Megan Dodds
British-American actress (born 1970)
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Megan L. Dodds (born February 15, 1970) is an American actress. She played Kate in the 2006 series Not Going Out, alongside Lee Mack and Tim Vine, and has appeared in the series Spooks, House, Detroit 1-8-7, and CSI: NY, and the films Ever After, The Contract, and Chatroom. Her stage work includes having played the title role in the production My Name Is Rachel Corrie (2006), which won the London Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Actress.
Megan Dodds | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 15, 1970[1] |
| Education | Juilliard School (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Spouse | Oliver J. Pearce (m. 1998) |
| Children | 1 daughter |
Early life
Megan L. Dodds was born in Sacramento, California.[2] She graduated from Roseville High School in 1988[3] and then enrolled in a community college, where she was cast as Bananas in John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves.[2] She next went to Juilliard School,[2] where she studied for four years as a member of the Drama Division's Group 24 (1991–1995).[citation needed][4]
Career
Dodds left the U.S. for London in 1997 to star in British comedian Ben Elton's play Popcorn.[2] As a result of meeting her future husband, photographer Oliver J. Pearce, she stayed in London,[2] about which she has said, "I love it here, I really feel like I learn a lot. There’s a lot of variety in terms of work."[5]
Theatre
In Up for Grabs (2006, Wyndham's Theatre, London), Dodds played a technology entrepreneur, co-starring with Madonna as Mindy, Madonna's seductress, where she was described as combining "sexiness and solitude".[6]
Dodds won the London Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Actress in 2007 for the one woman show My Name Is Rachel Corrie,[7] about an activist killed by an Israeli bulldozer during a 2003 demonstration in Gaza.[7][2] A planned opening at the New York Theatre Workshop was cancelled in 2005.[2]
Television and film
Dodds has appeared in television shows such as Love in a Cold Climate (2001),[citation needed] the BBC series Spooks[8] (in the U.S., MI-5; 2002-2004),[citation needed] and Viva Blackpool.[9] Dodds was a part of the first series cast of the BBC One sitcom, Not Going Out in 2006 as Kate, the flatmate of the lead character Lee Mack, leaving the show after the first series.[10]
Dodds portrayed a "more conventionally beautiful" Marguerite as stepsister to Cinderella in Ever After (1998), a romance where Dodds' character is further described as "scarier than any ugly stepsisters that came before her, especially as it appears, briefly, that she has a legitimate shot at winning the prince".[11]
Personal life
After relocating to England in 1997, Dodds met Oliver J. Pearce, a fashion and advertising photographer. They married in Droitwich, Worcestershire in 1998. Their daughter was born in 2001.[2]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Ever After | Marguerite De Ghent | [2] |
| 2000 | Urbania | Deedee | [12] |
| 2000 | Bait | Agent Walsh | [12] |
| 2000 | Interstate 84 | Wendy | [12] |
| 2002 | Purpose | Lisa Forrester | [13] |
| 2005 | Festival | Dina | [12] |
| 2006 | Free Jimmy | Claire (voice) | [12] |
| 2006 | The Contract | Sandra | [2] |
| 2010 | Chatroom | Grace Rollins | [12] |
| 2015 | Oceanus: Act One | Erin Kendall | [14] |
| 2018 | Juliet, Naked | Carrie | [12] |
| 2020 | The Will | Josie | [13] |
| 2023 | Wonderwell | Chlo | [13] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Midnight Caller | Crystal | Episode: "Planes" | [15] |
| 1998 | The Rat Pack | May Britt | Television film | [2] |
| 2001 | Love in a Cold Climate | Polly | Miniseries | [12] |
| 2001 | Sword of Honour | Virginia | Television film | [13] |
| 2002–2004 | Spooks | Christine Dale | Recurring role (series 1–3), 10 episodes | [8][16] |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Henrietta Savernake | Episode: "The Hollow" | [13] |
| 2005 | Malice Aforethought | Madeleine Cranmere | Television film | [15] |
| 2006 | Viva Blackpool | Kitty De-Luxe | Television film | [9][17] |
| 2006 | Not Going Out | Kate | Main role (series 1) | [13] |
| 2006 | Born Equal | Anastasia | Television film | [13] |
| 2008 | Hotel Babylon | Katie | Episode 3.6 | [15] |
| 2009 | Lie to Me | Gail | Episode: "Depraved Heart" | [15] |
| 2009 | House | Dr Beasley | Episode: "Broken" | [13] |
| 2011 | Detroit 1-8-7 | Jess Harkins | Recurring role, 6 episodes | [13] |
| 2012 | Awake | Elizabeth Santoro | Episode: "Oregon" | [15] |
| 2012–2013 | CSI: NY | Christine Whitney | Recurring role, 12 episodes | [13] |
| 2014 | White Collar | Eva Perkins | Episode: "All's Fair" | [15] |
| 2019–2021 | For All Mankind | Andrea Walters | Recurring role, 6 episodes | [16] |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Psychic Detective | Reporter | Voice role[18] |
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The School for Scandal | Maria | Lyceum Theatre, New York |
| 1996 | Ancient History/English Made Simple | Jill | Off-Broadway |
| 1997 | Popcorn | Brooke Daniels | Apollo Theatre |
| 1999 | Hamlet | Ophelia | Young Vic Theatre |
| 1999 | As You Like It | Celia | Williamstown Theatre Festival |
| 2002 | Up for Grabs[19][6] | Mindy[6] | Wyndham's Theatre[19] |
| 2005 | This Is How It Goes | Woman | Donmar Warehouse |
| 2006 | My Name Is Rachel Corrie[7][2] | Rachel Corrie[7] | Royal Court Theatre (London, 2005-2006),[7] The Playhouse Theatre (London, 2006),[7] and Minetta Lane Theatre (off-Broadway, 2006)[7] London Theatregoers' Choice Award, Best Actress winner[7] |
