Dawn Steele

Dawn Anne Steele (born 11 December 1975 in Glasgow) is a Scottish actress best known for her portrayals of the characters Alexandra "Lexie" MacDonald from the BBC drama Monarch of the Glen & Alice Trevanion in ITV drama series Wild at Heart.

Career

Dawn Steele was born in Glasgow and moved to Milton of Campsie in 1982, attended Kilsyth Academy from around 1987–1993 and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow from 1994–1998, supporting her early career as a waitress in the Rogano Restaurant. She graduated with First Class Honours in July 1998, and was the winner of the Silver Medal at the RSAMD in 1998.

Her most notable role was as Alexandra "Lexie" MacDonald in 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 Paterson. Before she teamed up with Iain Robertson to work on Sea of Souls they had previously worked together on The Slab Boys and The Debt Collector. Shortly after, she appeared as a student on the BBC reality show Fame Academy in a second all-celebrity series in aid of the charity Comic Relief does Fame Academy.