---
name: "Dawn Botkins"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dawn-botkins"
fi1m_id: "dawn-botkins"
imdb_id: "nm1880003"
tmdb_id: 2553178
roles: ["Thanks"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T18:10:55.182774+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dawn Botkins

## Identity

Dawn Botkins

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dawn-botkins
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dawn-botkins
- **IMDb ID:** nm1880003
- **TMDB ID:** 2553178
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1880003/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2553178

Thanks. Born in Troy, Michigan, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Thanks
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1880003/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2553178

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer*](https://film.one/film/aileen-life-and-death-of-a-serial-killer.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dawn Botkins is an American actor. She appeared as herself in the 2003 documentary *Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer*, directed by Nick Broomfield, in which she discussed her friendship with Aileen Wuornos.

Botkins grew up in Troy, Michigan, and became close friends with Wuornos during their teenage years. She remained in contact with Wuornos after the latter's arrest and conviction, exchanging hundreds of letters while Wuornos was on death row. Botkins was the last person to visit Wuornos before her execution in 2002. She contributed to the editing of the 2011 book *Dear Dawn*, a collection of Wuornos's letters.

*Sources: imdb.com, grunge.com, oxygen.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer* (2003), Fi1m 72, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/aileen-life-and-death-of-a-serial-killer.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer* (2003), Thanks — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/aileen-life-and-death-of-a-serial-killer.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/dawn-botkins