Karen Dyer

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Karen Dyer
Karen Dyer at FanimeCon 2010-05-29 2.JPG
Karen Dyer performing at the FanimeCon in 2010
Born
Karen Mae Dyer

Brooklyn, New York, United States
Occupation(s)Actress, performance artist
Years active1993–present

Karen Dyer, professionally known as Eva La Dare, is an American film and television and motion capture actress. [1]

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Career

Eva La Dare is known mainly for providing the voices for Sheva Alomar in Resident Evil 5 [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [1] 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996The Glass CageDancer
1999 The Sex Monster Woman on Street
Urban Menace JoleneVideo
Corrupt Jodi
2001 Tortilla Soup Rachel
2002Evil ResidentEman ValentineShort
2005 Be Cool Swing Dancer
Thank You for Smoking Flight Attendant
2006 Idlewild Eva
These DaysTara
2007 Loveless in Los Angeles Joanie
HabaneroAmandah GravesShort
GalorePia
2009 Steppin: The Movie Actress
A Christmas Carol Dancer
2012¡Understudy!Jeanine MichaelsShort
Celeste & Jesse Forever Fire Dancer
2013 Gangster Squad Dancer
2014 Life After Beth Pearline
The Other SisterJeanShort
Kepler X-47DawnShort
2015 Hollywood Adventures Pink Party Fire Girl
A Dare to RememberNina MonroeTV movie
2016Type ZGretaTV movie
2017Sisters of the GroomRoxannaTV movie
2019The United States of TomorrowMotherShort
Eleven ElevenXi
One Fine ChristmasDianaTV movie
2020Once Upon a Main StreetMarjorieTV movie

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 Welcome Freshmen BrendaEpisode: "Drawn and Quoted"
1994 General Hospital Xanna AmesRegular Cast [5]
1999 Everybody Loves Raymond Swing DancerEpisode: "Dancing With Debra" [5]
2000 Ally McBeal Tina Turner ImpersonatorEpisode: "The Oddball Parade"
Spin City Yoga InstructorEpisode: "Lost and Found"
2003 She Spies WomanEpisode: "While You Were Out"
2005 Malcolm in the Middle Bystander #1Episode: "Burning Man" [5]
2006 According to Jim MargoEpisode: "Sex Ed Fred"
2008 Eli Stone Fire DancerEpisode: "The Humanitarian"
2011 Outsourced Bollywood DancerEpisode: "A Sitar Is Born"
Glee Fire Hoop Bikini CheerioEpisode: "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle"
Pimp Trixie: Hollywood ActorCasting DirectorTV mini series short
2012 Victorious Stage ManagerEpisode: "Tori Goes Platinum"
2013 NCIS Clown / Mystery WomanEpisode: "Devil's Triad"
2014 The Mindy Project NurseEpisode: "Girl Next Door"
How to Get Away With Murder LeahEpisode: "Smile, or Go to Jail"
2015 Bosch Officer PimentelEpisode: "Chapter Five: Mama's Boy" & "Chapter Nine: The Magic Castle"
2016 Mike & Molly Police Dispatcher (voice)Episode: "Super Cop"
2017 Baskets CypherRecurring cast: season 2
Grey's Anatomy Police Officer #2Episode: "Ring of Fire"
Atypical MartaEpisode: "I Lost My Poor Meatball"
TempaKILLEvaEpisode: "The Lumber Mafia King Versus an Assassin--Out of Work Actress"
2018 Grace and Frankie Female PresenterEpisode: "The Tappys"
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. JanEpisode: "The End"
2018–19 Charmed Mama RozRecurring cast: season 1
2019 Coop and Cami Ask the World Prospective Client #2Episode: "Would You Wrather Be the Heart or the Hammer?"
Grand Hotel WomanEpisode: "Smokeshow"
Dear White People SandraEpisode: "Volume 3: Chapter IV"
Will & Grace Dr. WelchEpisode: "Pappa Mia"
All Rise Ruth AllenEpisode: "Dripsy"
2020 Mom NurseEpisode: "One Tiny Incision and a Coffin Dress"
Good Trouble JoyEpisode: "Gumboot Becky"
The Goldbergs Ellen StoneEpisode: "Body Swap"
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brenda ShawnksEpisode: "Admiral Peralta"
EtheriaDawnEpisode: "Kepler X-47"
L.A.'s Finest DoctorEpisode: "Beverly Hills Cops"
2021 9-1-1: Lone Star Firefighter Amber DanielsEpisode: "Hold the Line"
S.W.A.T. JoanEpisode: "U-Turn"
On the Verge SophieEpisode: "What Comes Next"
The L Word: Generation Q Dr. KempEpisode: "Last Dance"
American Crime Story NurseEpisode: "The Wilderness"
2022 Shining Vale Emily HarrisEpisode: "Chapter Two - She Comes at Night"
Hacks WaitressEpisode: "Quid Pro Quo"
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story Delivery NurseEpisode: "Silenced"
The Patient LynetteEpisode: "Charlie"
Family Reunion Ajua McKellanEpisode: "Remember Our 20 Acres and a Deed?"
2023 The Company You Keep Officer JohnsonEpisode: "All In"
Beef GalleristEpisode: "The Rapture of Being Alive"

Video games

YearTitleVoice roleNotes
2009 RESIDENT EVIL 5 Sheva Alomar Also motion capture performance
2012 Street Fighter X Tekken Elena
2014 Ultra Street Fighter IV Elena
2015 The Magic Circle Maze Evelyn
2016 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
2017 Tacoma Sareh Hasmadi(credited as Eva La Dare)
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Georgette Spelvin
2018Madden NFL 19: Longshot Homecoming
2019 Tom Clancy's The Division 2 Additional Voices
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Acting Talent

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References

  1. 1 2 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...."
  2. July 4, 2009, Nicholas Deleon, TechCrunch, Interview: Karen Dyer (Sheva from Resident Evil 5), Accessed June 21, 2014
  3. 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 ..."
  4. 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 ..."
  5. 1 2 3 4 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...."
  6. Shawn Scott Smith, May 23, 2010, Con-News, FANIMECON ANNOUNCES PERFORMER KAREN DYER AS GUEST OF HONOR AT FANIMECON 2010, Accessed June 21, 2014
  7. "Personal Biography". Archived from the original on November 6, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2010.