Dawn Swann

Dawn Swann
EastEnders character
Portrayed by	Kara Tointon
Duration	2005–2009
First appearance	Episode 3017 26 September 2005 (2005-09-26)
Last appearance	Episode 3848 27 August 2009 (2009-08-27)
Classification	Former; regular
Introduced by	Kate Harwood
In-universe information Occupation Barmaid Father Mike Swann Mother Rosie Miller Stepfather Keith Miller Brothers Mickey Miller Half-brothers Darren Miller Half-sisters Demi Miller Daughters Summer Swann Grandmothers Nora Swann Uncles Clint Nephews George Trott Nieces Aleesha Miller

Dawn Swann is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Kara Tointon, who first appeared on 26 September 2005. It was reported on 26 March 2009 that Tointon and co-star Ricky Groves, who plays Garry Hobbs, would be written out of the soap^[1] and the character made her final appearance on 27 August 2009.^[2] Dawn has been described as a "tart with a heart" character.^[3] In 2007, the character was involved in a storyline where Dawn was kidnapped and held hostage by Dr. May Wright (Amanda Drew) and Rob Minter (Stuart Laing); their intention being to give her a forced caesarean section and take the baby. Originally, the storyline would have included a child abduction; however, due to the real-life suspected kidnapping of a 3-year-old girl, Madeleine McCann, who went missing in the Algarve in May 2007, the BBC removed the child abduction from the scripts.