Megan Dodds

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Megan Lynne Dodds (born February 15, 1970, in Sacramento, California) is a White American actress of English and Scottish descent, 5′ 7″ (1.70 m) tall, who graduated from the Juilliard School (Drama Division, Group 24, 1991–1995) after first being cast as Bananas in John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves at a community college. She spent two years in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions before moving to London in 1997 to star in Ben Elton's Popcorn, where she met fashion photographer Oliver J. Pearce, whom she married in 1998; they have one daughter, Isabella, and live in Battersea, London. Her most notable film credits include Marguerite in Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998, with Drew Barrymore), Sandra in The Contract (2006, with John Cusack and Morgan Freeman), Grace in Chatroom (2010), and a role in Juliet, Naked (2018). On television she is best known as Kate in Not Going Out (2006, 6 episodes), Christine Dale in Spooks (2002–2004), Christine Whitney in CSI: NY (2012–2013, 2 episodes), Dr. Beasley in House (2009), and Agent Jess Harkins in Detroit 1-8-7 (2011, 18 episodes). On stage she won the London Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Actress for the one-woman show My Name Is Rachel Corrie (2006), performed opposite Gwyneth Paltrow in As You Like It (1999), and kissed Madonna in Up for Grabs (2002, Wyndham's Theatre).