The couple had a proper destination wedding. [Laughs], I was like, oh, you want me to speculate. So then, let's say, in theory, this is the last time we will see Grace interacting with the Greenleafs. So, the things that Greenleaf gave me — not only a fantastic job, but also the resources to seek out more of myself. Randy Fenoli and Kleinfeld consultants work to deliver the bride her perfect wedding dress before the big day. We get surprises every single day, as COVID and this double pandemic has taught us. Their wedding ceremony was held on May 21, 2011, at Sherman Oaks. She spent most of her school days in the city of Bellevue located in Nebraska which is near Offutt, an air force setup in Omaha. I met Oprah, and I met the creator of the show, Craig Wright, and also one of the other producers, Carla Gardini, who is a profound force behind the scenes — you don't hear her name often, but she's responsible for a lot of the great storytelling that you see.
Normally, on a project this big, you would test up to 10 times, and there's usually a lot of rigor and stress in it. Is there one storyline, in particular, that was fulfilling in ways that the others weren't? [Laughs] You knew [those scenes were] going to be fireworks.
I'd like to sit in the lovey part please, for a little while. Merle Dandridge looks back on her audition and meeting Oprah, her character Grace's journey, Bishop's death, and whether she'll be part of the upcoming spin-off. Merle has performed on film and stage in broadways such as Rent, Tarzan, Atlanta and Aida.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: I recall, at a press preview of the series back in 2017, being so blown away by and enamored with the pilot. So, when we actually went to film those scenes, it was heart-wrenching and really difficult. He had health issues earlier in the series, and he was supposed to be going to see a doctor all this season. It was the night before, and I thought, oh my gosh, am I gonna be able to memorize 10 pages while I have guests in the house? In season four, the Greenleaf family struggles to keep their church alive. The show took Grace to some very tough places. Look at that beautiful smile! And then the next week, I was working on another show and I remember I was standing with Eric LaSalle, Morris Chestnut, and Nicole Ari Parker, and we're just sitting around in between takes and I got an email that said, "Oprah would like to meet you today at 6 o'clock. The Night Shift | Merle Dandridge (Gwen) and Brendan Fehr (Drew), Merle Dandridge attends the premiere of OWN's 'Greenleaf' at The Lot of June 15, 2016 in West Hollywood, California. Plus, her first time meeting Oprah, and whether audiences should expect to see her leading the upcoming spin-off. Over the span of approving the credibility of the talk, the media discovered that the on-screen character has since been hitched to a young fellow called Christopher Johnston.
The couple had a proper destination wedding. [Laughs], I was like, oh, you want me to speculate. So then, let's say, in theory, this is the last time we will see Grace interacting with the Greenleafs. So, the things that Greenleaf gave me — not only a fantastic job, but also the resources to seek out more of myself. Randy Fenoli and Kleinfeld consultants work to deliver the bride her perfect wedding dress before the big day. We get surprises every single day, as COVID and this double pandemic has taught us. Their wedding ceremony was held on May 21, 2011, at Sherman Oaks. She spent most of her school days in the city of Bellevue located in Nebraska which is near Offutt, an air force setup in Omaha. I met Oprah, and I met the creator of the show, Craig Wright, and also one of the other producers, Carla Gardini, who is a profound force behind the scenes — you don't hear her name often, but she's responsible for a lot of the great storytelling that you see.
Normally, on a project this big, you would test up to 10 times, and there's usually a lot of rigor and stress in it. Is there one storyline, in particular, that was fulfilling in ways that the others weren't? [Laughs] You knew [those scenes were] going to be fireworks.
I'd like to sit in the lovey part please, for a little while. Merle Dandridge looks back on her audition and meeting Oprah, her character Grace's journey, Bishop's death, and whether she'll be part of the upcoming spin-off. Merle has performed on film and stage in broadways such as Rent, Tarzan, Atlanta and Aida.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: I recall, at a press preview of the series back in 2017, being so blown away by and enamored with the pilot. So, when we actually went to film those scenes, it was heart-wrenching and really difficult. He had health issues earlier in the series, and he was supposed to be going to see a doctor all this season. It was the night before, and I thought, oh my gosh, am I gonna be able to memorize 10 pages while I have guests in the house? In season four, the Greenleaf family struggles to keep their church alive. The show took Grace to some very tough places. Look at that beautiful smile! And then the next week, I was working on another show and I remember I was standing with Eric LaSalle, Morris Chestnut, and Nicole Ari Parker, and we're just sitting around in between takes and I got an email that said, "Oprah would like to meet you today at 6 o'clock. The Night Shift | Merle Dandridge (Gwen) and Brendan Fehr (Drew), Merle Dandridge attends the premiere of OWN's 'Greenleaf' at The Lot of June 15, 2016 in West Hollywood, California. Plus, her first time meeting Oprah, and whether audiences should expect to see her leading the upcoming spin-off. Over the span of approving the credibility of the talk, the media discovered that the on-screen character has since been hitched to a young fellow called Christopher Johnston.
The couple had a proper destination wedding. [Laughs], I was like, oh, you want me to speculate. So then, let's say, in theory, this is the last time we will see Grace interacting with the Greenleafs. So, the things that Greenleaf gave me — not only a fantastic job, but also the resources to seek out more of myself. Randy Fenoli and Kleinfeld consultants work to deliver the bride her perfect wedding dress before the big day. We get surprises every single day, as COVID and this double pandemic has taught us. Their wedding ceremony was held on May 21, 2011, at Sherman Oaks. She spent most of her school days in the city of Bellevue located in Nebraska which is near Offutt, an air force setup in Omaha. I met Oprah, and I met the creator of the show, Craig Wright, and also one of the other producers, Carla Gardini, who is a profound force behind the scenes — you don't hear her name often, but she's responsible for a lot of the great storytelling that you see.
