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Dana Davis Born October 4, 1978
Davenport, Iowa, USAOccupation Actress Dana Davis (born October 4, 1978) is an American actress, most notable for playing Carmen Phillips on the TNT television series Franklin & Bash and Chastity Church on the ABC Family television series 10 Things I Hate About You.
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Biography
Davis was born in Davenport, Iowa and attended Davenport North High School at the same city. She is a skilled violinist and attended Loyola Marymount University, graduating with a degree in music in 2006.
Davis appeared alongside teen actress Hilary Duff in Raise Your Voice.[1] She has also appeared in Veronica Mars, That's So Raven, The O.C., Gilmore Girls, Point Pleasant, Pushing Daisies, and Hidden Palms.[2]
In July 2007, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Davis would be joining the second season of the TV series Heroes, as Monica Dawson, who was described as a "young hero" willing to "give up everything to help the people around her". The character is the niece of D.L. Hawkins and first cousin of Micah Sanders. She has the power of muscle mimicry, meaning she can replicate any physically possible motion she witnesses. Although she was a main character in season 2 she did not appear in the third except in a deleted scene.[3]
Davis played the role of Peyton in the hit movie, Coach Carter (2005), alongside Ashanti.[1][2][4] She also starred as Lisa Hines in Prom Night (2008). Davis played Chastity Church in the ABC Family series 10 Things I Hate About You (Gabrielle Union played the character in the film) appearing on all 20 episodes.[2][5] According to series creator Carter Covington, Davis asked out of her contract after the 20 episodes to explore new career opportunities, so Chastity was written out as transferring to a new school; in any event, the show ended up being cancelled.[6]
Filmography
Film Year Film Role Notes 2002 No Prom for Cindy Kris 2004 Raise Your Voice Denise Gilmore 2005 Coach Carter Peyton 2008 Prom Night Lisa Hines 2010 Nick of Time[7] Stephanie Television Films Year Title Role Notes 2005 Testing Bob Ryan 2009 Relative Stranger Denise Television Year Title Role Notes 2006–2007 The Nine Felicia Jones main cast 2007 Heroes Monica Dawson main cast (season 2) 2009–2010 10 Things I Hate About You Chastity Church main cast 2011– Franklin & Bash[8] Carmen Phillips main cast Television guest appearances Year Title Role Notes 2000 The Steve Harvey Show (1 episode) "Player, Interrupted" 2001 Boston Public Marie Ronning (2 episodes) "Chapter Eighteen" and "Chapter Twenty" One on One Meg/Girl #1 (1 episode) "Playing Possum" 2002 Malcolm in the Middle Chandra (1 episode) "Poker #2" 2003 Joan of Arcadia Nicky (1 episode) "Bringeth It On" 2004 That's So Raven Jasmine and performer of Theater Queen (1 episode) "The Road to Audition" 2005 Point Pleasant Lucinda (3 episodes) "Pilot", "The Lonely Hunter" and "Last Dance" Cold Case Mathilde (1 episode) "Strange Fruit" Gilmore Girls Althea (2 episodes) "Say Something" and "The UnGraduate" The O.C. Madison (2 episodes) "The Disconnect" and "The Safe Harbor" [2005-2006] Veronica Mars Cora Briggs (2 episodes) "Blast from the Past" and "Ain't No Magic Mountain High Enough" [2005-2006] 2006 CSI: Miami Julia Hill (1 episode) "Deviant" 2007 Hidden Palms Michelle Meadows (1 episode) "Pilot" 2008 Heroes Unmasked Herself and Monica Dawson archive footage (4 episodes) "Travelling in Style" and "The Casting Couch", "New World Disorder" and "From Heroes to Villains" Pushing Daisies Barb (1 episode) "Frescorts" 2009 Criminal Minds Andrea Harris (1 episode) "Soul Mates" Bones Michelle Welton 1 episode-"The Doctor in the Den" (replaced by Tiffany Hines) 2010 Grey's Anatomy Gretchen (1 episode) "Superfreak" References
- ^ a b Biggest Stars - Biography
- ^ a b c - Filmography
- ^ http://heroes.wikia.com/wiki/Monica_Dawson
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393162/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321805/
- ^ '10 Things I Hate About You': What would have been in season two
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1621844/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1600199/
External links
Categories:- 1984 births
- African American actors
- American child actors
- American film actors
- American television actors
- American violinists
- Living people
- Actors from Iowa
- People from Davenport, Iowa
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