Karen Dyer

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

Karen Dyer
Karen Dyer performing at the FanimeCon in 2010
Born	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Occupation(s)	Actress, performance artist
Years active	1993–present

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]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	The Glass Cage	Dancer
1999	The Sex Monster	Woman on Street
	Urban Menace	Jolene	Video
	Corrupt	Jodi
2001	Tortilla Soup	Rachel
2002	Evil Resident	Eman Valentine	Short
2005	Be Cool	Swing Dancer
	Thank You for Smoking	Flight Attendant
2006	Idlewild	Eva
	These Days	Tara
2007	Loveless in Los Angeles	Joanie
	Habanero	Amandah Graves	Short
	Galore	Pia
2009	Steppin: The Movie	Actress
	A Christmas Carol	Dancer
2012	¡Understudy!	Jeanine Michaels	Short
	Celeste & Jesse Forever	Fire Dancer
2013	Gangster Squad	Dancer
2014	Life After Beth	Pearline
	The Other Sister	Jean	Short
	Kepler X-47	Dawn	Short
2015	Hollywood Adventures	Pink Party Fire Girl
	A Dare to Remember	Nina Monroe	TV movie
2016	Type Z	Greta	TV movie
2017	Sisters of the Groom	Roxanna	TV movie
2019	The United States of Tomorrow	Mother	Short
	Eleven Eleven	Xi
	One Fine Christmas	Diana	TV movie
2020	Once Upon a Main Street	Marjorie	TV movie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Welcome Freshmen	Brenda	Episode: "Drawn and Quoted"
1994; 2023	General Hospital	Xanna Ames, Denise	Regular Cast [5]
1999	Everybody Loves Raymond	Swing Dancer	Episode: "Dancing With Debra" [5]
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" [5]
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	9-1-1: Lone Star	Firefighter Amber Daniels	Episode: "Hold the Line"
	S.W.A.T.	Joan	Episode: "U-Turn"
	On the Verge	Sophie	Episode: "What Comes Next"
	The L Word: Generation Q	Dr. Kemp	Episode: "Last Dance"
	American Crime Story	Nurse	Episode: "The Wilderness"
2022–23	Shining Vale	Emily Harris	4 episodes
2022	Hacks	Waitress	Episode: "Quid Pro Quo"
	Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story	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"
2024	Griselda	District Attorney	Episode: "Adios, Miami"
	All American: Homecoming	Dr. Carolyn Sandoval	2 episodes
	The Lincoln Lawyer	Nurse	Episode: "Ghosts"
2025	NCIS: Origins	VA Staffer Susan	Episode: "Monsoon"

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
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
2018	Madden NFL 19: Longshot Homecoming
2019	Tom Clancy's The Division 2	Additional Voices
	Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order	Acting Talent
2025	Street Fighter 6	Elena	(credited Eva La Dare)[8]