Normally, on a project this big, you would test up to 10 times, and there's usually a lot of rigor and stress in it. Is there one storyline, in particular, that was fulfilling in ways that the others weren't? [Laughs] You knew [those scenes were] going to be fireworks.
I'd like to sit in the lovey part please, for a little while. Merle Dandridge looks back on her audition and meeting Oprah, her character Grace's journey, Bishop's death, and whether she'll be part of the upcoming spin-off. Merle has performed on film and stage in broadways such as Rent, Tarzan, Atlanta and Aida.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: I recall, at a press preview of the series back in 2017, being so blown away by and enamored with the pilot. So, when we actually went to film those scenes, it was heart-wrenching and really difficult. He had health issues earlier in the series, and he was supposed to be going to see a doctor all this season. It was the night before, and I thought, oh my gosh, am I gonna be able to memorize 10 pages while I have guests in the house? In season four, the Greenleaf family struggles to keep their church alive. The show took Grace to some very tough places. Look at that beautiful smile! And then the next week, I was working on another show and I remember I was standing with Eric LaSalle, Morris Chestnut, and Nicole Ari Parker, and we're just sitting around in between takes and I got an email that said, "Oprah would like to meet you today at 6 o'clock. The Night Shift | Merle Dandridge (Gwen) and Brendan Fehr (Drew), Merle Dandridge attends the premiere of OWN's 'Greenleaf' at The Lot of June 15, 2016 in West Hollywood, California. Plus, her first time meeting Oprah, and whether audiences should expect to see her leading the upcoming spin-off. Over the span of approving the credibility of the talk, the media discovered that the on-screen character has since been hitched to a young fellow called Christopher Johnston.
It has been empowering, healing, challenging, and wonderful. Only then could they start to heal the relationship between them. We get rewrites all the time and we weren't certain when Bishop had the heart attack what was going to happen when we came back for the next episode after that. She was forced to straight on confront her Boogeyman. There was something about it that that hit me in a place deeper than just sorrow for the character, but also what that character means and what it has meant to people and also what a magnificent man the Bishop is. Merle’s father was a marine who served in the Air Force of the United States of America. When did you find out this was really going to happen? I showed it to them and they were like, well, that's the call, isn't it? "No, tell me the answer." One of the great things about Greenleaf is that it afforded me the opportunity to go and seek my own identity so that I could go visit South Africa, visit Mozambique, and get in touch with that part of my culture, and then also take my family to Korea — because I'm half Asian — and meet family over there that I had never met. And now, being at the end of this journey, I'm deeply satisfied and I feel like we have all grown — the characters have grown, the people involved in it have grown, and we have been a part of something that has deeply touched a lot of people. Her mother is from Okinawa islands and she is of Japanese and Korean origin. Own announced that the fourth season of the megachurch drama series “Greenleaf” will premiere Tuesday, September 3 at 10 p.m. And it was clearly so different than anything that had been on her network before, and anything that she had done before. Merle has performed on film and stage in broadways such as Rent, Tarzan, Atlanta and Aida. The show started to broadcast on June 21, 2016. We were very fragile those days.
The couple had a proper destination wedding. [Laughs], I was like, oh, you want me to speculate. So then, let's say, in theory, this is the last time we will see Grace interacting with the Greenleafs. So, the things that Greenleaf gave me — not only a fantastic job, but also the resources to seek out more of myself. Randy Fenoli and Kleinfeld consultants work to deliver the bride her perfect wedding dress before the big day. We get surprises every single day, as COVID and this double pandemic has taught us. Their wedding ceremony was held on May 21, 2011, at Sherman Oaks. She spent most of her school days in the city of Bellevue located in Nebraska which is near Offutt, an air force setup in Omaha. I met Oprah, and I met the creator of the show, Craig Wright, and also one of the other producers, Carla Gardini, who is a profound force behind the scenes — you don't hear her name often, but she's responsible for a lot of the great storytelling that you see.
Normally, on a project this big, you would test up to 10 times, and there's usually a lot of rigor and stress in it. Is there one storyline, in particular, that was fulfilling in ways that the others weren't? [Laughs] You knew [those scenes were] going to be fireworks.
I'd like to sit in the lovey part please, for a little while. Merle Dandridge looks back on her audition and meeting Oprah, her character Grace's journey, Bishop's death, and whether she'll be part of the upcoming spin-off. Merle has performed on film and stage in broadways such as Rent, Tarzan, Atlanta and Aida.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: I recall, at a press preview of the series back in 2017, being so blown away by and enamored with the pilot. So, when we actually went to film those scenes, it was heart-wrenching and really difficult. He had health issues earlier in the series, and he was supposed to be going to see a doctor all this season. It was the night before, and I thought, oh my gosh, am I gonna be able to memorize 10 pages while I have guests in the house? In season four, the Greenleaf family struggles to keep their church alive. The show took Grace to some very tough places. Look at that beautiful smile! And then the next week, I was working on another show and I remember I was standing with Eric LaSalle, Morris Chestnut, and Nicole Ari Parker, and we're just sitting around in between takes and I got an email that said, "Oprah would like to meet you today at 6 o'clock. The Night Shift | Merle Dandridge (Gwen) and Brendan Fehr (Drew), Merle Dandridge attends the premiere of OWN's 'Greenleaf' at The Lot of June 15, 2016 in West Hollywood, California. Plus, her first time meeting Oprah, and whether audiences should expect to see her leading the upcoming spin-off. Over the span of approving the credibility of the talk, the media discovered that the on-screen character has since been hitched to a young fellow called Christopher Johnston.
