Andrée "Dre" Vermeulen (born November 4, 1982) is an American actress who plays Dr. Monica Scholls in the TBS comedy series Angie Tribeca.[1] She also voices the character Ruffnut in DreamWorks Dragons.[2][3]
Born in Long Branch, New Jersey, Vermeulen grew up in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, with an American mother and a Belgian father.[2][4] She studied drama at Marymount Manhattan College.[5]
Vermeulen began her career with the Upright Citizens Brigade in 2008 in New York City and continued to work with them after her move to Los Angeles two years later.[6][2] She is skilled at freestyle rapping in her UCB performances and cites Dana Carvey, Lil Wayne, and Q-Tip as influences.[4] She credits her improv training for helping her get the role on Angie Tribeca, saying that understanding "the game of the scene" was essential to the Scholls character.[7]
In November 2019, she became engaged to Damien Cortese. In December, she announced that she was expecting a baby girl who was born in May 2020.[citation needed]
Andree Vermeulen at IMDb