Merle Dandridge

Merle Dandridge: Biography in Details

Who is Merle Dandridge?

Merle Dandridge is a famous Japanese-American actress and singer.

She is famous for her recurring role on TV series such as Sons of Anarchy and The Night Shift. She became so popular due to her acting talent.

Merle Dandridge: Age, Parents, Siblings, Family, Ethnicity

Merle Dandridge was born on May 31, 1975, in Okinawa, Japan. Merle is American by her nationality and she belongs to a mixed (Japanese, Korean, and American) ethnicity.

Her father was an African-American marine who served in the Air Force of the US and her mother is from Okinawa island, of Japanese and Korean origin.

She has been living at Beale Air Force Base, in Sacramento, California since her childhood as her father served in the Air Force.

Then Merle Dandridge moved to Bellevue, Nebraska at Offutt Air Force Base, where she spent the majority of her childhood.

In which school did Merle Dandridge attend?

Dandridge passed her high school from Papillion-La Vista High School. During her school days, she loves to participate in play production classes and theater dramas.

After completing high school Merle Dandridge attended The Theatre Conservatory at Roosevelt University which trains students in the field of acting and musical theater.

Merle Dandridge: Professional Life and Career

After her graduation in 1997, she appeared in Chicago Theater productions from where she began her career. Before gaining widespread success on TV, she appeared in Broadway productions of Rent, Tarzan, and Spamalot.

Merle Dandridge worked in many theaters, TV shows, films, and video games. She gave her voice to the role of Alyx Vance in the award-winning action game Half-Life 2 and its sequels, Episode One and Episode Two.

Merle Dandridge has played a regular role on the Chief NBC drama series Chicago Fire in 2012.

In 2014, her role as Rita Roosevelt in the FX drama series, Sons of Anarchy made her more famous. She visited many countries in her career life for participating in different shows and for performing her talent.

Merle Dandridge got her first leading screen role in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series named Greenleaf in 2015. Currently, she is busy filming the lead role of Grace Greenleaf in that series which premiered in June 2016.

In the HBO Max post-apocalyptic series of the same year, The Last of Us, she was chosen to reprise her role as Marlene from the critically renowned video game of the same name in 2021.

Merle Dandridge: Salary, Net Worth

Merle Dandridge collected a lot of money with her talent and hard work. Her net worth is approximately 2 million dollars as of 2022, but her salary is not revealed yet.

Merle Dandridge: Rumors, Controversy/Scandal

Merle Dandridge is a clean talented girl. She never shows any bad behavior to any people. There is no record of rumors and controversy in her entire life.

What are the body measurements of Merle Dandridge?

Merle Dandridge has a slim body with a height of 5 feet 8 inches. Her hair color and eye color both are black.

Other information on her body measurement such as weight, dress size, shoe size, etc., are unknown.

Social Media

Merle Dandridge is active in social media. She used Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

She has over 196k followers on her Facebook account, over 48k followers on her Twitter account, and over 229k followers on her Instagram account.

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