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Megan Dodds

British-American actress (born 1970)

Summary

British-American actress (born 1970)

Field	Value
name	Megan Dodds
birth_name
birth_date
birth_place	Sacramento, California, United States
education	Juilliard School (BFA)
occupation	Actress
years_active	1990–present
spouse	Oliver J. Pearce (m. 1998)
children	1 daughter

Megan L. Dodds 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.

Early life

Megan L. Dodds was born in Sacramento, California. and then enrolled in a community college, where she was cast as Bananas in John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves. She next went to Juilliard School,

Career

Dodds left the U.S. for London in 1997 to star in British comedian Ben Elton's play Popcorn.

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".

Dodds won the London Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Actress in 2007 for the one woman show My Name Is Rachel Corrie, about an activist killed by an Israeli bulldozer during a 2003 demonstration in Gaza. A planned opening at the New York Theatre Workshop was cancelled in 2005.

Television and film

Dodds has appeared in television shows such as Love in a Cold Climate (2001), the BBC series Spooks (in the U.S., MI-5; 2002-2004), and Viva Blackpool. 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.

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".

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.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
1998	Ever After	Marguerite De Ghent
2000	Urbania	Deedee	title=Megan Dodds: Filmography	url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/346582%7C0/Megan-Dodds#filmography	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205021823/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/346582%7C0/Megan-Dodds/#filmography	url-status=dead	archive-date=December 5, 2014	access-date=17 October 2025	website=Turner Classic Movies}}
2000	Bait	Agent Walsh
2000	Interstate 84	Wendy
2002	Purpose	Lisa Forrester	title=Megan Dodds	url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/megan-dodds	access-date=17 October 2025	website=Rotten Tomatoes	publisher=Fandango Media / NBCUniversal}}
2005	Festival	Dina
2006	Free Jimmy	Claire (voice)
2006	The Contract	Sandra
2010	Chatroom	Grace Rollins
2015	Oceanus: Act One	Erin Kendall
2018	Juliet, Naked	Carrie
2020	The Will	Josie
2023	Wonderwell	Chlo

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1990	Midnight Caller	Crystal	Episode: "Planes"	title=Megan Dodds: Credits
1998	The Rat Pack	May Britt	Television film
2001	Love in a Cold Climate	Polly	Miniseries
2001	Sword of Honour	Virginia	Television film
2002–2004	Spooks	Christine Dale	Recurring role (series 1–3), 10 episodes
2004	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Henrietta Savernake	Episode: "The Hollow"
2005	Malice Aforethought	Madeleine Cranmere	Television film
2006	Viva Blackpool	Kitty De-Luxe	Television film	url=https://variety.com/2006/scene/markets-festivals/viva-blackpool-ripley-s-return-1200512403/	title=Viva Blackpool: Ripley's Return	date=25 October 2006 }}
2006	Not Going Out	Kate	Main role (series 1)
2006	Born Equal	Anastasia	Television film
2008	Hotel Babylon	Katie	Episode 3.6
2009	Lie to Me	Gail	Episode: "Depraved Heart"
2009	House	Dr Beasley	Episode: "Broken"
2011	Detroit 1-8-7	Jess Harkins	Recurring role, 6 episodes
2012	Awake	Elizabeth Santoro	Episode: "Oregon"
2012–2013	CSI: NY	Christine Whitney	Recurring role, 12 episodes
2014	White Collar	Eva Perkins	Episode: "All's Fair"
2019–2021	For All Mankind	Andrea Walters	Recurring role, 6 episodes	title=Megan Dodds	url=https://tv.apple.com/us/person/megan-dodds/umc.cpc.37qbac0drbkyh5zre9uhmkwk9	access-date=17 October 2025	website=Apple TV+	publisher=Apple, Inc.}}

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Psychic Detective	Reporter	author1=Simmons, Jim	author2=Kaplan, Michael	author3=Sanborn, John	display-authors=etal	year= 1995	title= Psychic Detective: About the Movie	others= (Colossal)Picture, producer	url= https://archive.org/details/Psychic_Detective_1995_Electronic_Arts_US_about_the_movie	access-date= 27 January 2017	page= 8, of 13	type= game/film production notes	publisher= 3DO/Electronic Arts	id= ID No. 726315	location=San Matteo, CA }} See also the main article for this game.

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	Mindy	Wyndham's Theatre
2005	This Is How It Goes	Woman	Donmar Warehouse
2006	My Name Is Rachel Corrie	Rachel Corrie	The Playhouse Theatre]] (London, 2006), and Minetta Lane Theatre (off-Broadway, 2006)
London Theatregoers' Choice Award, Best Actress winner

References

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(May 26, 1988). "Graduation '88, Roseville High School". [[The Sacramento Bee]].
Henderson, Kathy & Dodds, Megan. (16 October 2006). "Fresh Face: Megan Dodds".
Wolf, Matt. (27 May 2002). "[Theatrical] Review: 'Up for Grabs'".
Broadway.com Staff. (28 August 2006). "Broadway Buzz, Star Files: Megan Dodds".
BBC Staff. (24 September 2014). "Actor Info: Megan Dodds". BBC.co.uk.
BBC Drama Staff. (28 October 2014). "Viva Blackpool". BBC.co.uk.
Curtis, Nick. (13 January 2017). "Lee Mack: 'I Wouldn't Be Surprised If Many Comics Came From Broken Homes'". The Telegraph.
Sollosi, Mary. (29 July 2016). "17 Reasons Ever After is the Best Cinderella Movie Ever".
"Megan Dodds: Filmography".
"Megan Dodds". [[Fandango Media]] / [[NBCUniversal]].
Morris, Jeffrey. "Oceanus: Act One". FutureDude Entertainment.
(25 October 2006). "Viva Blackpool: Ripley's Return".
"Megan Dodds". Apple, Inc..
(1995). "Psychic Detective: About the Movie". 3DO/Electronic Arts.
Billington, Michael. (23 May 2002). "Up For Grabs". [[The Guardian]].

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