Born on May 31, 1975, Merle Dandridge is an American actress and singer who is best known for her roles in Broadway musicals, including Rent, Spamalot, Once on This Island, and more. She made her acting debut in 1994 in Once on This Island on stage and was a prolific theatre actress until she got her break on television in 2003. Post that, Dandridge became an equally prolific small screen actress with roles in The Edge, NCIS, 24, CSI: Miami, The Deep End and more. However, it wasn’t until 2011 that she got her first recurring role on Sons of Anarchy.
She then got another recurring role on The Newsroom in 2012 and made her feature film debut around the same time with the 2008 film Nothing but the Truth. However, Dandridge continued to act on stage and television with roles in The Mentalist, Stalker, Perception, Suits, and more. She earned more long-term roles with recurring roles in The Night Shift, Greenleaf, The Flight Attendant, Truth Be Told and Station 19 as well. During that period, she also continued acting on stage, starring in several Broadway plays, including Rent, Spamalot, Tarzan, and Hadestown more recently.
Who are Merle Dandridge's parents?
Merle Dandridge was born in Okinawa to Kiyoko Sang Pedersen and Andrew Dandridge. Her father, Andrew, was an African-American serviceman, and because of that, Dandridge moved between Japan and America as a child. She confirmed this in an interview and also revealed that her mother faced struggles because she belonged to two cultures that didn’t really accept her. Furthermore, Dandridge also revealed that her mother put herself through nursing school in America, eventually becoming a nurse. There is no information as to when Kiyoko Sang Pedersen and Andrew Dandridge got married although the couple did get married and still are as per Dandrige’s Instagram account.
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FAQs
A. Merle Dandridge was born in Okinawa but is an American.
A. While she used to speak it as a child, Merle Dandridge revealed that she no longer speaks Korean.
A. No, Merle Dandridge is not adopted but she was born to a Korean mother, Kiyoko Sang Pedersen, and an African-American father, Andrew Dandridge.
