Dawn Halfkenny

The Resident

Nurse Valerie

A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.

Star

Hair Dryer Woman

Star is a tough-as-nails young woman who came up in the foster care system and decides one day to take control of her destiny. She tracks down her sister, Simone, and her Instagram bestie, Alexandra, and together, the trio journeys to Atlanta with the hope of becoming music superstars.

BMF

Tracy

The drug trafficking drama is inspired by the true story of two brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country. It revolves around brothers Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory and Terry "Southwest T" Flenory, who together took their vision beyond the drug trade and into the world of hip-hop. The drama, per Starz, will tell a story about love, family and capitalism in the pursuit of the American dream.

Carl Weber's The Family Business

Brandi

Meet the Duncans, a prominent family from Jamaica, Queens. By day, they’re an upstanding family; by night, they live a dangerous secret life.

Tales

Cooper

A one-hour anthology series that distills classic hip-hop records and reimagines them as cinematic love letters.

What Men Want

Waitress

Magically able to hear what men are thinking, a sports agent uses her newfound ability to turn the tables on her overbearing male colleagues.

Mr. Right

Norma Jenkins-Hernandez

Cynical blogger/author Lisa who's sworn off dating is swept off her feet by a seemingly perfect man. Things get complicated when she learns he works for an upscale dating service and was hired by her best friend.

Terry McMillan Presents: Preach, Pray, Love

Suzanne

Charlie Jones, is a platinum-selling rapper whose provocative persona has fueled her career–and landed her in more than a little trouble. After a stint in prison, Charlie’s court-ordered community service places her in the path of Pastor Kyrus Owens.

Karen

Officer Thicke

A racist woman makes it her personal mission to displace the new black family that has just moved in next door to her, but they won't back down without a fight.

Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery

Lola

When Cassie, a Christian feminist icon and bestselling author, is blackmailed with videos of her affair, she must fight to protect her brand and marriage. But as her trusted assistant's betrayal escalates, Cassie faces a terrifying choice.

Savannah Sunrise

Mona - Waitress

Joy and her family fly to help her mother-in-law Loraine with the difficult move from her home in Louisville, Kentucky 600 miles away to a retirement community near the family in Savannah, Georgia. But after a mixed-up flight reservation, Joy reluctantly agrees to take the trip in Loraine's Oldsmobile. Despite their many differences with adventures at every turn and trapped in the car together, they both discover they each may be the best friend they never knew they needed. And realize the love of family is all you need to bridge life's many seasons.

The Waterboyz

Officer Owens

Selling water together on Atlanta’s mean streets, Drew and Dolo dream of escaping the trap’s grip but see very different paths to getting out.

Montross: Blood Rules

Robyn Montross

When Robyn Montross returns to Evansdale, she begins to uncover the lies that have secured her family's power and prominence in the community for generations.

Black & Privileged: Volume 1

Dawn

When low-income families move into a thriving black community in Chicago, they find themselves at odds with politicians to maintain their status.

South Haven

Marie

A famous actress returns to her small home town of South Haven to help heal the broken marriage of the first and only man she ever loved,

For the Love of Ruth

Ruth Summerling has spent the majority of her life struggling to find her way and comes to some understanding of where exactly it is she belongs.

The Matchmaker

Lisa

A mother plays the role of a matchmaker at her 50th birthday celebration to her son and his ex-girlfriend. All hell breaks loose when her son brings his unexpected new fiancé to the party.

Inner Demons

Daphne (as Dawnisha Halfkenny)

Inner Demons is a film that explores the darkest recesses of the human mind. no matter who you are or what you believe, we are all capable of inexplicable evils. This three-story anthology shows how the human mind can be used against you. Fear can turn good people into bad people and bad people into good people...and there's nothing more frightening than the human mind.

Hyde Park

Lola Henderson

A young gay man from an affluent family faces deportation after a shooting incident. If returned to his homeland of Uganda, he faces anti-homosexual persecution. As this is taken to the courts, his Nigerian attorney also finds himself struggling to define his own cultural identity and be able to live the life he chooses with an American girl, regardless of his family’s traditional expectations.

If I Can't Have You

Eva

Lust evolves into obsession when a married man embarks on an affair with a seductive and enigmatic woman who soon realizes he'll never leave his wife.