based actress, filmmaker, producer, writer and narrator based in NYC. She has had lead, guest star, and co-star roles on TV for HBO, NBC, TBS, ABC. Dawn created award winning documentary films on the subjects of Altzheimer's Disease and Water Polo and now she enjoys working full time on film and TV work. She is excited about her recent roles in the feature film 2019 SXSW winner "The Garden Left Behind" directed by Flavio Alves and the comedic series written by Nikki Coble both of which continue to win awards at numerous film festivals both nationally and internationally. While in quarantine the concentration is on voiceover work resulting in both radio and television spots booked and recorded in her home studio.- IMDb mini biography by: mini biography by Dawn Young
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- Dawn shot Burgess Meredith in his final on set acting appearance on location at his Malibu home as cinematographer for her documentary "Beneath the Surface: Water Polo".
- Dawn is a former Ford model.
- Dawn's son, Wolf Wigo, was the captain of the USA Olympic water polo team and played in three Olympic Games. He is one of only 9 people in the history of Stanford University to be named an All American scholar/athlete all 4 years while attending.
- Dawn is a super baker of cakes, pies, bread, quiches and cookies and sends boxes of her specialty cookies to family members every year at holiday time.
- Dawn is more comfortable in water that on land and loves paddle boarding, scuba diving, sailing and open water swimming. In the Little Red Lighthouse Swim she won first place entering the Hudson River at 54th St, NYC and swimming 6 miles upriver to the George Washington Bridge.
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