Hillary Hawkins

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Hillary Hawkins is an American actress. She introduced shows such as Dora the Explorer , Bob the Builder , and Little Bill on TV everyday as Robyn, Host of the Nick Jr. block. [1] She also was a Host for Radio Disney. [2]

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Career

Early roles

As a child actress, she played Kate on an episode of Nickelodeon's  Are You Afraid of the Dark?  ("The Tale of the Jagged Sign"), the singing voice of Vanessa on Nickelodeon's  Gullah Gullah Island  and Keisha on  New York Undercover . [3]  Hillary also was Jennifer in a series of Eikaiwa Challenge videos by Berlitz in Japan. [4]

2000s

Hawkins was the host of the Nick Jr. Channel [5] After introducing shows such as  Dora the Explorer ,  Bob the Builder  and  Little Bill  on TV everyday as Robyn, Host of Nick Jr., Hillary became a Host for Radio Disney. [6]

2010s

Hawkins is an actress, screenwriter, producer of Stuck For a Reason, aired on ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX on African American Short Films. [7] She is also actress, screenwriter, producer of A Pill for Two and winner Best Actress Award in a Drama. [8] The film is based on Hawkins' full-length play Jaded The Musical which was produced at The Secret Theatre in 2013 and developed at Scratch Night at Theatre for the New City in 2012. In addition to being playwright, lyricist, composer of Jaded The Musical, [9] Hillary is playwright of Sherri, developed in the Women's Work Project, produced by New Perspectives Theatre Company. [10]

Hawkins is a voice actress that has been nominated for 3 Voice Arts Awards: Outstanding Audiobook Narration – Teens (2014), [11] Metaphysical Best Voiceover (2015) [12] and Author Performance, Best Voiceover (2018.) [13] From 2013 to 2018, Hillary narrated over 100 audiobooks including Your Word Is Your Wand and The Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scovel Shinn, Creative Mind and Creative Mind And Success by Ernest Holmes and Feeling is the Secret and At Your Command by Neville Goddard. She also narrated several books of the Bible. [14]

On August 26, 2017, Hillary voiced Annia Antoninus on the conceptual album 20s A Difficult Age by Marcus Orelias. [15] In 2017, Ronimo Games released Awesomenauts Soundtrack – Dizzy Character Theme with vocals by Hillary Hawkins. [16] Voice Actress Hillary performed numerous voiceovers for clients such as Lego, Disney, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Scholastic, ADRA, DCCC, American Red Cross and UNICEF. [17]

In addition to being an actress, Hillary Hawkins is a female martial artist with a black belt in Karate. [18] Actress Martial Artist Hillary Hawkins is the female martial artist in the black karate gi with a black belt striking in the 2017 Star Wars Target Commercial. [19]

In 2018, Hillary worked as an ADR Voice Match on the film Acrimony directed by Tyler Perry. [20]

On January 18, 2019, Hillary Hawkins released The Case Files. Hawkins who is the creator, animation writer, director, producer, artist, animator and voice actress for the animated drama series refers to the show as a "Child Protective Series." [21] Hawkins previously worked in Child Protective Services, [22] like the animated character she created named Hope.

On February 7, 2019, Hillary Hawkins released Heart2Heart, an American animated series and cartoon music group that sings children's songs, jazz songs and love songs. Hillary Hawkins is creator, singer, songwriter, composer, director, voice actress, artist and producer of the cartoon musical. [23]

2020s

In 2020, in addition to continuing her work as an international voice actor and New Thought narrator of spiritual self-development books such as Science of Mind, New Thought Theatre, Morning & Evening Thoughts for the Soul, 31 Days of Wisdom and From Passion to Peace, actress singer songwriter Hillary Hawkins released new music and music videos.

April 8, 2020, "Focus on the Good Things" by Christian Music Artist Hillary Hawkins was released as a music video.

April 17, 2020, "Protect" by Christian Singer Songwriter Hillary Hawkins was released as a music video.

April 28, 2020, Hillary Hawkins who was previously on air talent for WEIB 106.3 Smooth FM released an album Sweet Dreams. [24] The album, which includes songs such as "Protect", "Good Sleep Tonight" & "Your Love Is" has been called "easy listening", "soothing", "meditation". [25]

May 12, 2020, the singer songwriter released a music video for "I Picked You", a song from her previous album "Unrequited Love."

May 15, 2020, Hawkins released another music video "Through The River", a jazz and blues song on the album. "Through The River" song was created by Anthony J. Dixon (creator of "Futurology the Musical") & actress singer songwriter Hillary Hawkins who previously starred in "Futurology" Off-Broadway.

