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|born = August 5, 1957<br>USA
 
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|gender = Female
 
|gender = Female
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'''Donzaleigh Abernathy''' is an American actress, producer, director, and writer who portrayed [[Dr. Stevens (TV Series)|Dr. Stevens]] in [[AMC]]'s ''[[The Walking Dead (TV Series)|The Walking Dead]]''.
 
'''Donzaleigh Abernathy''' is an American actress, producer, director, and writer who portrayed [[Dr. Stevens (TV Series)|Dr. Stevens]] in ''[[The Walking Dead (TV Series)|The Walking Dead]]'' [[Season 3]].
 
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
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Donzaleigh was born in Montgomery, Alabama and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia during the Civil Rights Movement. She briefly attended the Northside High School for the Performing Arts, before attending and graduating from George School, in Pennsylvania.
Donzaleigh Abernathy won the Tanne Foundation 2012 Artist Award for her work as an actress and for her script, ''Birmingham Sunday''. She starred for four years in over 60 Episodes as a series regular on Lifetime Television's critically acclaimed dramatic series, ''Any Day Now''. She received recognition from film critic Roger Ebert for her performance in the Warner Bros. film, ''Gods and Generals’’. She starred as the leading lady in the Emmy and Golden Globe winning HBO Film, ''Don King-Only in America'', opposite Ving Rhames. In the HBO Emmy and Golden Globe winning ''Miss Evers Boys'', she co-starred with Alfre Woodard and in NBC's ''The Tempest'' opposite Golden Globe Award winner, Peter Fonda. She also starred in New Line Cinema's comedy ''Grilled'' and Lions Gate's comedy ''Leprechan 6 - Back 2 'Da Hood''. She starred in the Directors Guild of America Award Winning, ''Murder In Mississippi''.
 
   
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==Other Works==
Audiences also know her from her recurring roles on the TV Series, ''EZ Streets'', ''Commander-In-Chief'', ''Lincoln Heights'', ''Dangerous Minds'', and ''Amazing Grace''. She has starred in several television movies, ''Fatal Exposure'', ''Abducted - A Father's Love'', ''Ned Blessing'' and ''Grassroots''.
 
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*''Ghost Dad''
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*''Shameless''
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*''Fingerprints''
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*''59 Seconds''
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*''Grilled''
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*''Red Riding Hood''
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*''Stranger in My House''
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*''Camp Nowhere''
   
 
==Trivia==
Emory University's Brave New Works Project produced her screenplay, ''Partners to History''. For the Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus and National Black Arts Festival at Atlanta's Symphony Hall, she wrote and starred in the Musical, ''Lushlife - The Music of Billy Strayhorn''. For the Harper's Ferry National Park Service's Centennial Celebration of the Niagara Movement, she wrote and starred in ‘’The Women of Niagara’’. She wrote and performed ''John Brown'' for the University of Utah at Park City.
 
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*She was able to join her parents and witness first-hand many significant events of the Civil Rights Movement.
Along with her husband actor/producer Dar Dixon Bijarchi, she created, produced and directed the project, ''St. Francis''. She is the youngest daughter born to Mrs. Juanita and Reverend Doctor Ralph David Abernathy, who created with his best friend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. the American Civil Rights Movement which changed the course of American History. Ms. Abernathy witnessed the integral decision making process shaped American Laws and society by the creation of the Civil Rights Bill, the Public Accommodations Act and the Voting Rights Act.
 
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*Her family was very close to that of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., another prominent figure of the Civil Rights Movement.
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**According to her, children from both families would hold performances for their parents on these occasions with Yolanda King, one of King's daughters, acting as the director and Dr. King filming the performances. She acknowledges that "that's really when she started acting."
 
*She shares the same last name with [[Lindsay Abernathy]], who played fellow Woodbury citizen, [[Rowan (TV Series)|Rowan]]. Though they are not related.
   
 
==External Links==
She authored the history book, ''Partners To History, Martin Luther King, Ralph David Abernathy and the Civil Rights Movement'', published by Random House/Crown. The coffee table pictorial of American History which is sold out was nominated as one of the "Best Books of 2004" for Young Adults by the American Library Association. Attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. wrote the foreword.
 
 
*[http://www.donzaleighabernathy.com/ Website]
Ms. Abernathy is a founding member of the Board of Trustees of the New Visions Foundation which created New Roads Schools and several other schools in the Los Angeles area. As a public speaker, she has spoken for the Judicial Division of the American Bar Association, the National Association of Women Judges, Harvard Law School, Pepperdine University and Morgan State University, just to name a few. Her life is profiled in the books ''Fearless Women'' and ''No Mountain High Enough - Secrets of Successful African American Women''.
 
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donzaleigh_Abernathy Donzaleigh Abernathy on Wikipedia]
 
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0008651/ Donzaleigh Abernathy on IMDb]
   
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== Trivia ==
 
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[[Category:TV Series]]
*She shares the same last name with [[Lindsay Abernathy]], who played fellow Woodbury citizen, [[Rowan]]. They are not related.
 
 
[[Category:Cast]]
 
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[[Category:Also Starring]]
== External Links ==
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donzaleigh_Abernathy Donzaleigh Abernathy on Wikipedia]
 
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0008651/ Donzaleigh Abernathy on IMDB]
 
*[http://www.donzaleighabernathy.com/ Donzaleigh Abernathy's website]
 
[[Category:Cast|Abernathy, Donzaleigh]]
 

Revision as of 02:14, 23 September 2019

Donzaleigh Abernathy is an American actress, producer, director, and writer who portrayed Dr. Stevens in AMC's The Walking Dead.

Biography

Donzaleigh was born in Montgomery, Alabama and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia during the Civil Rights Movement. She briefly attended the Northside High School for the Performing Arts, before attending and graduating from George School, in Pennsylvania.

Other Works

  • Ghost Dad
  • Shameless
  • Fingerprints
  • 59 Seconds
  • Grilled
  • Red Riding Hood
  • Stranger in My House
  • Camp Nowhere

Trivia

  • She was able to join her parents and witness first-hand many significant events of the Civil Rights Movement.
  • Her family was very close to that of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., another prominent figure of the Civil Rights Movement.
    • According to her, children from both families would hold performances for their parents on these occasions with Yolanda King, one of King's daughters, acting as the director and Dr. King filming the performances. She acknowledges that "that's really when she started acting."
  • She shares the same last name with Lindsay Abernathy, who played fellow Woodbury citizen, Rowan. Though they are not related.

External Links