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.

Early life Megan L. Dodds was born in Sacramento, California. She graduated from Roseville High School in 1988 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, where she studied for four years as a member of the Drama Division's Group 24 (1991–1995). Note, while alumni news sections are essentially a form of self-publication, use of this citation simply supports that Dodds was at Juilliard, in Group 24 (an assigned category for the citation that would not have been a matter of self-reporting).

Career Dodds left the U.S. for London in 1997 to star in British comedian Ben Elton's play Popcorn. As a result of meeting her future husband, photographer Oliver J. Pearce, she stayed in London, 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."

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 See also: (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 1998 Ever After Marguerite De Ghent 2000 Urbania Deedee 2000 Bait Agent Walsh 2000 Interstate 84 Wendy 2002 Purpose Lisa Forrester 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 1990 Midnight Caller Crystal Episode: "Planes" 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 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

Video games + Year Title Role Notes1995Psychic DetectiveReporterVoice role See also the main article for this game.

Stage Year Title RoleNotes1995The School for ScandalMariaLyceum Theatre, New York1996Ancient History/English Made SimpleJillOff-Broadway1997PopcornBrooke DanielsApollo Theatre1999HamletOpheliaYoung Vic Theatre1999As You Like ItCeliaWilliamstown Theatre Festival2002Up for GrabsMindyWyndham's Theatre2005This Is How It GoesWomanDonmar Warehouse2006My Name Is Rachel CorrieRachel CorrieRoyal Court Theatre (London, 2005-2006), The Playhouse Theatre (London, 2006), and Minetta Lane Theatre (off-Broadway, 2006)London Theatregoers' Choice Award, Best Actress winner

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External links

Megan Dodds at Apple TV+