Beth Gallagher
{{Short description|American actress}}
{{Infobox person
| alma_mater = Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2010–present
| known_for = To Fall in Love and its film adaptation
| awards = Best Actress in a Lead Role at 13th Oceanside International Film Festival
| website = {{url|beth-gallagher.com}}
}}
Beth Gallagher is an American actress who starred in the play To Fall in Love (2017) and the 2023 film adaptation of the same name. She portrayed Amelia Earhart in a stage production and Shelley Duvall in a parody short film. Gallagher was nominated for Best Actress at the 2017 GI Film Festival San Diego{{Cite AV media |url=https://gifilmfestivalsd.org/2018/films/safe-with-me/ |title=Safe with Me |language=en-US |access-date=2024-12-29}}{{Cite web |title=GI Film Festival San Diego Selects 12 Titles for Local Film Showcase |url=https://gifilmfestivalsd.org/2024/media-room/2017-media-releases/gi-film-festival-san-diego-selects-12-titles-for-local-film-showcase/ |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=2024 GI Film Festival San Diego |language=en-US}} and won Best Actress in a Lead Role at the 13th Oceanside International Film Festival in 2024.
Personal life
Gallagher graduated from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with a Masters in Acting. She studied the Meisner and Chekhov techniques.{{Cite web |title=Scene Study LA: Winter Showcase |url=https://www.scenestudyshowcase.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527124122/https://www.scenestudyshowcase.com/ |archive-date=2022-05-27 |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=Scene Study Showcase}}
Career
In 2010, Gallagher played Agnes in a production of Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins at Diversionary Theatre in San Diego, California.{{Cite web |date=2010-11-03 |title=THEATER REVIEW: 'Anita Bryant' a funny '70s coming-of-age and coming-out tale |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2010/11/03/theater-review-anita-bryant-a-funny-70s-coming-of-age-and-coming-out-tale/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727165532/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2010/11/03/theater-review-anita-bryant-a-funny-70s-coming-of-age-and-coming-out-tale/ |archive-date=2024-07-27 |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}} In 2015, she co-starred with Whitney Shay and Alexandra Slade in a University of California, San Diego production called San Diego, I Love You 3.0.{{Cite web |last=Dixon |first=David |date=2015-02-13 |title=A Valentine: "I Love You 3.0" – San Diego Story |url=https://sandiegostory.com/a-valentine-i-love-you-3-0/ |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=San Diego Story}} In 2016, she portrayed Amelia Earhart in Amelia Lives, a production at American History Theater.{{Cite web |title=Amelia Earheart A Perspective |url=http://www.americanhistorytheater.org/blog/2016/9/23/amelia-earheart-a-perspective |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408041539/http://www.americanhistorytheater.org/blog/2016/9/23/amelia-earheart-a-perspective |archive-date=2018-04-08 |website=The American History Theater}}
Gallagher co-starred as Merryn in To Fall in Love by Jennifer Lane, which debuted at the 2017 San Diego International Fringe Festival.{{Cite web |last=Coddon |first=David L. |date=2023-10-13 |title=Familiar faces star in 'To Fall in Love' at San Diego International Film Festival |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/movies/story/2023-10-13/san-diego-international-film-festival/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613082748/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2023/10/13/familiar-faces-star-in-to-fall-in-love-at-san-diego-international-film-festival/ |archive-date=2024-06-13 |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Dixon |first=David |date=2019-04-11 |title=Questions That Could Save a Marriage – San Diego Story |url=https://sandiegostory.com/questions-that-could-save-a-marriage/ |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=San Diego Story}}{{Cite web |last=Accomando |first=Beth |author-link=Beth Accomando |date=2023-10-12 |title=San Diego International Film Festival screens local indie film 'To Fall In Love' |url=https://www.kpbs.org/news/arts-culture/2023/10/12/san-diego-international-film-festival-screens-local-indie-film-to-fall-in-love |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=KPBS Public Media |language=en}} She reprised her role in a Pacific Beach production that same year,{{Cite web |last=Launer |first=Pat |date=2019-04-02 |title=Local Playwright's Intense 'To Fall in Love' Takes Over Pacific Beach Home |url=http://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2019/04/01/ucsd-playwrights-intense-to-fall-in-love-takes-over-pacific-beach-home/ |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=Times of San Diego |language=en-US}} at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival,{{Cite web |last=Hegarty |first=Paul |date=2019-08-17 |title=To Fall in Love at Greenside Infirmary Street |url=https://www.theatrebubble.com/2019/08/to-fall-in-love-at-greenside-infirmary-street/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020110259/https://www.theatrebubble.com/2019/08/to-fall-in-love-at-greenside-infirmary-street/ |archive-date=2020-10-20 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Theatre Bubble |language=en-GB}} a 2018 film by Michael Lewis Foster and the 2023 remake.
In 2022, Gallagher was cast in a three-person zoom play called Three Years and 18 Months.{{Cite web |last=Coddon |first=David L. |date=2022-02-17 |title=Arts & Culture Newsletter: Oceanside International Film Festival is back, live and in person - The San Diego Union-Tribune |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/newsletter/2022-02-17/arts-culture-newsletter-arts-culture |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217135750/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/newsletter/2022-02-17/arts-culture-newsletter-arts-culture |archive-date=2022-02-17 |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=San Diego Union Tribune}}
Stage credits
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Location !Notes |
| 2010
|Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins |Agnes |Diversionary Theatre |Directed by Shana Wride{{Cite web |title=Beth Gallagher |url=https://www.rcs.ac.uk/bio/beth-gallagher/ |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |language=en-GB}} |
| rowspan="3" |2012
|Corie Bratter | rowspan="2" |Patio Playhouse, Escondido, California | |
| Fat Pig
|Jeannie | |
| Hipsters: Moving Arts’ Car Plays
|Chick | rowspan="2" |Without Walls Festival, La Jolla Playhouse |
| 2013
|The Car Plays: Interchange |Mary |
| 2014
|Gruesome Playground Injuries |Kayleen |Max Fischer Players |
| 2015
|Disappearing Act |Emma |InnerMission Theatre | |
| rowspan="3" |2016
|Elizabeth Law | rowspan="2" |Cygnet Theatre |
| A Christmas Carol
|Various | |
| Amelia Lives
|Amelia Earhart |American History Theatre, San Diego, California | |
| rowspan="2" |2017
|Loves and Hours |Rebecca | rowspan="2" |Scripps Ranch Theatre | |
| Flemming: An American Thriller
|Karen Flemming | |
| rowspan="2" |2018
|Marcus Andronicus | rowspan="2" |Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
| Splendour
|Genevieve |
| 2019
|Merryn Thomas |
Filmography
{{Pending films key}}
Accolades
| class="wikitable"
!Festival / Event !Year !Award !Title !Result !Ref. |
| GI Film Festival San Diego
|2017 |Best Actress |Refuge |{{nom}} |
| Oceanside International Film Festival
|2024 |Best Actress in a Lead Role |{{won}} |{{Cite web |title=OIFF 2024 AWARD WINNERS |url=https://osidefilm.org/2024winners/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=Oceanside International Film Festival |language=en-US}} |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=6015518}}
- [http://beth-gallagher.com Official site]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gallagher, Beth}}
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:American film actresses
Category:American stage actresses
Category:Actresses from San Diego
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Category:Oceanside International Film Festival award winners