Merle Dandridge is an American actress and singer. She is best known for performing in Broadway musicals such as Jesus Christ Superstar, Spamalot, Rent, and Once on This Island, as well as her video game roles as Alyx Vance in Half-Life 2 and Marlene in The Last of Us franchise. She played the leading role of Grace Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf (2016–2020). She's had recurring roles on television series such as Sons of Anarchy and The Night Shift and starred as Kim Hammond in the first season of HBO Max comedy-drama series The Flight Attendant in 2020. In 2022, Dandridge began starring as Natasha Seo-Yeon Ross in the ABC action series Station 19. She reprised her role as Marlene in the 2023 television adaptation of The Last of Us.
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Cast Credits
The Last of Us (2023)
Guest starring as Marlene
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x09: Look for the Light (Mar 12, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: When You're Lost in the Darkness (Jan 15, 2023)
Alice's Wonderland Bakery (2022)
Guest starring as Silver Queen
(10 episodes)
- Episode 2x31: A Tasteful Game of Croquet (Dec 10, 2023)
- Episode 2x30: A Dumpling Thing (Dec 10, 2023)
- Episode 2x22: Roaring Daisylions (Oct 7, 2023)
- Episode 2x21: A Knight to Remember (Oct 7, 2023)
- Episode 2x18: Jambalaya Jamboree (Jun 28, 2023)
- Episode 2x17: Mopsy-Turvy (Jun 28, 2023)
- Episode 2x14: A Tailored Treat (Jun 28, 2023)
- Episode 2x13: Two Many Teas (Jun 28, 2023)
- Episode 2x10: Backwards Buttercake (Jun 28, 2023)
- Episode 2x09: The Looking Glass Leap (Jun 28, 2023)
The Flight Attendant (2020)
Starring as Special Agent Kim Hammond
(7 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Arrivals and Departures (Dec 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x07: Hitchcock Double (Dec 10, 2020)
- Episode 1x06: After Dark (Dec 10, 2020)
- Episode 1x05: Other People's Houses (Dec 3, 2020)
- Episode 1x03: Funeralia (Nov 26, 2020)
- Episode 1x02: Rabbits (Nov 26, 2020)
- Episode 1x01: In Case of Emergency (Nov 18, 2020)
The Disney Family Singalong (2020)
Guest starring as Merle Dandridge
- Episode 2020-05-10: The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II (May 10, 2020)
Truth Be Told (2019)
Starring as Zarina Killebrew
(16 episodes)
- Episode 3x10: A Kiss Not Mine Alone (Mar 24, 2023)
- Episode 3x09: Only Little Secrets (Mar 17, 2023)
- Episode 3x08: Darkness Declares the Glory Light (Mar 10, 2023)
- Episode 3x07: The Luxury of Self-Reproach (Mar 3, 2023)
- Episode 3x06: From My Hand the Poisoned Apple (Feb 24, 2023)
- Episode 3x05: Freedom Is Never Given; It Is Won (Feb 17, 2023)
- Episode 3x04: Never Take Your Eyes Off Her (Feb 10, 2023)
- Episode 3x03: Here She Shall See No Enemy (Feb 3, 2023)
- Episode 3x02: Her, Armed With Sorrow Sore (Jan 27, 2023)
- Episode 3x01: Unto the Sweet Bird’s Throat (Jan 20, 2023)
- Episode 2x08: The Untold Story (Oct 8, 2021)
- Episode 2x07: Lanterman-Petris-Short (Oct 1, 2021)
- Episode 2x06: All These Women (Sep 24, 2021)
- Episode 2x04: In Another Life (Sep 10, 2021)
- Episode 2x03: If Wishes Were Horses (Sep 3, 2021)
- Episode 2x01: Other People's Tears Are Only Water (Aug 20, 2021)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Merle Dandridge
- Episode 2x54: Serena Williams, Merle Dandridge (Dec 7, 2020)
Station 19 (2018)
Starring as Fire Chief Natasha Ross
(24 episodes)
- Episode 7x10: One Last Time (May 30, 2024)
- Episode 7x09: How Am I Supposed To Live Without You (May 23, 2024)
- Episode 7x08: Ushers of the New World (May 16, 2024)
- Episode 7x07: Give It All (May 9, 2024)
- Episode 7x06: With So Little To Be Sure Of (May 2, 2024)
