Dawn Hope (also Woods) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Julia Mallam.

Dawn argues that due to the effects of his stroke, Terry often got tired and was a possible risk to T.J so she applies for sole custody just to be on the safe side.

They start seeing each other just before she divorces Terry and the only person Dawn tells is Bob, who disapproves due to him being married to Scott's mother Viv Hope (Deena Payne).

Dawn ignores Bob's telephone calls, unaware that he is contacting her to inform her that Scott was in critical condition in hospital after being injected with ketamine after attempting to rape Zoe.

Viv's daughter Donna Windsor (Verity Rushworth) finally manages to get through to Bob in hospital, and he tells her about Dawn's letter from Scott.

Scott then attacks Paddy and while Dawn and Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock) try to break up the fight, he punches her by mistake.

While Scott serves a prison sentence for the assault, Dawn dates Danny Daggert (Cleveland Campbell), but breaks up with him after she realizes she isn't ready to settle down.

Sadie King (Patsy Kensit) had sabotaged the building, and when the boiler room door is opened, the house explodes.

Stefania Sarrubba from Radio Times called Dawn and Terry "one of the village's couples that raised eyebrows back in the early 2000s" and wrote that tragedy was "on the cards for both of them".