Dawn Halfkenny

Acting

Dawn Halfkenny

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Acting

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35 titles

Known for

The Resident poster
8.4

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.

The Resident

2018

Star poster
8.0

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.

Star

2016

BMF poster
8.0

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.

BMF

2021

Terry McMillan Presents: Preach, Pray, Love poster
8.0

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.

Terry McMillan Presents: Preach, Pray, Love

2025

Carl Weber's The Family Business poster
8.5

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

Carl Weber's The Family Business

2018

What Men Want poster
6.2

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

What Men Want

2019

Film credits

2020s · 17 titles

Terry McMillan Presents: Preach, Pray, Love poster
8.0

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.

Terry McMillan Presents: Preach, Pray, Love

2025

Karen poster
4.2

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.

Karen

2021

If I Can't Have You poster
NR

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.

If I Can't Have You

2026

Bad Dad Rehab: The Next Session poster
NR

Four men from Jersey City, N.J., try to get their act together and become better fathers.

Bad Dad Rehab: The Next Session

2021

Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery poster
NR

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.

Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery

2026

The Waterboyz poster
6.8

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.

The Waterboyz

2024

A Heart That Forgives 2: The Battle Within poster
NR

After being thrust into single parenthood, Manny's life spirals into darkness, feeling the guilt of decisions he feels were the difference between life and death. He must find a way to live again and love again or lose himself forever.

A Heart That Forgives 2: The Battle Within

2024

An Unusual Suspect poster
NR

Fresh out of law school and looking to make waves at her new firm, young lawyer VIOLA JANUARY works nights to a pro bone case to free a man she believes was wrongly accused of kidnapping a young woman. But after a victory in court, Viola discovers that the truth is more complicated than she initially thought when she becomes the next target of the real killer.

An Unusual Suspect

2025

Bid for Love poster
7.5

After being injured and doing a bid in prison due to Memphis, her former drug trafficking boyfriend, Sasha comes out into the arms of Malik. Malik spoils her with gifts and gets her a job at his real estate office. However, Malik constantly uses his gifts and her past against her to keep her in his grasp. A love struck Sasha falls head over heels for Malik who slowly attempts to alienate her from her close ones and secretly plots against her. Her therapist and unexpected new friends opens her eyes to her history of relationships and gives her advice on how to deal with them and getting her life back.

Bid for Love

2022

My Valentine Wedding poster
NR

Krystal gets swept off her feet on Valentine's Day, but when her unofficial boyfriend returns, she must decide where her heart lies before she misses out on true love.

My Valentine Wedding

2024

Hyde Park poster
NR

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.

Hyde Park

2022

My Valentine Crush poster
5.0

Woman Has an unexpected connection with an internet technician, leading her to have a Valentine's Day that she'll never forget and evaluate her current relationship with her boyfriend.

My Valentine Crush

2023

Montross: Blood Rules poster
9.0

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.

Montross: Blood Rules

2022

When Love Speaks poster
NR

Attorney David Egusa balances partner ambitions with feelings for coworker Lola while they defend Eric Deng, an immigrant in a deportation case after violence, raising questions about love.

When Love Speaks

2025

The Matchmaker poster
6.0

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.

The Matchmaker

2021

Love Karma poster
NR

All is fair in love and war, but you must be careful how you treat people because what goes around definitely comes right back, and in this case, Karma came, and she was wearing Gucci heels.

Love Karma

2023

South Haven poster
NR

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,

South Haven

2025

2010s · 12 titles

What Men Want poster
6.2

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

What Men Want

2019

My Dad's a Soccer Mom poster
6.2

Cut from his NFL football team, a man starts bonding with his young daughter and encourages her to play soccer.

My Dad's a Soccer Mom

2014

Marry Us for Christmas poster
5.3

In the sequel to the popular UP Original Movie Marry Me For Christmas, it's a year after Marci and Blair declared their love for each other and decided to tie the knot. But as the big day approaches, Marci is so consumed with work that she hasn't had time to plan her wedding. To make matters worse, she may have to team up with former assistant/fake fiancé Adam to win a project she's been vying for - a little tidbit she hasn't shared with Blair. But Blair, as it turns out, has a secret of his own. Thanks to years of doing pro bono work for financially-strapped clients, he quickly is running out of cash and might have to accept an offer to work for his longtime nemesis, Marci's manipulative cousin Preston. Meanwhile, Marci's mother Stephanie is making some rather bold moves of her own with her sexy salsa teacher, Antonio, who's more than a little smitten with her - and about 20 years her junior. Will there be a wedding for Christmas? Better yet - whose wedding will it be?

Marry Us for Christmas

2014

Mr. Right poster
3.7

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.

Mr. Right

2015

Black & Privileged: Volume 1 poster
3.5

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

Black & Privileged: Volume 1

2019

For the Love of Ruth poster
6.2

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.

For the Love of Ruth

2015

Dating in Atlanta: The Movie poster
NR

An open ended conversation of Black singles about dating in Atlanta about the pitfalls and possibilities for them. Six stereotypes are embodied in individuals at the table. Unrealistic expectations are discussed and analyzed. Real examples of situations and dynamics in relationships are highlighted.

Dating in Atlanta: The Movie

2017

His, Hers and the Truth poster
5.5

Alan and Tanya get off on the wrong foot when their blind date ends in disaster. But when they reconnect years later, will old habits get in the way of a new relationship?

His, Hers and the Truth

2019

Savannah Sunrise poster
6.4

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.

Savannah Sunrise

2016

Pierre Jackson poster
3.5

In the midst of an arduous divorce battle, a real estate tycoon opts for a life of partying and sex until feelings for his childhood friend surface.

Pierre Jackson

2018

Inner Demons poster
4.0

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.

Inner Demons

2017

Nothing Like Thanksgiving poster
NR

Having cancer and six months to live, sends Clayton Rockwell (William L. Johnson) a successful businessman, devoted husband and father on a journey to do the unthinkable. Clayton finds a replacement Wesley Madison (Richard Gallion) and grooms him to exactness to take over his business and family all the while Kenneth Swain (Darrin Henson) is working to take over his company.

Nothing Like Thanksgiving

2017

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