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Occupation
  
Actress

Years active
  
1994—present


Name
  
Merle Dandridge

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Born
  
May 31, 1975 (age 48) (
1975-05-31
)
Okinawa, Japan

Role
  
Actress · merledandridge.com

Education
  
Chicago College of Performing Arts, Papillion-La Vista Senior High School

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Profiles


Movies and TV shows
  
Chicago Fire, Matadors

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Merle Dandridge (born May 31, 1975) is an actress and singer. She performed in a number of stage productions, including Broadway musicals Jesus Christ Superstar, Spamalot, and Rent. 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.

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Early life

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Dandridge was born in Okinawa, Japan. Her father was an African-American US serviceman from Memphis and her mother was a local Okinawan of Korean descent. 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)

Career

Dandridge 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. 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,. 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.

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. Dandridge has received critical acclaim for her first leading screen role.


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Filmography

Actress
2022
Station 19 (TV Series) as
Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- This Woman's Work (2024) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- Glamorous Life (2023) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- All These Things That I've Done (2023) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- Dirty Laundry (2023) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- What Are You Willing to Lose (2023) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- Get It All Out (2023) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- It's All Gonna Break (2023) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross (credit only)
- Never Gonna Give You Up (2023) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- Could I Leave You? (2023) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- Even Better Than the Real Thing (2023) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross (credit only)
- Come as You Are (2023) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross (credit only)
- I Know a Place (2023) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- We Build Then We Break (2023) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- Everybody Says Don't (2022) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- Pick Up the Pieces (2022) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- Demons (2022) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- Dancing with Our Hands Tied (2022) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross (credit only)
- Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (2022) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- Twist and Shout (2022) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- Crawl Out Through the Fallout (2022) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- The Road You Didn't Take (2022) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- Death and the Maiden (2022) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- Alone in the Dark (2022) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire (2022) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- In My Tree (2022) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- The Little Things You Do Together (2022) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- Searching for the Ghost (2022) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
- Started from the Bottom (2022) - Fire Chief Natasha Ross
2023
Alice's Wonderland Bakery (TV Series short) as
Silver Queen / The Silver Queen
- A Dumpling Thing/A Tasteful Game of Croquet (2023) - The Silver Queen
- A Knight to Remember/Roaring Daisylions (2023) - Silver Queen
- Mopsy-Turvy/Jambalaya Jamboree (2023) - Silver Queen