- Episode 7x05: My Way (Apr 11, 2024)
- Episode 7x04: Trouble Man (Apr 4, 2024)
- Episode 7x03: True Colors (Mar 28, 2024)
- Episode 7x02: Good Grief (Mar 21, 2024)
- Episode 7x01: This Woman's Work (Mar 14, 2024)
- Episode 6x18: Glamorous Life (May 18, 2023)
- Episode 6x17: All These Things That I've Done (May 11, 2023)
- Episode 6x16: Dirty Laundry (May 4, 2023)
- Episode 6x15: What Are You Willing to Lose (Apr 20, 2023)
- Episode 6x14: Get It All Out (Apr 13, 2023)
- Episode 6x12: Never Gonna Give You Up (Mar 30, 2023)
- Episode 6x11: Could I Leave You? (Mar 23, 2023)
- Episode 6x08: I Know a Place (Mar 2, 2023)
- Episode 6x07: We Build Then We Break (Feb 23, 2023)
- Episode 6x06: Everybody Says Don't (Nov 10, 2022)
- Episode 6x05: Pick Up the Pieces (Nov 3, 2022)
- Episode 6x04: Demons (Oct 27, 2022)
- Episode 6x02: Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (Oct 13, 2022)
- Episode 6x01: Twist and Shout (Oct 6, 2022)
Guest starring as Fire Chief Natasha Ross
(9 episodes)
- Episode 5x18: Crawl Out Through the Fallout (May 19, 2022)
- Episode 5x17: The Road You Didn't Take (May 12, 2022)
- Episode 5x16: Death and the Maiden (May 5, 2022)
- Episode 5x14: Alone in the Dark (Mar 31, 2022)
- Episode 5x13: Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire (Mar 24, 2022)
- Episode 5x12: In My Tree (Mar 17, 2022)
- Episode 5x11: The Little Things You Do Together (Mar 10, 2022)
- Episode 5x10: Searching for the Ghost (Mar 3, 2022)
- Episode 5x09: Started from the Bottom (Feb 24, 2022)
Harry (2016)
Guest starring as Merle Dandridge
- Episode 2x62: Sanaa Lathan, Monte Durham, Merle Dandridge, Geoffrey Zakarian (Apr 4, 2017)
Greenleaf (2016)
Starring as Grace Greenleaf
(62 episodes)
- Episode 5x08: Behold (Aug 11, 2020)
- Episode 5x07: The Seventh Day (Aug 4, 2020)
- Episode 5x06: The Sixth Day (Jul 28, 2020)
- Episode 5x05: The Fifth Day (Jul 21, 2020)
- Episode 5x04: The Fourth Day (Jul 14, 2020)
- Episode 5x03: The Third Day (Jul 7, 2020)
- Episode 5x02: The Second Day (Jun 30, 2020)
- Episode 5x01: The First Day (Jun 23, 2020)
- Episode 4x10: Gratitude (Nov 5, 2019)
- Episode 4x09: God's Justice (Oct 29, 2019)
- Episode 4x08: Surprise! (Oct 22, 2019)
- Episode 4x07: Reunited (Oct 15, 2019)
- Episode 4x06: The Stranger (Oct 8, 2019)
- Episode 4x05: Unwanted (Oct 1, 2019)
- Episode 4x04: A Common Enemy (Sep 24, 2019)
- Episode 4x03: Visions and Dreams (Sep 17, 2019)
- Episode 4x02: Did I Lose You? (Sep 10, 2019)
- Episode 4x01: Original Sin (Sep 3, 2019)
- Episode 3x13: The New Life (Nov 21, 2018)
- Episode 3x12: Day of Reckoning (Nov 14, 2018)
- Episode 3x11: The End Is Near (Nov 7, 2018)
- Episode 3x10: The Promised Land (Oct 31, 2018)
- Episode 3x09: Runaway Train (Oct 24, 2018)
- Episode 3x08: Dea Abscondita (Oct 17, 2018)
- Episode 3x07: That Was Then (Oct 10, 2018)
- Episode 3x06: She Changes Everything (Oct 3, 2018)
- Episode 3x05: Closing Doors (Sep 19, 2018)
- Episode 3x04: The Underdog (Sep 12, 2018)
- Episode 3x03: Chain of Command (Sep 5, 2018)
- Episode 3x02: The Space Between (Aug 29, 2018)
- Episode 3x01: Strange Currents (Aug 28, 2018)
- Episode 2x16: The Pearl (Sep 27, 2017)
- Episode 2x15: Two By Two (Sep 20, 2017)
- Episode 2x13: Silence and Loneliness (Sep 6, 2017)
- Episode 2x12: House Rules (Aug 30, 2017)
- Episode 2x11: Changing Season (Aug 23, 2017)
- Episode 2x10: Call Not Complete (Aug 16, 2017)
- Episode 2x09: The Bear (Aug 15, 2017)
- Episode 2x08: And the Sparks Fly Upward (May 3, 2017)
- Episode 2x07: Born to Trouble (Apr 26, 2017)
- Episode 2x06: The Royal Family (Apr 19, 2017)
- Episode 2x05: Point of No Return (Apr 12, 2017)
- Episode 2x04: Revival (Apr 5, 2017)
