Susan Egan

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Early life

Susan Egan was born in Seal Beach, California on February 18, 1970.[1] She attended Los Alamitos High School and the co-located Orange County High School of the Arts[2] and UCLA.[3]

Career

Stage and other work

Egan spent much of her time as a child taking dance, concentrating on ballet and trained as a figure skater from ages five to 10.[4] While attending Los Alamitos High School, the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, California, and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), she began her career acting in local community theaters and civic light operas. While attending UCLA, Egan took time off when Tommy Tune cast her as Kim MacAfee in his touring production of Bye Bye Birdie.[5] After the tour ended, she was cast in the tour of State Fair and soon afterwards won the coveted role of Belle in the original Broadway cast of Beauty and the Beast in 1994, for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical at the 48th Tony Awards and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical.[6]

On Broadway, Egan portrayed Belle for one year and reprised the role in the Los Angeles production in 1995, along with many of the original Broadway cast members. She also starred portraying characters in leading roles in State Fair, Cabaret, Triumph of Love, and Thoroughly Modern Millie.[7] She has performed in one-woman, cabaret-style concerts at venues across the U.S. including the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, California[4] and at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach, California.[5] Egan has been the headline act performing with more than 60 symphonies[8] and has appeared at the Hollywood Bowl five times including on June 6, 2016, when she appeared alongside Brad Kane as an opening act for Disney's The Little Mermaid Live show.[9]

Egan produces live stage productions with two companies she manages: Broadway Princess Party, LLC and 10th & Main Productions. She produces Disney Princess - The Concert,[10] Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Concert[10] and other shows often in partnership with Disney Concerts.[11]In December 2025, she was a guest narrator at Disney's Candlelight Processional at Walt Disney World. [12]

Television

On television, Egan is known for her co-starring role as Nikki White (Nikki Cox)'s best friend Mary Campbell in Nikki on the The WB.[13]

Voice acting

Egan's voice has been featured in the English language version of two feature films by Hayao Miyazaki, Spirited Away and Porco Rosso. She is most widely known for voicing Megara (Meg) in the 1997 film Hercules[14] and reprised her role in the 1998 TV series of the same name in two episodes and also in Kingdom Hearts II and Kingdom Hearts III.[15]

Egan provided Angel (Alyssa Milano)'s singing voice in Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure[16] and the voice acting for Rose Quartz on the Cartoon Network animated series Steven Universe along with various other characters.

Personal life

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Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1997 Hercules Megara Voice[14]
1999 Man of the Century Samantha Winter [17]
2001 Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse Megara Voice[14]
XCU: Extreme Close Up Karen Webber
The Disappearing Girl Trick Bridget Smith Short film
Revolution OS Narrator Documentary[18]
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure Angel Voice (singing),
direct-to-video
Spirited Away Lin Voice role (2002 English dub)
2004 13 Going on 30 Tracy Hansen [19]
2005 Porco Rosso Madame Gina Voice (English dub)[20]
2014 Achmed Saves America Ginny Voice
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1993 Men Don't Tell Florist Television film[21]
1998–2000 The Drew Carey Show Susan/Suzanne 2 episodes
1999 Hercules Megara 2 episodes
2000–2002 Nikki Mary Campbell 40 episodes
2002 NYPD Blue Jennifer Martin Episode: "Guns & Hoses"
Gotta Kick It Up! Heather Bartlett Television film[22]
Haunted E.R. Doctor Episode: "Pilot"
2005 Numb3rs Becky Burdick Episode: "Prime Suspect"
2009 House Audrey Greenwald Episode: "The Social Contract"
2014–2019 Steven Universe Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond
Pebbles
Tiny Floating Whale
Patient 		14 episodes; Voice[23]
2015 Modern Family Miss Ford Episode: "Summer Lovin'"[24]
2019 Steven Universe Future Rose Quartz Episode: "Rose Buds"

Archived voice from Steven Universe

2020 Amphibia Renee Frodgers Voice; episode: "A Caravan Named Desire"[25]
2021–2022 The Simpsons The "You'll Never Sleep Again" singer
Singing Tree 		Voice; episodes: "Treehouse of Horror XXXII"
"Meat Is Murder"
2022 Bjorn the Last Unicorn Becca Voice
Video Games
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Kingdom Hearts II Megara
2019 Kingdom Hearts III
2023 Disney Speedstorm

Broadway and stage

Source: Internet Broadway Database[6]

Discography

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  • 2002: So Far...
  • 2004: Coffee House
  • 2005: All That & More
  • 2006: Winter Tracks
  • 2007: Susan Egan Live!
  • 2011: Secret of Happiness (includes a "Nina Doesn't Care" video, Brian Haner music video, filmed in 2011)[34]
  • 2015: Softly[35]

References

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