- Two Many Teas/A Tailored Treat (2023) - Silver Queen
- The Looking Glass Leap/Backwards Buttercake (2023) - Silver Queen
2023
In the Quiet (Short) as
Kerri
2023
Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical (Video Game) as
Aphrodite (voice)
2021
Truth Be Told (TV Series) as
Zarina Killebrew
- A Kiss Not Mine Alone (2023) - Zarina Killebrew
- Only Little Secrets (2023) - Zarina Killebrew
- Darkness Declares the Glory of Light (2023) - Zarina Killebrew
- The Luxury in Self-Reproach (2023) - Zarina Killebrew
- From My Hand the Poisoned Apple (2023) - Zarina Killebrew
- Freedom Is Never Given; It Is Won (2023) - Zarina Killebrew
- Never Take Your Eyes Off Her (2023) - Zarina Killebrew
- Here She Shall See No Enemy (2023) - Zarina Killebrew
- Her, Armed with Sorrow Sore (2023) - Zarina Killebrew
- Unto the Sweet Bird's Throat (2023) - Zarina Killebrew
- Last Exit-Oakland (2021) - Zarina Killebrew
- Brick by Brick It Also Falls (2021) - Zarina Killebrew
- The Untold Story (2021) - Zarina Killebrew
- Lanterman-Petris-Short (2021) - Zarina Killebrew
- All These Women (2021) - Zarina Killebrew
- If I Didn't Laugh, You'd Cry (2021) - Zarina Killebrew
- In Another Life (2021) - Zarina Killebrew
- If Wishes Were Horses (2021) - Zarina Killebrew
- Ghosts at the Feast (2021) - Zarina Killebrew
- Other People's Tears Are Only Water (2021) - Zarina Killebrew
2023
The Last of Us (TV Series) as
Marlene
- Look for the Light (2023) - Marlene
- When You're Lost in the Darkness (2023) - Marlene
2022
Block Party as
Crystal Maitland
2020
The Flight Attendant (TV Series) as
Kim Hammond
- Arrivals and Departures (2020) - Kim Hammond
- Hitchcock Double (2020) - Kim Hammond
- After Dark (2020) - Kim Hammond
- Other People's Houses (2020) - Kim Hammond
- Conspiracy Theories (2020) - Kim Hammond (credit only)
- Funeralia (2020) - Kim Hammond
- Rabbits (2020) - Kim Hammond
- In Case of Emergency (2020) - Kim Hammond
2020
The Right Girl
2016
Greenleaf (TV Series) as
Grace Greenleaf
- Behold (2020) - Grace Greenleaf
- The Seventh Day (2020) - Grace Greenleaf
- The Sixth Day (2020) - Grace Greenleaf
- The Fifth Day (2020) - Grace Greenleaf
- The Fourth Day (2020) - Grace Greenleaf
- The Third Day (2020) - Grace Greenleaf
- The Second Day (2020) - Grace Greenleaf
- The First Day (2020) - Grace Greenleaf
- Gratitude (2019) - Grace Greenleaf
- God's Justice (2019) - Grace Greenleaf
- Surprise! (2019) - Grace Greenleaf
- Reunited (2019) - Grace Greenleaf
- The Stranger (2019) - Grace Greenleaf
- Unwanted (2019) - Grace Greenleaf
- A Common Enemy (2019) - Grace Greenleaf
- Visions and Dreams (2019) - Grace Greenleaf
- Did I Lose You? (2019) - Grace Greenleaf
- Original Sin (2019) - Grace Greenleaf
- The New Life (2018) - Grace Greenleaf
- Day of Reckoning (2018) - Grace Greenleaf
- The End Is Near (2018) - Grace Greenleaf
- The Promised Land (2018) - Grace Greenleaf
- Runaway Train (2018) - Grace Greenleaf
- Dea Abscondita (2018) - Grace Greenleaf
- That Was Then (2018) - Grace Greenleaf
- She Changes Everything (2018) - Grace Greenleaf
- Closing Doors (2018) - Grace Greenleaf
- The Underdog (2018) - Grace Greenleaf
- Chain of Command (2018) - Grace Greenleaf
- The Space Between (2018) - Grace Greenleaf
- Strange Currents (2018) - Grace Greenleaf
- The Pearl (2017) - Grace Greenleaf
- Two by Two (2017) - Grace Greenleaf
- The Father's Will (2017) - Grace Greenleaf
- Silence and Loneliness (2017) - Grace Greenleaf
- House Rules (2017) - Grace Greenleaf
- Changing Season (2017) - Grace Greenleaf
- Call Not Complete (2017) - Grace Greenleaf
- The Bear (2017) - Grace Greenleaf
- And the Sparks Fly Upward (2017) - Grace Greenleaf
- Born to Trouble (2017) - Grace Greenleaf
- The Royal Family (2017) - Grace Greenleaf
- Point of No Return (2017) - Grace Greenleaf
- Revival (2017) - Grace Greenleaf
- A Mother's Love (2017) - Grace Greenleaf
- Strange Bedfellows (2017) - Grace Greenleaf
- A House Divided (2017) - Grace Greenleaf
- What Are You Doing Here? (2016) - Grace Greenleaf
- Veni, Vidi, Vici (2016) - Grace Greenleaf
- Men Like Trees Walking (2016) - Grace Greenleaf
- March to the Sea (2016) - Grace Greenleaf
