# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dawn-brancheau
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:31:49.429Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dawn-brancheau"
name: "Dawn Brancheau"
slug: "dawn-brancheau"
description: "Dawn Therese Brancheau was an American animal trainer at SeaWorld. She worked with orcas at SeaWorld Orlando for fifteen years, including a leading role in revamping the Shamu show, and was SeaWorld's poster girl. She was killed by an orca, Tilikum, who was also involved in the deaths of Keltie Byrne and Daniel P. Dukes."
tagline: "American SeaWorld trainer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dawn_Brancheau_-_Riders_on_the_Storm.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1969-04-16"
deathDate: "2010-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.767384
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4003369/"
    handle:    "nm4003369"
sources:
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    title: "Dawn Brancheau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Brancheau"
    title: "Dawn Brancheau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Brancheau"
    title: "Dawn Brancheau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Brancheau"
    title: "Dawn Brancheau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7"
    title: "ドーン・ブランショ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Brancheau"
    title: "Dawn Brancheau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Brancheau"
    title: "Dawn Brancheau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17352078"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1890844"
    title: "Dawn Brancheau"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump