Raven Dunn

Andria Raven Dunn was born in Nashville,TN on Dec. 20 1991. Her mother works as a nurse and her father owned a local car rental company. She started out doing professional and community theater until she got a small role in Buddy Jewels "Sweet Southern Comfort" music video. At age 11, she got a supporting role in the independent film "Dear Mr. Cash", directed by Wendy Cooper-Porcelli. Raven had to be home schooled in order to film the movie and the film ended up receiving the Gold Kahuna Award for achievement in film making. Raven was accepted into Nashville School of the arts in 2006 for theater arts and vocal music. Here she was discovered by directer Brent Stewart and Harmony Korine. After spotting her in the hallway, she went through several auditions to get one of the leading roles in the short film "The Dirty Ones". The film starred producer Harmony Korine's wife, Rachel Korine and Raven Dunn as two Mennonite sisters. The film had mixed reviews and was accepted in the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. In 2009 Raven left Nashville School of the Arts to attend an alternative school. That same year she wrote her own short film titled "No Need to Cry" which had a low budget and only four crew members. It was entered in the Nashville Film Festival under the Young Filmmakers(Under 18)category, but was not accepted. She went on to star in two more student shorts and a few commercials, including Liberty Mutual Insurance. After graduating high school a year early, Raven moved to Los Angeles to pursue songwriting with her band. She has since moved back to Nashville and continues to work on local productions including theater.