- The Broken Road (2016) - Grace Greenleaf
- The Whole Book (2016) - Grace Greenleaf
- One Train May Hide Another (2016) - Grace Greenleaf
- Good Morning, Calvary (2016) - Grace Greenleaf
- Meaningful Survival (2016) - Grace Greenleaf
- Behind Closed Doors (2016) - Grace Greenleaf
- We Shall See Him as He Is (2016) - Grace Greenleaf
- The Baptism (2016) - Grace Greenleaf
- A Time to Heal (2016) - Grace Greenleaf
2020
The Last of Us: Part II (Video Game) as
Marlene
2018
Murphy Brown (TV Series) as
Diana Macomber / Diana
- Happy New Year (2018) - Diana Macomber
- AWOL (2018) - Diana Macomber
- Beat the Press (2018) - Diana Macomber
- A Lifetime of Achievement (2018) - Diana
- Three Shirts to the Wind (2018) - Diana Macomber
2018
Resurrect (Short) as
Alice
2015
The Night Shift (TV Series) as
Gwen Gaskin
- The Thing with Feathers (2016) - Gwen Gaskin
- The Times They Are A-Changin' (2016) - Gwen Gaskin
- Darkest Before Dawn (2015) - Gwen Gaskin
- Sunrise, Sunset (2015) - Gwen Gaskin
- Moving On (2015) - Gwen Gaskin
- Hold On (2015) - Gwen Gaskin
- Aftermath (2015) - Gwen Gaskin
- Best Laid Plans (2015) - Gwen Gaskin
- Need to Know (2015) - Gwen Gaskin
- Fog of War (2015) - Gwen Gaskin
- Ghosts (2015) - Gwen Gaskin
- Shock to the Heart (2015) - Gwen Gaskin
- Eyes Look Your Last (2015) - Gwen Gaskin
- Back at the Ranch (2015) - Gwen Gaskin
- Recovery (2015) - Gwen Gaskin
2016
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Video Game) as
Evelyn / Nun (voice)
2015
Rosewood (TV Series) as
Charlotte
- Vitamins and Vandals (2015) - Charlotte
2015
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (Video Game) as
Kate Collins (voice)
2015
Suits (TV Series) as
Leah
- Intent (2015) - Leah
2015
Perception (TV Series) as
Robyn Sherman
- Meat (2015) - Robyn Sherman
2014
NCIS: Los Angeles (TV Series) as
CIA Officer Nicole Borders
- Reign Fall (2014) - CIA Officer Nicole Borders
2014
Stalker (TV Series) as
Dean Lisa Miner
- Pilot (2014) - Dean Lisa Miner
2014
Drop Dead Diva (TV Series) as
Nadine Comer
- Afterlife (2014) - Nadine Comer
2014
Star-Crossed (TV Series) as
Vega
- Passion Lends Them Power (2014) - Vega
- This Trick May Chance to Scathe You (2014) - Vega
- Give Me a Torch (2014) - Vega
- Some Consequence Yet Hanging in the Stars (2014) - Vega
- An Old Accustom'd Feast (2014) - Vega
- Dreamers Often Lie (2014) - Vega
- Our Toil Shall Strive to Mend (2014) - Vega
2014
The Mentalist (TV Series) as
Lydia Faulk
- Il Tavolo Bianco (2014) - Lydia Faulk
2013
Company Town (TV Movie) as
Louise
2012
The Newsroom (TV Series) as
Maria Guerrero
- One Step Too Many (2013) - Maria Guerrero
- Amen (2012) - Maria Guerrero
2013
Dota 2 (Video Game) as
Legion Commander / Winter Wyvern (voice)
2013
The Last of Us (Video Game) as
Marlene
2013
Nikita (TV Series) as
Zoe
- Inevitability (2013) - Zoe
2011
Sons of Anarchy (TV Series) as
Rita Roosevelt
- Small World (2012) - Rita Roosevelt
- Orca Shrugged (2012) - Rita Roosevelt
- To Be, Act 2 (2011) - Rita Roosevelt
- Family Recipe (2011) - Rita Roosevelt
- Una Venta (2011) - Rita Roosevelt
- Dorylus (2011) - Rita Roosevelt
2012
Criminal Minds (TV Series) as
Agent Lynn Brooks
- A Family Affair (2012) - Agent Lynn Brooks
2011
Ringer (TV Series) as
Dr. Anabel Morris
- Shut Up and Eat Your Bologna (2011) - Dr. Anabel Morris
2011
Love Bites (TV Series) as
Krista
- How To- (2011) - Krista
2011
Lie to Me (TV Series) as
D.A. Jill Ottinger
- Saved (2011) - D.A. Jill Ottinger
2010
Matadors (TV Movie) as
Brooke Comas
2010
CSI: Miami (TV Series) as
Stacy Garrett
- Sleepless in Miami (2010) - Stacy Garrett
2010
24 (TV Series) as
Kristen Smith
- Day 8: 12:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m. (2010) - Kristen Smith
2010
The Deep End (TV Series) as
Jennifer Hutchins
- An Innocent Man (2010) - Jennifer Hutchins
2008
Nothing But the Truth as
Celia
2007
I'm Paige Wilson (TV Movie) as
Gloria
2007
Half-Life 2: Episode Two (Video Game) as
Alyx Vance / Self - Commentary (voice)
2006
Half-Life 2: Episode One (Video Game) as
Alyx Vance (voice)
2005
Guiding Light (TV Series) as
Lawyer
- Episode #1.14714 (2005) - Lawyer
2005
All My Children (TV Series) as
Lois
- Episode #1.9081 (2005) - Lois
- Episode #1.9067 (2005) - Lois
