Merle Dandridge

Merle Dandridge Biography

Merle Dandridge is an American actress who was born in Okinawa, Japan. Dandridge is primarily a stage actress, but has had several roles in television. She has gained a wider audience as the voice of Alyx Vance in the award-winning action game Half-Life 2 and its sequels, Episode One, Episode Two.

Early life

Her father was an African-American US serviceman from Memphis and her mother was a local Okinawan of Korean and Japanese descent. As well as Okinawa, Dandridge has lived in Sacramento, California, at Beale Air Force Base, and later at Offutt Air Force Base (home to the then-Strategic Air Command) in Bellevue, Nebraska, where she spent the majority of her childhood. She attended Papillion La Vista High School and participated in the play production class and theater department there.

She then attended the Theatre Conservatory at Roosevelt University (currently called the Chicago College of Performing Arts) with a scholarship that she earned at the International Thespian Festival.

Stage and screen appearances

Theatre

Once on this Island, Performer, (Chicago, IL) 1994
Robber Bridegroom, as Rosamund, Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) 1994
As You Like It, as Rosalind, Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) 1994
Balm in Gilead, as Ann, Gilead Theatre (Chicago, IL) 1997
The Kentucky Cycle, Performer, Truman College (Chicago, IL) 1997
Company, as Kathy, (Chicago, IL) 1997
Sweet and Hot, Performer, Theatre Building (Chicago, IL) 1997
Heart and Soul, as Andrea (Chicago, IL) 1998
Richard II, Performer, Gilead Theatre Co. (Chicago, IL) 1998
Ain't Misbehavin', Performer, European Tour 1998
Smokey Joe's Cafe, Swing, National Tour 1998
Jesus Christ Superstar, as Mary Magdalene (understudy), Ford Center for the Performing Arts (Broadway) 2000
Aida, as Nehebka, National Tour 2001
Aida, as Aida (Replacement), Palace Theatre (Broadway) 2002
Rent, as Joanne Jefferson (Replacement), Nederlander Theatre (Broadway) 2002
Showtune: Celebrating the Words & Music of Jerry Herman, as Woman 2, Pasadena Playhouse (Pasadena, CA) 2003
Rent, as Joanne (Replacement), Nederlander Theatre (Broadway) 2003
Tarzan, as Kala, Richard Rodgers Theatre (Broadway) 2006-2007
Rent, as Joanne (Replacement), Nederlander Theatre (Broadway) 2008
Monty Python's Spamalot, as The Lady of the Lake, Shubert Theatre (Broadway) 2008
Rent, as Joanne, USA National Tour 2009-2010

Television

Angel episode Home, as Lacey, 2003
NCIS episode Sea Dog, as Marcy Carruthers, 2003
Third Watch episode Too Little, too late as Nikki 2005
24 Season 8, Episode 9, 2010
CSI: Miami episode Sleepless In Miami as Stacy Garrett, 2010
Ringer episode Shut Up and Eat Your Bologna as Dr. Anabel Morris, 2011
Sons of Anarchy, Seasons 4 and 5 as Rita Roosevelt, 2011-2012
Chicago Fire , 2012

Film

Bentley and Max, 2008, in post-production
Nothing But The Truth, 2008, in production

Video games

Half-Life 2, as Alyx Vance (Voice), 2004
Half-Life 2: Episode One, as Alyx Vance (Voice), 2006
Half-Life 2: Episode Two, as Alyx Vance (Voice), 2007
The Last of Us, as Marlene (Motion capture and voice), 2013
Half-Life 2: Episode Three, as Alyx Vance (Voice), TBA

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