Merle Dandridge was born on May 31,1975 and is an American actress and singer.
18 Facts About Merle Dandridge
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Merle Dandridge is best known for performing in Broadway musicals such as Jesus Christ Superstar, Spamalot, Rent, and Once on This Island, as well as her video game roles as Alyx Vance in Half-Life 2 and Marlene in the The Last of Us franchise.
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Merle Dandridge played the leading role of Grace Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf.
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In 2022, Dandridge began starring as Natasha Seo-Yeon Ross in the ABC action series Station 19.
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Merle Dandridge reprised her role as Marlene in the 2023 television adaptation of The Last of Us.
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Merle Dandridge's mother is half Japanese and half Korean, and her father is African-American.
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Merle Dandridge moved back to the US with her parents due to her father's job, and they lived at Beale Air Force Base in California before settling at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Nebraska, where Dandridge spent the majority of her childhood.
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Merle Dandridge attended Papillion La Vista High School and participated in the play production class and theater department there.
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Merle Dandridge then attended the Theatre Conservatory at Roosevelt University.
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Merle Dandridge 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 as Marlene in The Last of Us.
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Merle Dandridge earned a BAFTA Award for her voiceover performance in the 2015 game Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.
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Merle Dandridge 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.
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In 2015, Merle Dandridge was cast as the lead character in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf opposite Lynn Whitfield.
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Merle Dandridge plays the role of Grace Greenleaf, Greenleaf's estranged daughter.
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Merle Dandridge has received critical acclaim for her first leading screen role.
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From November 9,2017, to January 7,2018, Merle 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.
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Merle Dandridge returned to the role of Papa Ge in a limited run from June 18 to August 19,2018.
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In 2020, Merle Dandridge was cast in a series regular role in the eight-episode HBO Max thriller drama series The Flight Attendant.