Dawnn Jewel Lewis (born August 13, 1961) is a songwriter, film, television & stage actor, and a series TV creator/producer

Dawnn Jewel Lewis (born August 13, 1961) is a songwriter, film, television & stage actor, and a series TV creator/producer

Dawnn Jewel Lewis (born August 13, 1961) is a songwriter, film, television & stage actor, and a series TV creator/producer. Lewis is best known for her role as Jaleesa Vinson–Taylor on the NBC television sitcom A Different World from the series beginning in 1987 until the end of its fifth season in 1992, in addition to being on the show; Lewis co–wrote the theme song.Dawnn Lewis was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to Carl and Joyce Lewis, who are of African-American and Guyanese descent. Lewis began singing at the age of four and acting at eleven. At sixteen, Lewis graduated from the High School of Music & Art in New York City, now known as Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. In college, she majored in musical theatre with a minor in journalism, graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree, cum laude, from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, in 1982.From August 1, 1985 to July 6, 1986, Lewis performed and understudied in the National Tour of the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid under the name “Dawnn J. Lewis”.
In September 1992, Lewis began starring in ABC’s Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper alongside Mark Curry and Holly Robinson. Lewis and Holly Robinson, along with R&B quartet En Vogue, performed the theme song for season one of Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper.
Lewis provided additional voices in the video game, True Crime: New York City. She portrayed Deloris Van Cartier in Peter Schneider’s Sister Act the Musical, which opened at the Pasadena Playhouse on October 24, 2006. Lewis has voiced Storm of the X-Men in three games, most recently Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2. She also voiced Granny Grim on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, and voiced the female Shokan (Sheeva) in Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm. Lewis has also done voice work as LaBarbara Conrad, wife of Hermes Conrad, in the animated TV series Futurama, Detective Terri Lee on Spider-Man: The Animated Series, villainess Di Archer on Bruno the Kid, and voiced a number of characters on The Boondocks. Additionally, she voiced the character Sharona on King of the Hill.
In 1988, she was in the movie ‘I’m Gonna Git You Sucka’ as Cheryl Spade. In 2006, Lewis starred as Melba Early in the film adaptation of Dreamgirls.
In March 2016, Lewis was cast in Disney Junior’s animated series Doc McStuffins as the voice of Grandma McStuffins

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