Actress Karen Dyer Is Pretty 'Evil'

Actress Karen Dyer Is Pretty 'Evil'

By Tom Penketh

July 4, 2009


Ok, it's not Hamlet.  But Karen Dyer has added a solid credit to her resume -- as well as creating a fantasy figure for thousands of gamers -- as the voice and screen capture image of Sheva Alomar, a character in the bestselling video game Resident Evil 5. 

The Brooklyn-born performer's career has consisted of mostly smaller credits in big films like Tortilla Soup, Idlewild and Thank You for Smoking, as well as bigger roles in indies like Habanero and These Days. But Dyer told TechCrunch.com, her active upbringing and interests were a definite advantage in landing the role in the action-based video game.

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Actress Karen Dyer Is Pretty 'Evil'

By Tom Penketh

July 4, 2009


Ok, it's not Hamlet.  But Karen Dyer has added a solid credit to her resume -- as well as creating a fantasy figure for thousands of gamers -- as the voice and screen capture image of Sheva Alomar, a character in the bestselling video game Resident Evil 5. 

The Brooklyn-born performer's career has consisted of mostly smaller credits in big films like Tortilla Soup, Idlewild and Thank You for Smoking, as well as bigger roles in indies like Habanero and These Days. But Dyer told TechCrunch.com, her active upbringing and interests were a definite advantage in landing the role in the action-based video game.

TO READ THE ENTIRE STORY, VISIT BLOG STAGE
 
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