| 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 |
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.
Gallagher graduated from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with a Masters in Acting. She studied the Meisner and Chekhov techniques.[1]
In 2010, Gallagher played Agnes in a production of Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins at Diversionary Theatre in San Diego, California.[2] 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.[3] In 2016, she portrayed Amelia Earhart in Amelia Lives, a production at American History Theater.[4]
Gallagher co-starred as Merryn in To Fall in Love by Jennifer Lane, which debuted at the 2017 San Diego International Fringe Festival.[5] [6] [7] She reprised her role in a Pacific Beach production that same year,[8] at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival,[9] 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.[10]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Slap Worthy | Girlfriend | ||
| 2017 | Refuge | Beth 'Catie' Simpson | Short film with Caroline Amiguet, Aimee La Joie, Karenssa LeGear[11] | |
| Jordan Hates the Writing | Shelley Duvall | Short film parody of The Shining | ||
| Safe with Me | Short film | |||
| 2018 | To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This | Merryn | ||
| 2019 | In the Absence of Eden | Arianna | Short film | |
| 2021 | The 5th of April | Courtney | Short film | |
| Sides | Beth | Also story credit and producer, web series, 10 episodes, directed by Michael Lewis Foster and written by Jordan Jacobo | ||
| Sunken Holiday | Short film selected for Cannes Short Film Corner 2022[12] | |||
| 2023 | To Fall in Love | Merryn | ||
| TBA | Sincerely Saul | Elizabeth |
| Festival / Event | Year | Award | Title | Result | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GI Film Festival San Diego | 2017 | Best Actress | Refuge | |||
| Oceanside International Film Festival | 2024 | Best Actress in a Lead Role | To Fall in Love | [13] |