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 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.

Career

In 2010, Gallagher played Agnes in a production of Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins at Diversionary Theatre in San Diego, California. 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. In 2016, she portrayed Amelia Earhart in Amelia Lives, a production at 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. She reprised her role in a Pacific Beach production that same year, at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 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.

Stage credits

YearTitleRoleLocationNotes
2010Anita Bryant Died For Your SinsAgnesDiversionary TheatreDirected by Shana Wride
2012Barefoot in the ParkCorie BratterPatio Playhouse, Escondido, California
Fat PigJeannie
Hipsters: Moving Arts’ Car PlaysChickWithout Walls Festival, La Jolla PlayhouseDirected by Michael Schwartz
2013The Car Plays: InterchangeMary
2014Gruesome Playground InjuriesKayleenMax Fischer PlayersDirected by Michael Schwartz
2015Disappearing ActEmmaInnerMission Theatre
2016When the Rain Stops FallingElizabeth LawCygnet TheatreDirected by Rob Lutfy
A Christmas CarolVarious
Amelia LivesAmelia EarhartAmerican History Theatre, San Diego, California
2017Loves and HoursRebeccaScripps Ranch Theatre
Flemming: An American ThrillerKaren Flemming
2018Titus AndronicusMarcus AndronicusRoyal Conservatoire of ScotlandDirected by Gordon Barr
SplendourGenevieveDirected by Matthew Bentley
2019To Fall In LoveMerryn ThomasEdinburgh Fringe, ScotlandDirected by Jacole Kitchen

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016Slap WorthyGirlfriend
2017RefugeBeth 'Catie' SimpsonShort film with Caroline Amiguet, Aimee La Joie, Karenssa LeGear
Jordan Hates the WritingShelley DuvallShort film parody of The Shining
Safe with MeShort film
2018To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do ThisMerryn
2019In the Absence of EdenAriannaShort film
2021The 5th of AprilCourtneyShort film
SidesBethAlso story credit and producer, web series, 10 episodes, directed by Michael Lewis Foster and written by Jordan Jacobo
Sunken HolidayGraceShort film selected for Cannes Short Film Corner 2022
2023To Fall in LoveMerryn
2024Sincerely SaulElizabeth

Accolades

Festival / EventYearAwardTitleResultRef.
GI Film Festival San Diego2017Best ActressRefugeNominated
Oceanside International Film Festival2024Best Actress in a Lead RoleTo Fall in LoveWon

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