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The companies that Merle Dandridge endorses include Retrouvé.
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May 31, 1975
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Merle Dandridge Bio
Merle Dandridge is an American actress and singer born on May 31, 1975, in Okinawa, Japan. She lived with her mother, a Korean, and father, an African-American airman from Memphis, Tennessee. She started her career in a theatre in Chicago before debuting in the blockbuster movie, Half-Life 2.
In the years that followed, she was cast in other award-winning movies such as Tarzan, where she acted as Kala and “Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture,” which won her a BAFTA Award.
She starred in several exciting series on TV, including NCIS, 24, Criminal Mind, and The Newsroom.
In 2015, she landed a role as the lead character in the series Greenleaf, alongside Lynn Whitfield. She starred as Grace Greenleaf, a girl who became frustrated with her relationship with Greenleaf, her dad. Dandridge also starred as a network boss in the Murphy brown, among other notable roles.
For her outstanding roles, she won the British Academy Games Awards for best performer in her role in Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, while also receiving Grammy nominations in 2019 and 2021.
