Merle Dandridge

Merle Dandridge

48 · Born: May 31, 1975

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Born May 31, 1975 Okinawa - Japan

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Merle Dandridge is a Japanese-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. 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.

Career

2023
The Last of Us
The Last of Us as Marlene
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2022
Block Party
Block Party as Crystal Maitland
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Station 19
Station 19 as Natasha Ross
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2021
Truth Be Told
Truth Be Told as Zarina Killebrew
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2020
Stars in the House
Stars in the House as Elvira
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The Flight Attendant
The Flight Attendant as Kim Hammond
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2018
Resurrect
Resurrect as Alice
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2016
Greenleaf
Greenleaf as Grace Greenleaf
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2015
Rosewood
Rosewood as Charlotte
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The Night Shift
The Night Shift as Gwen Gaskin
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2014
Star-Crossed
Star-Crossed as Vega
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2013
The Mentalist
The Mentalist as Lydia Faulk
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2012
Nikita
Nikita as Zoe
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2011
Ringer
Ringer
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2023
Making of 'The Last of Us'
2020
The Disney Family Singalong Volume 2
2016
2014
The Last of Us: One Night Live