Susan Gallagher

Susan Gallagher is an American actress and producer who is known for her extensive work in film and television. Born the youngest of four children in Charlotte, NC, to father Buddy Gallagher and mother Jazz Musician June Craton. Her father, Buddy, always dreamed of being an actor. Buddy helped to grow the family business, Good Will Publishers, in Gastonia, NC, where Susan grew up. She began her studies at the Acting Studio as well as with numerous well-known teachers. After raising her family, she now spends a lot of her time in NYC studying with renowned acting teacher Zina Jasper. Susan's work takes her all over the US, most notably NYC for her series regular role of Val, a bisexual Mom coming out to her lesbian daughter in Queering (2018). Other recurring roles include shows Safe Harbor (1999), Treme (2010), and The Inbetweeners (2012), and she is perhaps best known for playing Lynn, the homeless woman, in The Karate Kid's hit series Cobra Kai (2018). Some other notable credits include Marvel's Loki (2021) opposite Tom Hiddleston, Strange Weather (2016) opposite Holly Hunter, Bloodline (2015) opposite Kyle Chandler, and Lifetime's The Christmas Contract (2018) opposite Hilarie Burton and Cheryl Ladd and numerous other TV series. Other TV appearances include NBC's Bluff City Law (2019) and HBO's The Outsider (2020). As a successful film actress as well, Susan's credits on the big screen include Walkaway Joe (2020) opposite David Strathairn, and Danny Madden's award winning Beast Beast (2020) produced by Alec Baldwin. Her lead roles have included Picking Back Up (2018) where she portrays an alcoholic/addict and received a Best Actress Nomination from WIFF in Los Angeles. Other lead roles include working in female driven films Doorstep (2019) and Windblown (2019). In her most challenging role, Susan plays a woman with the early onset of Alzheimers in I'll Be Here for a While (2019). As a Producer, she formed Her Little Red Productions, Llc, in 2014. She has written and/or produced several award winning short films. Portrait of a Woman at Dawn (2019), written and directed by the talented Cullen Douglas, premiered in Los Angeles to rave reviews on the festival circuit. She also helped produce another award winning documentary of Lisa Mills, Marching Forward (2019). Susan has been married to Jimbo Jahna since 1987. They have two children, Caroline and Bo and their rescue dog, Lily.