Dawna Lee Heising

What are Dawna Lee Heising's films like?

Across their 30 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Dawna Lee Heising's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 33 of their 44 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (28).

• Tubi28 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Sudden Light (2026) · actor · free
  • Shadow of the Monarch (2017) · producer · free
  • Sasquatch Within (2026) · actor · free
  • Arena Wars (2024) · producer · free
  • Amber Road (2022) · producer · free
  • Devil's Knight (2024) · producer · free
  • Bermuda Island (2023) · producer · free
  • Attack of the Unknown (2020) · producer · free
  • Art of the Dead (2019) · producer · free
  • Alien Storm (2026) · actor, producer · free
  • The Horrific Evil Monsters (2021) · actor · free
  • Camp Pleasant Lake (2024) · producer · free
  • All their movies on Tubi
• Prime Video10 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Bad President (2021) · actor
  • Achilles Returns (2026) · actor, producer
  • Devil's Knight (2024) · producer
  • Bermuda Island (2023) · producer
  • Attack of the Unknown (2020) · producer
  • Alien Storm (2026) · actor, producer
  • The Horrific Evil Monsters (2021) · actor
  • Camp Pleasant Lake (2024) · producer
  • The Nightgown (2023) · actor
  • Apex Predators (2021) · actor
• The Roku Channel5 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Sudden Light (2026) · actor · free
  • Backwoods Blood Feud (2025) · thanks · free
  • Arena Wars (2024) · producer · free
  • The Horrific Evil Monsters (2021) · actor · free
  • Quartz Vein (2021) · actor · free
• Pluto TV2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Arena Wars (2024) · producer · free
  • Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance (2015) · actor · free
• Disney+1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Big Trouble in Little China (1986) · actor
• Fandor1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance (2015) · actor
• STARZ1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Camp Pleasant Lake (2024) · producer

Subscription and free streaming for Dawna Lee Heising's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

107 credits, 44 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

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  The House That Zombies Built (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

  as Dr. Fujimoto
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  Arachnado 2: Flaming Spiders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

  Public Relations · as Alexandra
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  Mothman Vs Bigfoot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

  as Lindsay
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  Alien Storm(2026)

  Producer · as Clair Flemmich

  Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films42^nd
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  Beyond Files(2026)

  Actor
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  Achilles Returns(2026)

  Executive Producer · as Julia Vance

  Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films54^th
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  Sasquatch Within(2026)

  as Caroline

  Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~65^th
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  Robot Dracula(2026)

  as Dawna
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  Angels of Tokyo Decadence(2026)

  as Miss Yamato

  Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~1^st
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  Sudden Light(2026)

  as Geri

  Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~94^th
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  The Overshadow Parables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

  as Stephanie
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  The Job (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

  Executive Producer · as Athena
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  Backwoods Blood Feud(2025)

  Thanks

  Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films52^nd
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  Live Laugh Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

  as Sam
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  American Trash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

  as Nurse Carter
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  The Creeps 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

  as Dawn
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  Arena Wars(2024)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films52^nd
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  Camp Pleasant Lake(2024)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films37^th
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  Devil's Knight(2024)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films46^th
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  Mannequin(2024)

  as Killer Mannequin

  Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films6^th
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  Fruit of the Poisonous Tree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

  as Special Agent Hunnigan
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  WordLotto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

  as Crystal
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  Big Freakin' Snake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

  as Lindsay / Mom
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  The Nightgown(2023)

  as Mother Superior (voice)

  Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~1^st
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  Cocaine Cougar(2023)

  as Andrea

  Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films1^st
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  Cocaine & Werewolves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

  as Marilyn
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  Down and Out in Vampire Hills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

  as Penelope the Vampire Queen
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  Cobra Strike Force (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

  Public Relations · Thanks · as The Queen
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  Bermuda Island(2023)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films45^th
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  In3Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

  as Ariana
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  Black Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

  as Katrina Jones
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  The Legacy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

  as Dr. Epstein
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  The Boss Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

  as Jody
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  Amityville Karen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

  as Chloe
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  Roller Junkies! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

  as Tilli
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  The Paradise Motel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

  as Nikki Travis
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  Amber Road(2022)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films50^th
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  Quakeasaurus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

  as Laurie Myers
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  Last Roommate: The New Seduction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

  as Veronica
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  Star-Crossed: The Film(2021)

  as Nurse / Woman in the Road

  Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films69^th
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  Quartz Vein(2021)

  as Matriarch of Utocha (voice)

  Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~4^th
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  The Horrific Evil Monsters(2021)

  as Winney Swinney

  Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films41^st
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  Apex Predators(2021)

  as Super Model

  Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films1^st
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  Bubba's Dead: The Final Massacre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

  as Ma Fleischer
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  Rattlers 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

  as Lindsay
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  7th Revelation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

  as Ashley Flowers
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  Bad President(2021)

  as Misery

  Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films90^th
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  Tales for the Campfire 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

  as Dawn 'The Prisoner'
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  Attack of the Unknown(2020)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films44^th
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  Artista Obscura (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

  as Princess Dawna
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  Black Mamba (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

  as Esmeralda
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  Moon of the Blood Beast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

  as Bernadette
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  RoboWoman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

  as Vivica Stevens
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  Los Angeles Lifers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

