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

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in a stage production and

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in a parody short film. Gallagher was nominated for Best Actress at the 2017

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and won Best Actress in a Lead Role at the

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in 2024.

Personal life

Gallagher graduated from

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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

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. In 2015, she co-starred with

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and Alexandra Slade in a

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production called ''San Diego, I Love You 3.0''. In 2016, she portrayed

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

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. She reprised her role in a Pacific Beach production that same year, at the 2019

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, a 2018 film by Michael Lewis Foster and the 2023 remake. In 2022, Gallagher was cast in a three-person

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play called ''Three Years and 18 Months''.

Stage credits

Filmography

Accolades

References

External links

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Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gallagher, Beth Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American film actresses American stage actresses Actresses from San Diego 21st-century American actresses Alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Oceanside International Film Festival award winners