Karen Dyer
American actress
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Karen Dyer, professionally known as Eva La Dare, is an American film and television and motion capture actress.[1]
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Karen Dyer | |
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Dyer appearing as Eva La Dare at Animate! Raleigh in 2026 | |
| Born | Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Occupations | Actress, performance artist |
| Years active | 1993–present |
Career
Eva La Dare is known mainly for providing the voices for Sheva Alomar in Resident Evil 5[2][3][4][5][6][1] and Elena in the Street Fighter franchises. Born in Brooklyn, she is of Jamaican and Irish heritage.[7]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | The Glass Cage | Dancer | |
| 1999 | The Sex Monster | Woman on Street | |
| Urban Menace | Jolene | Video | |
| Corrupt | Jodi | ||
| 2001 | Tortilla Soup | Rachel | |
| 2002 | Evil Resident | Eman Valentine | Short |
| 2005 | Be Cool | Swing Dancer | |
| Thank You for Smoking | Flight Attendant | ||
| 2006 | Idlewild | Eva | |
| These Days | Tara | ||
| 2007 | Loveless in Los Angeles | Joanie | |
| Habanero | Amandah Graves | Short | |
| Galore | Pia | ||
| 2009 | Steppin: The Movie | Actress | |
| A Christmas Carol | Dancer | ||
| 2012 | ¡Understudy! | Jeanine Michaels | Short |
| Celeste & Jesse Forever | Fire Dancer | ||
| 2013 | Gangster Squad | Dancer | |
| 2014 | Life After Beth | Pearline | |
| The Other Sister | Jean | Short | |
| Kepler X-47 | Dawn | Short | |
| 2015 | Hollywood Adventures | Pink Party Fire Girl | |
| A Dare to Remember | Nina Monroe | TV movie | |
| 2016 | Type Z | Greta | TV movie |
| 2017 | Sisters of the Groom | Roxanna | TV movie |
| 2019 | The United States of Tomorrow | Mother | Short |
| Eleven Eleven | Xi | ||
| One Fine Christmas | Diana | TV movie | |
| 2020 | Once Upon a Main Street | Marjorie | TV movie |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Welcome Freshmen | Brenda | Episode: "Drawn and Quoted" |
| 1994; 2023 | General Hospital | Xanna Ames, Denise | Regular Cast [5] |
| 1999 | Everybody Loves Raymond | Swing Dancer | Episode: "Dancing With Debra" [5] |
| 2000 | Ally McBeal | Tina Turner Impersonator | Episode: "The Oddball Parade" |
| Spin City | Yoga Instructor | Episode: "Lost and Found" | |
| 2003 | She Spies | Woman | Episode: "While You Were Out" |
| 2005 | Malcolm in the Middle | Bystander #1 | Episode: "Burning Man" [5] |
| 2006 | According to Jim | Margo | Episode: "Sex Ed Fred" |
| 2008 | Eli Stone | Fire Dancer | Episode: "The Humanitarian" |
| 2011 | Outsourced | Bollywood Dancer | Episode: "A Sitar Is Born" |
| Glee | Fire Hoop Bikini Cheerio | Episode: "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle" | |
| Pimp Trixie: Hollywood Actor | Casting Director | TV mini series short | |
| 2012 | Victorious | Stage Manager | Episode: "Tori Goes Platinum" |
| 2013 | NCIS | Clown / Mystery Woman | Episode: "Devil's Triad" |
| 2014 | The Mindy Project | Nurse | Episode: "Girl Next Door" |
| How to Get Away With Murder | Leah | Episode: "Smile, or Go to Jail" | |
| 2015 | Bosch | Officer Pimentel | Episode: "Chapter Five: Mama's Boy" & "Chapter Nine: The Magic Castle" |
| 2016 | Mike & Molly | Police Dispatcher (voice) | Episode: "Super Cop" |
| 2017 | Baskets | Cypher | Recurring cast: season 2 |
| Grey's Anatomy | Police Officer #2 | Episode: "Ring of Fire" | |
| Atypical | Marta | Episode: "I Lost My Poor Meatball" | |
| TempaKILL | Eva | Episode: "The Lumber Mafia King Versus an Assassin--Out of Work Actress" | |
| 2018 | Grace and Frankie | Female Presenter | Episode: "The Tappys" |
| Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Jan | Episode: "The End" | |
| 2018–19 | Charmed | Mama Roz | Recurring cast: season 1 |
| 2019 | Coop and Cami Ask the World | Prospective Client #2 | Episode: "Would You Wrather Be the Heart or the Hammer?" |
| Grand Hotel | Woman | Episode: "Smokeshow" | |
| Dear White People | Sandra | Episode: "Volume 3: Chapter IV" | |
| Will & Grace | Dr. Welch | Episode: "Pappa Mia" | |
| All Rise | Ruth Allen | Episode: "Dripsy" | |
| 2020 | Mom | Nurse | Episode: "One Tiny Incision and a Coffin Dress" |
| Good Trouble | Joy | Episode: "Gumboot Becky" | |
| The Goldbergs | Ellen Stone | Episode: "Body Swap" | |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Brenda Shawnks | Episode: "Admiral Peralta" | |
| Etheria | Dawn | Episode: "Kepler X-47" | |
| L.A.'s Finest | Doctor | Episode: "Beverly Hills Cops" | |
| 2021 | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Firefighter Amber Daniels | Episode: "Hold the Line" |
| S.W.A.T. | Joan | Episode: "U-Turn" | |
| On the Verge | Sophie | Episode: "What Comes Next" | |
| The L Word: Generation Q | Dr. Kemp | Episode: "Last Dance" | |
| American Crime Story | Nurse | Episode: "The Wilderness" | |
| 2022–23 | Shining Vale | Emily Harris | 4 episodes |
| 2022 | Hacks | Waitress | Episode: "Quid Pro Quo" |
| Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | Delivery Nurse | Episode: "Silenced" | |
| The Patient | Lynette | Episode: "Charlie" | |
| Family Reunion | Ajua McKellan | Episode: "Remember Our 20 Acres and a Deed?" | |
| 2023 | The Company You Keep | Officer Johnson | Episode: "All In" |
| Beef | Gallerist | Episode: "The Rapture of Being Alive" | |
| 2024 | Griselda | District Attorney | Episode: "Adios, Miami" |
| All American: Homecoming | Dr. Carolyn Sandoval | 2 episodes | |
| The Lincoln Lawyer | Nurse | Episode: "Ghosts" | |
| 2025 | NCIS: Origins | VA Staffer Susan | Episode: "Monsoon" |
Video games
| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | RESIDENT EVIL 5 | Sheva Alomar | Also motion capture performance |
| 2012 | Street Fighter X Tekken | Elena | |
| 2014 | Ultra Street Fighter IV | Elena | |
| 2015 | The Magic Circle | Maze Evelyn | |
| 2016 | Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare | ||
| 2017 | Tacoma | Sareh Hasmadi | (credited as Eva La Dare) |
| Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | Georgette Spelvin | ||
| 2018 | Madden NFL 19: Longshot Homecoming | ||
| 2019 | Tom Clancy's The Division 2 | Additional Voices | |
| Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order | Acting Talent | ||
| 2025 | Street Fighter 6 | Elena | (credited Eva La Dare)[8] |
| 2027 | Tomb Raider: Catalyst | TBA |