  Actor
• 

  Axegrinder 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

  as Sierra
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  Art of the Dead(2019)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films42^nd
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  Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s(2019)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films26^th
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  Runaway Nightmare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

  as High Witch Desdemona
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  House of Pain(2018)

  as Camilla

  Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films21^st
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  Beach Babe Bingo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

  as Brigitte
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  Lake of Shadows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

  as Chrissie
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  Meathook Massacre IV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

  as Ma Fleischer
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  Nemesis 5: The New Model(2017)

  as Barbarella "Barbie"

  Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films30^th
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  Ten Violent Women: Part Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

  Publicist · as Joanna
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  The Job Interview (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

  as Lilith
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  Absolute Vow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

  as Angel
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  Garden Party Massacre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

  as Melanie
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  Vape Warz(2017)

  as Arabella

  Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films15^th
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  Amityville Clownhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

  as Nosy Neighbor
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  Meathook Massacre II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

  as Ma Fleischer
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  Road to Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

  as Nadia
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  White Slaves of K-Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

  as Madame Dusk
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  Shadow of the Monarch(2017)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~67^th
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  Beach Massacre at Kill Devil Hills(2016)

  as Faith Dowling

  Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films3^rd
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  2 Jennifer(2016)

  as Dawna

  Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films5^th
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  Ballet of Blood(2015)

  as Harmonia

  Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films1^st
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  Natural Born Filmmakers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

  Casting · Executive Producer · as Donna Buonocore / Ariana
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  Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance(2015)

  as Reita

  Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films26^th
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  Paranormal Extremes: Text Messages from the Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

  as Tara Turner
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  Club Lingerie(2014)

  as Shelby Gator

  Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films10^th
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  Deadly Punkettes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

  as Gladys Kang
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  The Young Blood Chronicles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

  as Pole Dancer
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  After School Massacre(2014)

  as Naomi Perkins

  Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films1^st
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  Deadly Revisions(2013)

  as Nurse Voorhees

  Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films31^st
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  Special Agent Kids (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

  as Betty Baker
• Fork You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

  as Pamela Forker
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  Slink(2013)

  Associate Producer · as Joan

  Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films1^st
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  Adults Only (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

  Actor
• Roberto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

  as Paula
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  My Name Is 'A' by Anonymous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

  Thanks
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  Meet the Moguls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

  as Beth
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  Boner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

  as Veronica
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  Circus of Dread (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

  Actor
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  Waiting for Dracula (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

  Producer · Actor
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  Beastly and Me(2012)

  as Donatella Versace

  Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films11^th
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  The Famous Joe Project(2012)

  Actor

  Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~9^th
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  Chinaman's Chance: America's Other Slaves(2008)

  Producer · as Lon Yet

  Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films46^th
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  Forbidden Warrior(2005)

  Stunts · as Village Sorceress

  Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films3^rd
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  Big Trouble in Little China(1986)

  as Priestess (uncredited)

  Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films87^th
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  Kung Fu: The Movie(1986)

  as Mei Ling

  Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films48^th
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  My Science Project(1985)

  as Sorceress (uncredited)

  Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films41^st
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  Blade Runner(1982)

  as Showgirl (uncredited)

  Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films98^th
• Ghosthouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  as Dawna
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  RoboWoman 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  as Vivica Stevens (aka Mona Greenberg)
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  The Krampus Carol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  as Ghost of Christmas Cheer
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  The Witches of the Sands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  as Hamlet
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  Zombikini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  as Tess

Career shape

Star power in the 59^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 97 titles, 91 of them dated from 1982 to 2026; peak year 1982.

Biggest box office

Chinaman's Chance: America's Other Slaves (2008)

$9.9M worldwide

Highest rated

Arena Wars (2024)

Midcredits 52^nd

Most popular right now

Sudden Light (2026)

Awards

Nominated for a Berlinale award in 2024, Best Short Film.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Dawna Lee Heising's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 34^th percentile, the median of the 42 of 44 with a score; across their 29 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 4^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

20 of their 42 titles are Mixed.

1220

• Universally Loved1
• Loved with Detractors3
• Divisive12
• Cult Classic3
• Crowd Pleaser3
• Mixed20

Most divisive · actor

Vape Warz (2017)

99^th percentile spread · 68% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Blade Runner (1982)

Midcredits 98^th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 27/100 in their films, across 20 reviewed titles; fans 59, detractors 12. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Dawna Lee Heising's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Dawna Lee Heising work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dawna Lee Heising's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kelley Daniel shares the most, 8.