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Megan Dodds

b. 1970

American actress

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Born 1970. Megan Dodds is an American screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, film actor and actor.

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, 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. (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. 2000 Bait Agent Walsh 2005 Festival Dina 2018 Juliet, Naked Carrie 1998 The Rat Pack May Britt Television film 2006 Not Going Out Kate Main role (series 1) Video games

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Education
Juilliard School, Roseville High School
Also known as
Megan Lynne Dodds

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Megan Dodds?

American actress

When was Megan Dodds born?

Megan Dodds was born on 15 February 1970 in Sacramento.

What is Megan Dodds's occupation?

Megan Dodds is a screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, film actor and actor.

What nationality is Megan Dodds?

Megan Dodds is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Megan Dodds

· Wikidata: Q450851

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