- Episode #1.9063 (2005) - Lois
2005
Third Watch (TV Series) as
Nikki
- Too Little, Too Late (2005) - Nikki
2004
Half-Life 2 (Video Game) as
Alyx Vance (voice)
2003
The Edge (TV Movie) as
Agent Angela Wells
2003
NCIS (TV Series) as
Agent Marcy Carruthers
- Seadog (2003) - Agent Marcy Carruthers
2003
Angel (TV Series) as
Lacey Shepard
- Home (2003) - Lacey Shepard
Producer
2023
In the Quiet (Short) (producer)
2016
Love and the Line (Short) (co-executive producer)
Director
2023
In the Quiet (Short)
Writer
2023
In the Quiet (Short)
Soundtrack
2020
The Disney Family Singalong Volume 2 (TV Special) (performer: "You'll Be in My Heart")
Self
2023
The 21st Unforgettable Gala (TV Special)
2023
Making of 'The Last of Us' (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2023
The Last of Us: Inside the Episode (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.9 (2023) - Self
- Episode #1.1 (2023) - Self
2023
IMDb on the Scene - Interviews (TV Series) as
Self
- The Last of Us (2023) - Self
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Serena Williams/Merle Dandridge (2020) - Self - Guest
2020
Tamron Hall (TV Series) as
Self
- John Legend/Lynn Whitfield/Merle Dandridge (2020) - Self
2020
Stars in the House (TV Series) as
Self
- Plays in the House: BLITHE SPIRIT (2020) - Self
2020
The Disney Family Singalong Volume 2 (TV Special) as
Self - Performer
2020
Fit Club (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- CBD, Fighting Corona Through Music & Staying Fit w/ Greenleaf's Merle Dandridge (2020) - Self - Guest
2020
The Last of Us - The Definitive Playthrough (TV Series) as
Self
- The Last of Us - The Definitive Playthrough - P14 (ft Troy Baker, Nolan North, Merle Dandridge) (2020) - Self
- The Last of Us - The Definitive Playthrough - Part 13 (Troy Baker, Nolan North, Merle Dandridge) (2020) - Self
2019
Ok! TV (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #5.11 (2019) - Self
2019
Sister Circle Live (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 27 August 2019 (2019) - Self
2018
Dish Nation (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #6.260 (2018) - Self
2018
Broadway.com #LiveatFive (TV Series) as
Self
- Merle Dandridge (2018) - Self
2018
33rd Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards (TV Special) as
Self
2017
That One Audition (Podcast Series) as
Self
- Merle Dandridge- Greenleaf Made Oprah Find a Star (2017) - Self
2016
Hollywood Today Live (TV Series) as
Self
- Merle Dandridge/Madonna's Dancers/BTS of the Price Is Right (2017) - Self
- Guest Co-Hostess Holly Robinson Peete/Merle Dandridge (2016) - Self
2017
OWN Tonight (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.3 (2017) - Self
2017
Harry (TV Series) as
Self
- "Shots Fired" Actress Sanaa Lathan/"Say Yes to the Prom" with Monte Durham/"Greenleaf" Actress Merle Dandridge/"Chopped" Judge Geoffrey Zakarian (2017) - Self
2017
The Real (TV Series) as
Self
- Michelle Williams/Merle Dandridge, Lynn Whitfield, Keith David/Steals on the Real (2017) - Self
2016
Disney's Broadway Hits at Royal Albert Hall (TV Special) as
Self
2016
Good Morning America (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 6 July 2016 (2016) - Self
2016
Live with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Guest Co-Host D.L. Hughley/Alexander Skarsgard/Merle Dandridge (2016) - Self - Guest
2016
Home & Family (TV Series) as
Self
- Jill Kargman/Merle Dandridge (2016) - Self
2016
Extra (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #22.207 (2016) - Self - Guest
2016
Access Daily (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 17 June 2016 (2016) - Self - Guest
2014
The Last of Us: One Night Live as
Self / Marlene
2013
Grounded: Making the Last of Us (Video documentary) as
Self / Marlene
Archive Footage
2022
The Last of Us: Part I (Video Game) as
Marlene
2022
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection (Video Game) as
Evelyn / Nun
2020
Half-Life: Alyx (Video Game) as
Alyx Vance
2007
The Orange Box (Video Game) as
Alyx Vance
2007
La mandrágora (TV Series) as
Kala
- Episode dated 28 April 2007 (2007) - Kala (uncredited)

References

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