Megan Dodds

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Megan Dodds
Born	Megan Dodds 15 February 1970 (1970-02-15) (age 38) Sacramento, California, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Oliver Pearce, photographer

Megan Dodds (born 15 February 1970) is an American stage and television actress.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Personal life 3 Filmography 3.1 Theater 3.2 Film and TV 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Biography

Megan Dodds was born in Sacramento, California, and after High School she didn't know what to do, so enrolled in a community college where she was cast as Bananas in John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves. The role inspired her enough to apply successfully to study for four years at the Juilliard School.^[1]

After graduation, Dodds spent two years in Off Broadway and Broadway productions, before being spotted by English comedian Ben Elton, and came to London in 1997 to play a bunny girl in Elton's play Popcorn. As a result of meeting her photographer husband Oliver Pearce, she became resident in London: “I love it here, I really feel like I learn a lot. There’s a lot of variety in terms of work.”^[2]

Dodds track record in London shows the variety of work, as she has held down roles in diverse television productions, including: Love in a Cold Climate; playing Christine Dale, the chilling CIA liaison officer in the BBC One series Spooks; and Kitty deLux in Viva Blackpool.^[3]

However, theater is probably where she makes most impact at present. Having previously played opposite Gwyneth Paltrow in 1999 in As You Like It, and kissing Madonna in Up For Grabs;^[4] in 2006 she won the London Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Actress in the one woman show "My Name is Rachel Corrie".^[5] The show opened at the Royal Court Theatre in London, but a planned transfer to the New York Theatre Workshop was cancelled, with rumours of the theatre being afraid of the show’s Gaza Strip based political content. Dodds fought against the imposed indefinite delay, and the debate of censorship on such a sensitive issue at the time of the post-Iraq war debate became publicised by the New York Times. After a successful run in London's West End, the show eventually played to a sellout audience at the off-Broadway Minetta Lane Theatre in early 2006.

[edit] Personal life

After coming to the UK in 1997, she met fashion and advertising photographer Oliver Pearce.^[6] The couple married, have one daughter Isabella, and live in Battersea, South London.

She is a fan of tennis and Roger Federer, and her friends include actress Rachel Feinstein.^[7] Her guiltiest pleasure is smoking.^[8]

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Theater

List of Stage Credits:^[9]

Year	Show	Role	Theatre	Notes
1995	The School for Scandal	Maria	Lyceum Theatre, New York
1996	Ancient History/English Made Simple	Jill	Primary Stages (off-Broadway)
1997	Popcorn	Brooke Daniels	Apollo Theatre, London	Ben Elton asked her to audition for the role
1999	Hamlet	Ophelia	Young Vic Theatre, London
1999	As You Like It	Celia	Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, Massachusetts	cast included Gwyneth Paltrow
2002	Up for Grabs	Mindy	Wyndham's Theatre, London	cast included Madonna, who made her West End theatre debut in the production
2005	This Is How It Goes	Woman	Donmar Warehouse, London
2005	My Name is Rachel Corrie	Rachel Corrie	Royal Court Theatre, London
2006	My Name is Rachel Corrie	Rachel Corrie	Royal Court Theatre, London	won the London Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Actress[10]
2006	My Name is Rachel Corrie	Rachel Corrie	The Playhouse Theatre, London
2006	My Name is Rachel Corrie	Rachel Corrie	Minetta Lane Theatre (off-Broadway)

[edit] Film and TV

Year	Title	Produced by	Character	Notes
1990	Midnight Caller		Crystal
1994	Psychic Detective		Reporter
1998	Ever After	20th Century Fox	Marguerite De Ghent	alongside Drew Barrymore. Highest grossing movie so far - $65.7 million
1998	The Rat Pack	HBO	May Britt
2000	Urbania	Lions Gate	Deedee
2000	Bait	Castle Rock	Agent Walsh	with Jamie Foxx
2000	Interstate 84		Wendy
2001	Sword of Honour	TV	Virginia
2001	Love in a Cold Climate	BBC One	Polly	TV miniseries
2002	Purpose		Lisa Forrester
2002/2004	Spooks	BBC One	Christine Dale	CIA agent - 23 episodes
2004	The Hollow	ITV1	Henrietta Savernake	part of the series Agatha Christie's Poirot
2005	Malice Aforethought	ITV1	Madeleine Cranmere
2005	Festival	Pathé	Dina	film nominated for a BAFTA
2006	London
2006	Free Jimmy	Columbia TriStar		voice
2006	Viva Blackpool	BBC One	Kitty de Lux
2006	Not Going Out	BBC	Kate
2006	The Contract	Redbus	Sandra	with John Cusack and Morgan Freeman, filmed in Bulgaria
2008	Hotel Babylon	BBC One

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Megan Dodds at the Internet Movie Database
• Bio of her/character at BBC Viva Las Vegas
• Bio of her/character at BBC Spooks site
• Interview re one woman play "My Name Is Rachel Corrie"
• Interview at Broadway.com
• Q&A with The Guardian