Megan Dodds


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, 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.

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, 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, the BBC series Spooks, 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, 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

YearTitleRole
1998Ever AfterMarguerite De Ghent
2000UrbaniaDeedee
2000BaitAgent Walsh
2000Interstate 84Wendy
2002PurposeLisa Forrester
2005FestivalDina
2006Free JimmyClaire
2006The ContractSandra
2010ChatroomGrace Rollins
2015Oceanus: Act OneErin Kendall
2018Juliet, NakedCarrie
2020The WillJosie
2023WonderwellChlo

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990Midnight CallerCrystalEpisode: "Planes"
1998The Rat PackMay BrittTelevision film
2001Love in a Cold ClimatePollyMiniseries
2001Sword of HonourVirginiaTelevision film
2002–2004SpooksChristine DaleRecurring role, 10 episodes
2004Agatha Christie's PoirotHenrietta SavernakeEpisode: "The Hollow"
2005Malice AforethoughtMadeleine CranmereTelevision film
2006Viva BlackpoolKitty De-LuxeTelevision film
2006Not Going OutKateMain role
2006Born EqualAnastasiaTelevision film
2008Hotel BabylonKatieEpisode 3.6
2009Lie to MeGailEpisode: "Depraved Heart"
2009HouseDr BeasleyEpisode: "Broken"
2011Detroit 1-8-7Jess HarkinsRecurring role, 6 episodes
2012AwakeElizabeth SantoroEpisode: "Oregon"
2012–2013CSI: NYChristine WhitneyRecurring role, 12 episodes
2014White CollarEva PerkinsEpisode: "All's Fair"
2019–2021For All MankindAndrea WaltersRecurring role, 6 episodes

Video games

Stage