Dawna Lee Heising is a working actress and member of SAG-AFTRA. She is the Vice President of Aki Aleong's Mustard Seed Media Group, and is an Associate Producer on his epic feature film "Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance." Dawna has worked on Gregory Hatanaka's "Revenge of the Samurai Cop" with Tommy Wiseau; Ron Becks' "Las Vegas Vietnam"; Ted V. Mikels' "Ten Violent Women: Part Two"; Gregory Blair's "Garden Party Massacre; Richard Rossi's "Canaan Land"; Jake Zelch's "The Krampus Carol"; William Lee's "Black Mamba"; Adam Steigert's "The Horrific Evil Monsters"; and Dustin Ferguson's "Nemesis 5: The New Model", executive produced by the legendary Albert Pyun. Dawna plays the lead role of Vivica Stevens in Dustin Ferguson's sci-fi/martial arts/action revenge thriller "RoboWoman", which also features Aki Aleong, Brinke Stevens, Sue Price, Gregory Blair, Jonathan Nation and Mel Novak, and plays Medusa in Albert Pyun and Cynthia Curnan's "Cyborgs: The Rise of the Flesh Eaters". She will also play Vivica Stevens in Ferguson's sequel "RoboWoman 2: The Rampage" and is excited to be performing Lady MacBeth's monologue in Brian Barsuglia's "Shakespeare: A Bard for the Ages". Dawna has trained in Acting and Theatre Arts at the prestigious South Coast Repertory Theatre for many years, studying with Matthew Arkin, son of Alan Arkin, and Emily Heebner. She was a member of Sal Romeo's Friends and Artists Theatre Company in Los Angeles for over a decade, and has also trained with Guy Stockwell; Tim Russ; Richard Hatch; and at Tepper-Gallegos; Fullerton College, where she earned an A.A. in Theatre Arts; Cypress College; and at U.C. Berkeley. She has a B.S. in Business Management and MBA from Pepperdine University, and is trained in Marketing and Publicity. Dawna's uncle is legendary Director of Photography Tak Fujimoto, and her cousins are Primetime Emmy Award winners David Ka Lik Wong and George Daugherty. Dawna was honored to win Best Actress for her role as Barbie in Dustin Ferguson's "Nemesis 5: The New Model" at King Bassey's 2018 LANFA Film Festival; "Actress of the Year" at the 2018 USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame Awards, and Best Supporting Actress for Gregory Blair's "Garden Party Massacre" at the 2018 Lucky Strike Film Festival. She was named Best Host for "Eye on Entertainment on Amazon Prime" at the 2017 WIND International Film Festival, where "Eye on Entertainment" was also awarded Best Television Show. Dawna won Best Actress for Jared Masters' "Teacher's Day" at the 2014 Mockfest Film Festival, and was honored with a Film and Television Achievement Award at the 2017 LANFA Film Festival. She also won a 2013 EOTM Award for Outstanding Television Talk Show Host for "Eye on Entertainment", and has been honored with seven Best Ensemble Acting awards for Gregory Blair's "Garden Party Massacre". Dawna served as Mrs. Golden Global 2018, and was the winner of Ms. World 2008; Ms. Universe 2009; Mrs. California United States 2000; Mrs. American Achievement 2001; and Miss Galactic 2015. She is a past winner of Miss Los Angeles Chinatown; Miss Orange County Universe: Miss San Francisco Universe; and Miss California Hemisphere, among numerous other titles. She has worked as a model for Ujena Swimwear; Venus Swimwear; Catalina Swimwear; Bikini Magazine; Glamour Magazine; Effective Magazine; FVM Global Magazine; The Digital Dead Magazine; Glitz Magazine; Soul Central Entertainment Magazine; Martial Arts Entertainment Magazine; Upcoming Talent Magazine; Model Citizen Magazine; Overachievers Magazine and CVH 1st Class Magazine. She is trained in ballet and jazz dancing, Tang Soo Do martial arts, kick boxing and pole dancing. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Eye on Excellence PR
