"A Powerful Story of a Rising Star"

DAWNTAVIA BULLARD
 

Rising star, Dawntavia Bullard's life growing up in Miami, FL was nothing short of unconscionable, but destiny has its way of making a smooth landing. The 5'4" petite, possibly size 2 actress is a real cutie pie who landed a role not only in Tyler Perry's upcoming movie "For Colored Girls who Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf", but the third installment of Martin Lawrence's most successful film "Big Momma's House 3". She plays former "Dream Girls" Anika Noni Rose's assistant in "For Colored Girls" and a cafeteria worker who really gives Big Momma a hard time.

Dawntavia

Humble and modest she says her roles are small. But rest assure, there is nothing small about a role for a young lady who fought her way out of an abusive household at 18, moves to L.A. alone, studies acting and ends up on the silver screen. Dawntavia is a true inspiration story. Passionately without remorse, she tells the story that as long as she can remember, her mother has been a cocaine addict, and she is only 25; you do the math. Her way out was through poetry and a desire to help herself with hopes of helping her mother overcome her addiction. As therapy, she wrote and executive produced her story into an independent film called "Sounds of Poetry". What happens next is a true testament of "preparation meeting opportunity".



Deborah Champagne & Dawntavia Bullard

Another young rising star, Henderson Maddox a filmmaker born and raised in Atlanta, GA, learns of Dawntavia's script and offered to develop it into a film, starring none other than veteran actress, Robin Givens who plays Dawntavia's drug addicted mother. Speaking directly to other young people who may have a similar story, Dawntavia advises them to learn as much about their craft as possible and to never give up. She said, "Unfortunately, you got to be somewhat selfish in order to be successful". While she was worried and concerned about her mother, she could not offer her any assistance until she stepped out and helped herself. As a result of the film, her mother is now in treatment, working to become clean and rid of her addiction.



Along with three sisters, a brother and a cousin, she was raised by the biological father and grandmother of two of her siblings, just to keep them from being separated into the custody of strangers and the Foster Care System. After the mental abuse of being reminded that the father that helped his mother to raise them wasn’t her real father, Dawntavia conducting a search to find her biological father. A year ago at the age of 24, she finally met and confirmed her father and paternal relatives, putting closure to the long opened womb. The most magnificent part of this story is that all of her siblings are extremely close and doing extraordinary things with their lives. A medical student, an author, a talented R&B singer and a successful business owner, plans to join actress Dawntavia in A Sister’s Bond, a reality show presently in development.

The sky's the limit for this phenomenal young woman; following her dreams to wherever it may lead. Although born and raised in Miami, Florida, she recently relocated from Los Angeles to Atlanta, and feels that the move has opened more doors for her because of the industry laws. Soon she will be back in L.A. for a minute working with writers to develop another film she wrote, Yes, No, Maybe, and we can see more of her work as a member of the cast of BET's upcoming comedy series, Let's Stay Together scheduled for spring 2011.

Go To: http://www.soundsofpoetry.com/