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Megan Dodds Born Megan Dodds
15 February 1970
Sacramento, California, United StatesSpouse Oliver Pearce Megan Lynne Dodds (born February 15, 1970) is an American stage and television actress.
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Biography
Megan Dodds was born in Sacramento, California, and after High School she enrolled in a community college where she was cast as Bananas in John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves. The role inspired her enough to apply successfully to study for four years at the Juilliard School.[1]
After graduation, Dodds spent two years in Off Broadway and Broadway productions, before being spotted by British comedian Ben Elton, and came to London in 1997 to play a bunny girl in Elton's play Popcorn. As a result of meeting her photographer husband Oliver Pearce, she became resident in London: “I love it here, I really feel like I learn a lot. There’s a lot of variety in terms of work.”[2]
Dodds' track record in London shows the variety of work, as she has held down roles in diverse television productions, including: Love in a Cold Climate; playing Christine Dale, the CIA liaison officer in the BBC One series Spooks; and Kitty deLux in Viva Blackpool.[3]
Theatre roles have included playing opposite Gwyneth Paltrow in 1999 in As You Like It, and kissing Madonna in Up for Grabs;[4] in 2006 she won the London Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Actress in the one woman show "My Name is Rachel Corrie".[5] The show opened at the Royal Court Theatre in London, but a planned transfer to the New York Theatre Workshop was cancelled, with rumours of the theatre being afraid of the show’s Gaza Strip based political content. Dodds fought against the imposed indefinite delay, and the debate of censorship on such a sensitive issue at the time of the post-Iraq war debate became publicised by the New York Times. After a successful run in London's West End, the show eventually played to a sellout audience at the off-Broadway Minetta Lane Theatre in early 2006.
In 2006, she joined the cast of new sitcom Not Going Out as Kate, but she quit the show after the first series. Dodds' most famous movie role is perhaps the spoiled and selfish stepsister Margeurite in the 1998 romance Ever After.
Personal life
After coming to the UK in 1997, she met fashion and advertising photographer Oliver Pearce.[6] The couple married and had one daughter, Isabella, who they lived with in Battersea, South London.
She is a fan of tennis and Roger Federer, and her friends include actress Rachel Feinstein.[7] Her guiltiest pleasure is smoking.[7]
Filmography
Theatre
List of Stage Credits:[5]
Year Show Role Theatre Notes 1995 The School for Scandal Maria Lyceum Theatre, New York 1996 Ancient History/English Made Simple Jill Primary Stages (off-Broadway) 1997 Popcorn Brooke Daniels Apollo Theatre, London Ben Elton asked her to audition for the role 1999 Hamlet Ophelia Young Vic Theatre, London 1999 As You Like It Celia Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, Massachusetts cast included Gwyneth Paltrow 2002 Up for Grabs Mindy Wyndham's Theatre, London cast included Madonna, who made her West End theatre debut in the production 2005 This Is How It Goes Woman Donmar Warehouse, London 2005 My Name is Rachel Corrie Rachel Corrie Royal Court Theatre, London 2006 My Name is Rachel Corrie Rachel Corrie Royal Court Theatre, London won the London Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Actress[5] 2006 My Name is Rachel Corrie Rachel Corrie The Playhouse Theatre, London 2006 My Name is Rachel Corrie Rachel Corrie Minetta Lane Theatre (off-Broadway) Film and TV
Year Title Produced by Character Notes 1990 Midnight Caller Crystal 1994 Psychic Detective Reporter 1998 Ever After 20th Century Fox Marguerite De Ghent alongside Drew Barrymore. Highest grossing movie so far - $65.7 million 1998 The Rat Pack HBO May Britt 2000 Urbania Lions Gate Deedee 2000 Bait Castle Rock Agent Walsh with Jamie Foxx 2000 Interstate 84 Wendy 2001 Sword of Honour TV Virginia 2001 Love in a Cold Climate BBC One Polly TV miniseries 2002 Purpose Lisa Forrester 2002–2004 Spooks BBC One Christine Dale CIA agent - 23 episodes 2004 The Hollow ITV1 Henrietta Savernake part of the series Agatha Christie's Poirot 2005 Malice Aforethought ITV1 Madeleine Cranmere 2005 Festival Pathé Dina film nominated for a BAFTA 2006 London 2006 Free Jimmy Columbia TriStar voice 2006 Viva Blackpool BBC One Kitty de Lux 2006 Not Going Out BBC Kate Series one 2006 The Contract Redbus Film Distribution Sandra with John Cusack and Morgan Freeman, filmed in Bulgaria 2008 Hotel Babylon BBC One 2009 Lie to Me 20th Century Fox Gail 2009 House 20th Century Fox Dr. Beasley 2010 Chatroom Film 4, WestEnd Films & UK Film Council Grace Rollins 2011 Detroit 1-8-7 ABC Special Agent Jess Harkins See also
- Rachel Corrie
- My Name is Rachel Corrie
- List of My Name is Rachel Corrie performances
References
- ^ http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=538120 Interview at Broadway.com
- ^ The Big Interview: Megan Dodds | Official London Theatre Guide
- ^ BBC - Drama - Viva Blackpool
- ^ Megan Dodds - Actress Recalls Madonna Kiss
- ^ a b c Megan Dodds, Star File: Broadway.com Buzz
- ^ Megan Dodds, Fresh Face Interview: Broadway.com Buzz
- ^ a b Q&A: Megan Dodds | Weekend | Guardian Unlimited
External links
Categories:- 1970 births
- Living people
- People from Sacramento, California
- American expatriates in the United Kingdom
- American stage actors
- American film actors
- American television actors
- Juilliard School alumni
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