# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dawnn-lewis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:23:28.982Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dawnn-lewis"
name: "Dawnn Lewis"
slug: "dawnn-lewis"
description: "Dawnn Jewel Lewis is an American actress. She is 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, as well as her many roles in other TV series and in film."
tagline: "American actress and singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dawnn_Lewis_in_2012.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: "1961-08-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.73
  momentum:             25
  historical:           14.524192
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507097/"
    handle:    "nm0507097"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.dawnnlewis.com"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Dawnn Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "داون ليويس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawnn_Lewis"
    title: "Dawnn Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawnn_Lewis"
    title: "Dawnn Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawnn_Lewis"
    title: "Dawnn Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawnn_Lewis"
    title: "Dawnn Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawnn_Lewis"
    title: "Dawnn Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawnn_Lewis"
    title: "Dawnn Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawnn_Lewis"
    title: "Dawnn Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawnn_Lewis"
    title: "Dawnn Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8F%88_%EB%A3%A8%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "돈 루이스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8C%D1%8E%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD"
    title: "Льюис, Донн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawnn_Lewis"
    title: "Dawnn Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ڈان لیوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawnn_Lewis"
    title: "Dawnn Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3019260"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87819"
    title: "Dawnn Lewis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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