May 29, 2020, female Rapper Hillary Hawkins released a single "Where Are The True Christians?”

June 4, 2020, female rapper Hillary Hawkins released music video and single "Black Lives Matter".

September 1, 2020 Christian Hip Hop Artist Hillary Hawkins released "Love Back In Your Heart."

September 3, 2020 Hillary Hawkins released Love Lessons 101 a Christian Hip Hop Album. She is singer, rapper, songwriter of all songs on the album.

Education

Hawkins attended Professional Children's School and has a dual BA in Spanish and creative writing from Smith College. [26]

Filmography

Film work

YearFilmCredited as
ActressWriterProducerADRRole
1995 Dead Man Walking Yesadr loop group (child voice actor)
2007 Honeydripper Yesadr loop group (voice actress)
2007 Noise Yesadr loop group (voice actress)
2009 Brooklyn's Finest Yesadr loop group (voice actress)
2013Endless SummerYesTracy (lead)
2014Stuck For A ReasonYesYesYesLydia (lead) – aired on African American Short Films
2015A Pill For TwoYesYesYesJade (won Best Actress Award) [27]
2018 Acrimony Yesadr voice match (voice actress)
2018 Every Day Yesadr loop group (voice actress)

Television work

YearShowCredited as
ActressWriterSingerADRRole
1994 Gullah Gullah Island YesYesSinging voice of Vanessa
1994 New York Undercover YesKeesha
1996 Are You Afraid of the Dark? YesKate
2003 Nick Jr. YesHost (Robyn)
2007 Damages Yesadr loop group voice actor
2015 African American Short Films YesYesLydia in Stuck for a Reason
2018 Black Lightning Yesadr loop group voice actor
2018 Luke Cage Yesadr loop group voice actor
2019 The Chi Yesadr loop group voice actor
2022 Primal YesAmal (voice; 2 episodes)

Video games

YearTitleCredited as
Voice ActorSingerRapperRole
2017 Awesomenauts YesYesYesDizzy

Musical theater

National tours

Audiobooks

Self-development

Religion and spirituality

Kids

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultWork
2018 Voice Arts Awards Audiobook Narration – Author Performance, Best Voiceover [28] NominatedMolestation Monologues
2016Best Actress AwardDrama [29] Won"A Pill For Two”
2015 Voice Arts Awards Audiobook Narration – Metaphysical, Best Voiceover [30] NominatedYour Word Is Your Wand
2014 Voice Arts Awards Outstanding Audiobook Narration – Teens [31] NominatedDesert Rice

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References

  1. ↑ "Nick Jr.'s Hawkins" – Broadway World
  2. ↑ Hillary's website
  3. ↑ Hillary Hawkins on IMDb
  4. ↑ Eikaiwa Challenge Video
  5. ↑ Former Nick Jr. Star Hillary Hawkins Launches Motivational Music Video – Broadway World
  6. ↑ Hillary Hawkins Disney Voice
  7. ↑ Former Nick Jr. Star Hillary Hawkins Launches Motivational Music Video – Broadway World
  8. ↑ "A Pill For Two" on IMDb
  9. ↑ Jaded The Musical – Broadway World
  10. ↑ "New Perspectives Theatre Company". Archived from the original on January 15, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  11. ↑ sovas 2014 nominees
  12. ↑ Voice Arts Awards Nominees
  13. ↑ Hawkins nominated for Voice Arts Award Archived January 15, 2019, at the Wayback Machine , Essex News Daily
  14. ↑ Hillary Hawkins on Audible
  15. ↑ Discogs
  16. ↑ Awesomenauts Soundtrack
  17. ↑ Hillary Hawkins Voiceover Brands
  18. ↑ "Martial Arts Masters Become Professors While Impacting Youth with Science".
  19. ↑ "Hey, Star Wars Fans—Force Friday II Weekend is Coming, and You're Going to Want to be at Target".
  20. ↑ Hillary Hawkins on IMDb
  21. ↑ The Case Files
  22. ↑ Broadway World
  23. ↑ Heart2Heart
  24. ↑ "Sweet Dreams". July 5, 2023.
  25. ↑ "During These Stressful Times, Let Hillary Hawkins NEW Album Sooth You to Sleep".
  26. ↑ Women's Work Project Archived September 28, 2017, at the Wayback Machine , New Perspectives Theatre Company
  27. ↑ "A Pill For Two" on IMDb
  28. ↑ "Hawkins nominated for Voice Arts Award". Archived from the original on January 15, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  29. ↑ "A Pill For Two" on IMDb
  30. ↑ Voice Arts Awards Nominees
  31. ↑ sovas 2014 nominees
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