Karen Dyer Explained
Karen Dyer |
Birth Name: | Karen Mae Dyer |
Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York, United States |
Occupation: | Actress, performance artist |
Yearsactive: | 1993–present |
Karen Dyer, professionally known as Eva La Dare, is an American film and television and motion capture actress.
Career
Eva La Dare is known mainly for providing the voices for Sheva Alomar in Resident Evil 5[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] and Elena in the Street Fighter franchises. Born in Brooklyn, she is of Jamaican and Irish heritage.[7] She currently lives in Los Angeles, California. Dyer was raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Filmography
Film
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | Welcome Freshmen | Brenda | Episode: "Drawn and Quoted" |
1994 | General Hospital | Xanna Ames | Regular Cast |
1999 | Everybody Loves Raymond | Swing Dancer | Episode: "Dancing With Debra" |
2000 | Ally McBeal | Tina Turner Impersonator | Episode: "The Oddball Parade" |
Spin City | Yoga Instructor | Episode: "Lost and Found" |
2003 | She Spies | Woman | Episode: "While You Were Out" |
2005 | Malcolm in the Middle | Bystander #1 | Episode: "Burning Man" |
2006 | According to Jim | Margo | Episode: "Sex Ed Fred" |
2008 | Eli Stone | Fire Dancer | Episode: "The Humanitarian" |
2011 | Outsourced | Bollywood Dancer | Episode: "A Sitar Is Born" |
Glee | Fire Hoop Bikini Cheerio | Episode: "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle" |
Pimp Trixie: Hollywood Actor | Casting Director | TV mini series short |
2012 | Victorious | Stage Manager | Episode: "Tori Goes Platinum" |
2013 | NCIS | Clown / Mystery Woman | Episode: "Devil's Triad" |
2014 | The Mindy Project | Nurse | Episode: "Girl Next Door" |
How to Get Away With Murder | Leah | Episode: "Smile, or Go to Jail" |
2015 | Bosch | Officer Pimentel | Episode: "Chapter Five: Mama's Boy" & "Chapter Nine: The Magic Castle" |
2016 | Mike & Molly | Police Dispatcher (voice) | Episode: "Super Cop" |
2017 | Baskets | Cypher | Recurring cast: season 2 |
Grey's Anatomy | Police Officer #2 | Episode: "Ring of Fire" |
Atypical | Marta | Episode: "I Lost My Poor Meatball" |
TempaKILL | Eva | Episode: "The Lumber Mafia King Versus an Assassin--Out of Work Actress" |
2018 | Grace and Frankie | Female Presenter | Episode: "The Tappys" |
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Jan | Episode: "The End" |
2018–19 | Charmed | Mama Roz | Recurring cast: season 1 |
2019 | Coop and Cami Ask the World | Prospective Client #2 | Episode: "Would You Wrather Be the Heart or the Hammer?" |
Grand Hotel | Woman | Episode: "Smokeshow" |
Dear White People | Sandra | Episode: "Volume 3: Chapter IV" |
Will & Grace | Dr. Welch | Episode: "Pappa Mia" |
All Rise | Ruth Allen | Episode: "Dripsy" |
2020 | Mom | Nurse | Episode: "One Tiny Incision and a Coffin Dress" |
Good Trouble | Joy | Episode: "Gumboot Becky" |
The Goldbergs | Ellen Stone | Episode: "Body Swap" |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Brenda Shawnks | Episode: "Admiral Peralta" |
Etheria | Dawn | Episode: "Kepler X-47" |
L.A.'s Finest | Doctor | Episode: "Beverly Hills Cops" |
2021 | | Firefighter Amber Daniels | Episode: "Hold the Line" |
S.W.A.T. | Joan | Episode: "U-Turn" |
On the Verge | Sophie | Episode: "What Comes Next" |
| Dr. Kemp | Episode: "Last Dance" |
American Crime Story | Nurse | Episode: "The Wilderness" |
2022 | Shining Vale | Emily Harris | Episode: "Chapter Two - She Comes at Night" |
Hacks | Waitress | Episode: "Quid Pro Quo" |
| Delivery Nurse | Episode: "Silenced" |
The Patient | Lynette | Episode: "Charlie" |
Family Reunion | Ajua McKellan | Episode: "Remember Our 20 Acres and a Deed?" |
2023 | The Company You Keep | Officer Johnson | Episode: "All In" |
Beef | Gallerist | Episode: "The Rapture of Being Alive" | |
Video games
Notes and References
- July 4, 2009, Nicholas Deleon, TechCrunch, Interview: Karen Dyer (Sheva from Resident Evil 5), Accessed June 21, 2014
- Tom Penketh, July 4, 2009, Backstage Magazine, Actress Karen Dyer is pretty evil, Accessed June 21, 2014, "...Karen Dyer has added a solid credit to her resume ...fantasy figure for thousands of gamers -- as the voice and screen capture image of Sheva ..."
- July 25, 2009, Florence Ion, Maximum PC, Comic-Con 2009: Meet Karen Dyer, Sheva from Resident Evil 5, Accessed June 21, 2014, "...chance to talk to Karen Dyer, the actor who plays Sheva in Resident Evil 5, about the motion capture process ..."
- Matthew Price, August 3, 2009, News OK, Resident Evil 5′s Karen Dyer creates Sheva Alomar calendar, Accessed June 21, 2014, "...Dyer portrayed the voice and motion actress of lead character Sheva Alomar in Resident Evil 5. Dyer has also appeared on According to Jim, Malcolm in the Middle, General Hospital and Everybody Loves Raymond...."
- Shawn Scott Smith, May 23, 2010, Con-News, FANIMECON ANNOUNCES PERFORMER KAREN DYER AS GUEST OF HONOR AT FANIMECON 2010, Accessed June 21, 2014
- LOGAN WESTBROOK, August 4, 2009, The Escapist magazine, Resident Evil 5 Actress Does Calendar For Fans, Accessed June 21, 2014, "...Resident Evil 5 voice actress and motion capture performer Karen Dyer has created an unofficial Sheva Alomar calendar...."
- Web site: Personal Biography. July 29, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20111106200208/http://www.karendyer.net/bio.html. November 6, 2011. dead.