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| name = Merle Dandridge | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|5|31}} | birth_place = Okinawa, Japan | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = African American Japanese | occupation = Actress, singer | years_active = 1994–present }}Merle Dandridge (born May 31, 1975)[1] is an Japanese-born American actress and singer who performed in a number of stage productions, including Broadway musicals Jesus Christ Superstar, Spamalot, and Rent. She is widely known for her role as Alyx Vance in Half-Life 2. Dandridge is also known for her recurring role on television series such as Sons of Anarchy and The Night Shift. In 2016, she began starring as Grace Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf. She played Papa Ge in the 2017 revival of Once on this Island, until January 8, 2018, so she could shoot her television show Greenleaf.[1] Early lifeDandridge was born in Okinawa, Japan.[2] Her mother was a local Okinawan of Korean descent and her father was an African American U.S. serviceman from Memphis. As well as Okinawa, Dandridge has lived outside of Wheatland, 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).[3] CareerDandridge began her career appearing in Chicago theatre productions. 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 and Episode Two, and also as Marlene in The Last of Us. Dandridge earned a BAFTA Award for her voiceover performance in the 2015 game Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. On television, she guest starred on NCIS, 24, Criminal Minds, The Newsroom and Drop Dead Diva. In 2012, she was cast in a series regular role as Chief in the NBC drama series Chicago Fire.[4] Dandridge also had the recurring roles in the FX drama series, Sons of Anarchy as Rita Roosevelt, and short-lived The CW teen soap Star-Crossed in 2014. In 2015, she co-starred in the second season of NBC medical drama, The Night Shift as Gwen Gaskin.[5] In 2015, Dandridge was cast as lead character in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf opposite Lynn Whitfield. She plays the role of Grace Greenleaf, Greenleaf's estranged daughter.[6][7] Dandridge has received critical acclaim for her first leading screen role.[8][9][10] Dandridge starred as Papa Ge the God of death in the Broadway musical revival of Once on This Island, at the Circle in the Square Theater from Nov 9th 2017 to Jan 7th, 2018.[11][12] She returned to the role of Papa Ge in a limited run from June 18 to August 19, 2018.[13] FilmographyTelevision and film
Theatre
Video games
Awards and nominations
References1. ^http://www.playbill.com/article/norm-lewis-and-tamyra-gray-join-cast-of-broadways-once-on-this-island-january-8# 2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=76172|title=Merle Dandridge - IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information|author=The Broadway League|publisher=|accessdate=27 August 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/diva-talk-chatting-with-spamalots-merle-dandridge-plus-betty-buckley-at-bir-153879|title=DIVA TALK: Chatting with Spamalot's Merle Dandridge Plus Betty Buckley at Birdland|work=Playbill|accessdate=27 August 2015}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/160550/merle-dandridge-lands-role-on-nbc-pilot-chicago-fire/|title=Merle Dandridge Lands Role on NBC Pilot Chicago Fire|publisher=|accessdate=21 June 2016}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2014/11/07/the-night-shift-season-2-cast-merle-dandridge-jordans-friend/|title=‘The Night Shift’ Season 2 Cast — Merle Dandridge as Jordan’s Best Friend - TVLine|author=Vlada Gelman|work=TVLine|accessdate=27 August 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2015/08/lynn-whitfield-merle-dandridge-desiree-ross-cast-own-drama-greenleaf-craig-wright-oprah-winfrey-1201504761/|title=Lynn Whitfield, Merle Dandridge & Desiree Ross Join ‘Greenleaf’ - Deadline|author=Denise Petski|work=Deadline|accessdate=27 August 2015}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/lynn-whitfield-desiree-rossmerle-dandridge-and-desiree-ross-cast-in-owns-church-drama-greenleaf-20150824|title=Lynn Whitfield, Merle Dandridge and Desiree Ross Cast in - Shadow and Act|author=Tambay A. Obenson|date=24 August 2015|work=Shadow and Act|accessdate=27 August 2015}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/reviews/greenleaf-own-tv-review-oprah-winfrey-lynn-whitfield-keith-david-merle-dandridge-1201795621/|title=TV Review: ‘Greenleaf’|first=Maureen|last=Ryan|date=17 June 2016|publisher=|accessdate=21 June 2016}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/21/greenleaf-own-merle-dandridge-oprah-winfrey|title=Meet Merle Dandridge, the 'Greenleaf' leading lady picked by Oprah|publisher=|accessdate=21 June 2016}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/reasons-watch-oprah-winfreys-series-greenleaf/story?id=40020529|title=5 Reasons to Watch Oprah Winfrey's New Series 'Greenleaf'|date=21 June 2016|publisher=ABC News|accessdate=21 June 2016}} 11. ^http://onceonthisisland.com/castandcreative/ 12. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list|title=Person List|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=2018-03-08}} 13. ^http://www.playbill.com/article/merle-dandridge-returns-to-broadways-once-on-this-island 14. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/61st-annual-grammy-awards|title=61st Annual GRAMMY Awards|date=2018-12-06|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-10}} External links
15 : 1975 births|African-American actresses|American actresses of Japanese descent|American actresses of Korean descent|American people of Okinawan descent|American film actresses|American stage actresses|American television actresses|American video game actresses|American voice actresses|Living people|Military brats|Roosevelt University alumni|20th-century American actresses|21st-century American actresses |
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