| Dawn Lerner | |
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| Dawn Lerner | |
| Aliases: | Officer Dawn Lerner |
| Franchise: | The Walking Dead |
| Notability: | Recurring character |
| Type: | Law enforcement |
| Gender: | Female |
| Location: | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Introduction: | "Slabtown" |
| Final: | "Coda" |
| Actor: | Christine Woods |
Dawn Lerner is a fictional police officer & zombie holocaust survivor, and a minor antagonist featured on the AMC survival horror series The Walking Dead. Played by actress Christine Woods, she was introduced in the fourth episode of season five, "Slabtown". She made three appearances in the series in total.
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Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Dawn Lerner was created by director Michael E. Satrazemis and writers Matthew Negrete and Channing Powell based on concepts originally developed by Robert Kirkman.
- Dawn Lerner is exclusive to the continuity of The Walking Dead television series. She has no counterpart in the comic book series.
- Final fate: Stabbed by Beth Greene. Shot in the head by Daryl Dixon. Does not reanimate.
- Dawn Lerner is responsible for multiple deaths, both human and zombie. She killed her captain, Hanson, she killed Gavin Trevitt before he could reanimate, she killed the reanimated Joan & Gorman, she killed Jeffries, caused the death of O'Donnell and accidentally shot and killed Beth Greene.
- Dawn Lerner is Daryl Dixon's fourth human victim. He previously killed Dale Horvath as a mercy killing in season two, Mitch Dolgen during the Governor's second raid on the prison in season four, and Billy - a member of the Claimers, also in season four.