- Episode 2x03: A Mother's Love (Mar 29, 2017)
- Episode 2x02: Strange Bedfellows (Mar 22, 2017)
- Episode 2x01: A House Divided (Mar 15, 2017)
- Episode 1x13: What Are You Doing Here? (Aug 31, 2016)
- Episode 1x12: Veni, Vidi, Vici (Aug 24, 2016)
- Episode 1x11: Men Like Trees Walking (Aug 17, 2016)
- Episode 1x10: March to the Sea (Aug 10, 2016)
- Episode 1x09: The Broken Road (Aug 3, 2016)
- Episode 1x08: The Whole Book (Jul 27, 2016)
- Episode 1x07: One Train May Hide Another (Jul 20, 2016)
- Episode 1x06: Good Morning, Calvary (Jul 13, 2016)
- Episode 1x05: Meaningful Survival (Jul 6, 2016)
- Episode 1x04: Behind Closed Doors (Jun 29, 2016)
- Episode 1x03: We Shall See Him as He Is (Jun 22, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: The Baptism (Jun 22, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: A Time to Heal (Jun 21, 2016)
- Episode S05 Special: The Homegoing Celebration (Aug 11, 2020)
- Episode S05 Special: Greenleaf - Goin' Up Yonder (Jun 16, 2020)
- Episode S03 Special: Season 3: All Access (Aug 21, 2018)
The Night Shift (2014)
Guest starring as Gwen
(15 episodes)
- Episode 3x02: The Thing with Feathers (Jun 8, 2016)
- Episode 3x01: The Times They are A-Changin' (Jun 1, 2016)
- Episode 2x14: Darkest Before Dawn (May 18, 2015)
- Episode 2x13: Sunrise, Sunset (May 11, 2015)
- Episode 2x12: Moving On (May 4, 2015)
- Episode 2x11: Hold On (Apr 27, 2015)
- Episode 2x10: Aftermath (Apr 20, 2015)
- Episode 2x08: Best Laid Plans (Apr 6, 2015)
- Episode 2x07: Need to Know (Mar 30, 2015)
- Episode 2x06: Fog of War (Mar 24, 2015)
- Episode 2x05: Ghosts (Mar 23, 2015)
- Episode 2x04: Shock to the Heart (Mar 16, 2015)
- Episode 2x03: Eyes Look Your Last (Mar 9, 2015)
- Episode 2x02: Back at the Ranch (Mar 2, 2015)
- Episode 2x01: Recovery (Feb 23, 2015)
Star-Crossed (2014)
Guest starring as Vega
(7 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: Passion Lends Them Power (May 12, 2014)
- Episode 1x12: This Trick May Chance to Scathe You (May 5, 2014)
- Episode 1x11: Give Me a Torch (Apr 28, 2014)
- Episode 1x09: Some Consequence Yet Hanging in the Stars (Apr 14, 2014)
- Episode 1x08: An Old Accustom'd Feast (Apr 7, 2014)
- Episode 1x05: Dreamers Often Lie (Mar 17, 2014)
- Episode 1x03: Our Toil Shall Strive to Mend (Mar 3, 2014)
The Newsroom (2012)
Guest starring as Maria Guerrero
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x06: One Step Too Many (Aug 18, 2013)
- Episode 1x05: Amen (Jul 22, 2012)
Live! with Kelly (2011)
Guest starring as Merle Dandridge
- Episode 2x30: D.L. Hughley, Alexander Skarsgard, Merle Dandridge (Jun 27, 2016)
The Deep End (2010)
Guest starring as Jennifer Hutchins
- Episode 1x05: An Innocent Man (Feb 18, 2010)
NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
Guest starring as CIA Officer Nicole Borders
- Episode 6x10: Reign Fall (Dec 8, 2014)
Sons of Anarchy (2008)
Guest starring as Rita Roosevelt
(6 episodes)
- Episode 5x06: Small World (Oct 16, 2012)
- Episode 5x05: Orca Shrugged (Oct 9, 2012)
- Episode 4x14: To Be, Act 2 (Dec 6, 2011)
- Episode 4x08: Family Recipe (Oct 25, 2011)
- Episode 4x04: Una Venta (Sep 27, 2011)
- Episode 4x03: Dorylus (Sep 20, 2011)
Criminal Minds (2005)
Guest starring as Agent Lynn Brooks
- Episode 7x16: A Family Affair (Feb 29, 2012)
24 (2001)
Guest starring as Kristen Smith
- Episode 8x09: Day 8: 12:00 A.M. - 1:00 A.M. (Feb 22, 2010)
Murphy Brown (1988)
Guest starring as Diane Macomber
(5 episodes)
- Episode 11x13: Happy New Year (Dec 20, 2018)
- Episode 11x12: AWOL (Dec 13, 2018)
- Episode 11x10: Beat the Press (Nov 29, 2018)
- Episode 11x07: A Lifetime of Achievement (Nov 8, 2018)
- Episode 11x04: Three Shirts to the Wind (Oct 18, 2018)