Dawson starred in and produced the film, DESCENT for director Talia Lugacy.  This was Dawson’s first self produced feature film under her production banner, Trybe Films. DESCENT premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival to rave reviews.

Dawson will also be teaming up again with directors Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez to reprise her role as Gail in the highly anticipated sequel SIN CITY 2. Dawson will be joined by her former co-stars Clive Owen, Brittany Murphy, Mickey Rourke and Jessica Alba.

Dawson starred in Kevin Smith’s CLERKS 2 for the Weinstein Company in which she earned much critical acclaim for her comedic portrayal of ‘Becky’. She was also seen in A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS opposite Robert Downey Jr., Shia LaBeouf, Dianne Wiest, Chazz Palminteri and Channing Tatum. A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS was honored at the Sundance Film Festival where it received the award for “Special Jury Prize for a Dramatic Film.”

In 2005, Dawson showed great range in the film adaptation of famed Broadway play RENT.  Dawson shone as ‘Mimi Valdez’ in the Chris Columbus directed version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Jonathan Larson musical, joining many of the original cast members including Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Jesse Martin, and Taye Diggs.  The film was produced by Michael Barnathan, Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro, and was distributed by Revolution Studios under the SONY umbrella.  RENT received enormous acclaim from both critics and industry peers alike.

Dawson made a huge impact in the 2005 Robert Rodriguez/Frank Miller film noir drama SIN CITY.  She played the role of ‘Gail’ in the third and final installment of the film based on Miller’s graphic novel series, which also stars Bruce Willis, Benicio Del Toro, Clive Owen, and Brittany Murphy.  This Miramax/Dimension film opened #1 at the box office and was in dramatic competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. 

Dawson also starred in the Oliver Stone epic ALEXANDER for Warner Brother’s pictures.  She rounded out an all-star cast opposite Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, and Jared Leto.  Dawson played the roll of ‘Roxanne,’ wife of Alexander The Great (Farrell). 

Dawson was also seen co-starring with Dwayne Johnson, Sean William Scott and Christopher Walken in Universal’s action/comedy THE RUNDOWN.  She played a Brazilian rebel leader, leading the fight for her enslaved people in order to get the money and the basic living essentials that they deserve. THE RUNDOWN was the #1 movie in its opening weekend, and went on to be the #1 selling DVD and video rental in the nation.