Merle Dandridge
Born: 1975-05-31 in Okinawa - Japan
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2025
- The Electric State as News Anchor
2024
- Secret Level as Liz Mutton (voice)
- Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II as Marlene (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
- Citadel as Joana
- The Last of Us as Marlene
2022
- Block Party as Crystal Maitland
2020
- The Flight Attendant as Kim Hammond
- The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II as Self
- The Right Girl
- Blithe Spirit as Elvira
2019
- Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- Truth Be Told as Zarina Killebrew
2018
- Station 19 as Natasha Ross
- Resurrect as Alice
2016
- Greenleaf as Grace Greenleaf
- Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall as Herself
2015
- Rosewood as Charlotte
2014
- The Night Shift as Gwen Gaskin
- Stalker as Dean Lisa Miner
- Star-Crossed as Vega
- The Last of Us: One Night Live as Self / Marlene
2012
- Perception as Robyn Sherman
- The Newsroom as Maria Guerrero
2011
- Suits as Leah
- Ringer as Anabel Morris
- Love Bites as Krista
2010
- Nikita as Zoe
- The Deep End as Jennifer Hutchins
- Matadors as Brooke Comas
2009
- NCIS: Los Angeles as CIA Officer Nicole Borders
- Lie to Me as D.A. Jill Ottinger
2008
- The Mentalist as Lydia Faulk
- Sons of Anarchy as Rita Roosevelt
- Nothing But the Truth as Celia
2007
- I'm Paige Wilson as Gloria
2005
- The Comeback as Ridley Macintosh
2003
- NCIS as Marcy Carruthers
2002
- CSI: Miami as Stacy Garrett
2001
- 24 as Kristen Smith
1999
- Third Watch as Nikki
- Angel as Lacey Shepard