Birthday: Dec 11, 1975

Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Biography: Dawn is a supporter of The National Autistic Society (UK).

Her voice is mezzo soprano.

Dawn Steele is perhaps best known as Alexandra "Lexie" MacDonald from the hit BBC drama Monarch of the Glen, a part which she played for series 1 - 6 of the show, 1999-2004. In January 2005, she appeared as new character Justine McManus in the second series of the BBC's paranormal drama show Sea of Souls with Iain Robertson and Bill Patterson. Shortly after, she appeared as a student on t... ... (read more...) he BBC reality show Fame Academy in a second all-celebrity series in aid of the charity Comic Relief does Fame Academy.

In January 2006, Dawn returned in the third series of Sea of Souls. In April she played Shazza in Simon Farquhar's powerful Aberdonian drama Rainbow Kiss at the Royal Court Theatre in London's West End. She won sensational reviews for her performance as a promiscuous beautician who becomes the object of a lethal obsession. In 2003, she was voted the second most eligible woman in the Scotland on Sunday newspaper.

Dawn starred in a one-off BBC1 comedy, Magnolia, which aired on September 22, 2006.