Karen Dyer was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
This first generation Jamaican-American with Irish and East Indian roots, began her career as a
10-year-old triple threat. After working in professional theatre productions, commercials, and print
campaigns for eight years, she traveled the world for three years performing as back-up singer
and dancer for Latin superstar Chayanne.
Since moving to LA, she has worked and performed with Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Madonna,
Mike Myers, Ray Romano, Aretha Franklin, Will Smith, Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno, just to name a few.
Her film and television credits include starring roles in "Corrupt" with Ice-T and "Urban Menace" with Snoop Dogg, as well as roles in "Tortilla Soup" with Hector Elizando, Mike Binder's "Sex Monster" with Mariel Hemingway, "According To Jim", "Malcolm In The Middle", "Spin City", "Everybody Loves Raymond", "General Hospital", and the films "Thank You for Smoking" and "Idlewild", the musical film starring Andre 3000 and Big Boi of OutKast.
Also known for her circus skills, Karen performs as a fire-breathing/eating/twirling artist, a nine-foot-tall stilt performer, juggler, and web aerialist. Past credits include Royal Hanneford Circus, Universoul Circus, the Grammys with Ricky Martin, Motown 45 with Lionel Ritchie, Britney Spear's Music Video "Oops! I Did It Again", Austin Powers - Goldmember, Jane's Addiction Tour, as well as many other live performances around the world. Besides doing numerous TV appearances with T-Pain and Ludacris in 2008 for T-Pain’s Thr33 Ringz album release, she was also featured as the fire-pastied nymph and funky stiltwalker on Li’l Wayne’s 2008-2009 I Am Music Tour with T-Pain.
Behind the camera, Karen has written, directed, produced and starred in the dark comedy feature "No, No, Nadine", which was a winning selection in the Beverly Hills WinFemme Film Festival. Her next script, "A Dare To Remember", a spy action thriller, is currently in development.
Karen’s last video game project, as the voice and motion of Capcom's newest female lead character Sheva Alomar in Resident Evil 5, gave her a great introduction into the world of video games and anime as well as the award for Best Supporting Role at the MTV Game Awards in 2009 and a nomination, along with fellow nominees Jack Black and Mark Hamill, for Outstanding Character Performance from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Awards in 2010.
