Dawn Lerner (WDBGUS)

Dawn Lerner is an antagonist and a survivor of the outbreak in The Walking Dead:Beth Greene Unfinished Storyline. Acting as the leader of a group of police officers residing at Grady Memorial Hospital, she attempts to maintain peace in the brutalized and corrupt system she runs, often leading to compromises and further trouble among the officers and the people she forcibly keeps inside the place. She serves as one of the two primary antagonists in the first half ofSeason 5.

Personality
Dawn is described as "A formidable woman. She is stern, focused and intensely pragmatic, but has a tendency to crack under pressure and lash out violently. Though she presents a stoic facade, she has a softer side that she feels the need to suppress in order to be an effective leader. She is charismatic with a vibrant energy…"

As season 5 progressed, we began to see that her real façade was her softer side. As seen on many occasions, she would use this facade to use people to make them believe that she actually cared for them to make them feel that they owed her something. Such as with Beth Greene, Dawn protected her, but not for Beth's personal well being but for her own sake so she could have Beth on her side in case any incidences occurred.

Season 5
"There's No Sanctuary Anymore"

Dawn is first seen when Beth wake up in Grady Memorial,She is seen guarding the hospital,and taking care of other pacients,like when Joan got bit and she got Dr Edwards,to take her arm off with Beth there,she noticed up her weakness when she just wanted to leave,Dawn is seen again when she puts down Gavin with scissors,when Noah says he was the one who killed him,she beat him up,later she confronts Beth saying that she knew what she did,that she killed Gavin,Dawn tells her how things work in her hospital and that she is not going to change it,Dawn later tells her that she is not made for this world and that it is ok,and reminds her the cuts on her wrists. She is later seen patrolling the hospital and Beth tells her that Gorman and Joan are looking for her in her office. When she arrives, she is attacked by a zombified Joan and the officer with her is killed before she can kill Joan. She later puts both officers down before they can turn and meets with Beth after she is recaptured and hits her making a new scar in Beth's forehead.

"So Close,But So Far"

Dawn is seen taking a unconscious Carol with other officers to a room.

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Dawn has killed:
 * Hanson
 * Dying Man (Caused)
 * Gavin Trevitt (Before Reanimation)
 * Joan (Zombified)
 * Gorman (Zombified)
 * Jeffries (Before Reanimation)
 * Numerous Counts Of Walkers And Unnamed People (Before Reanimation,Caused Or Alive)

Trivia

 * This character was first introduced in the Comic Con 2014 trailer for Season 5, where Executive Producer Gale Anne Hurd confirmed the actress as Christine Woods.
 * The casting call for this character used the name Vivian Bishop.
 * Dawn is the first named female antagonist presented in the show.
 * Christine Woods does not view her as such, however, but more so as "someone who is trying to keep it together and be a hero."
 * It was confirmed on Talking Dead 's "Inside the Dead" segment that she suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
 * Presumably as a result of this, Dawn and the other officers in her group wear spotless police uniforms, which is supported based off of her conversation with Noah regarding her laundry.