Megan Gallagher (born February 6, 1960) is an American theater and
television actor. Having studied at the Juilliard School under the
supervision of John Houseman, Gallagher began her career on stage, and
has appeared in several Broadway theatre productions, winning a
Theatre World Award for her role in A Few Good Men.From there,
Gallagher moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting in film and
television; after making a screen debut in George Washington, she
graduated to recurring roles in Hill Street Blues and China Beach, and
starring roles in The Slap Maxwell Story, The Larry Sanders Show and
Millennium. The role of Catherine Black in that series had been
written with Gallagher in mind.Gallagher was born in Reading,
Pennsylvania on February 6, 1960, to Aileen and Donald Gallagher. She
was the fifth of six children. Her mother had also been an actor in
her youth, retiring when she began a family. Gallagher credits her own
career to her mother, who would take her to Broadway theatre
productions as a child. She has also cited Mary Tyler Moore and
Katharine Hepburn as influences on her career. She attended Wyomissing
Area Junior/Senior High School, where she elected not to attend her
high school prom in order to continue her rehearsals at a local
community theatre, Genesius Theatre.Gallagher moved to New York to
study acting at the Juilliard School under the tutelage of John
Houseman. Included in her class were Penny Johnson Jerald, Lorraine
Toussaint, Jack Kenny and Jack Stehlin. She then relocated to Los
Angeles, California to further pursue her career; during this time she
also took on a job taking care of stray cats.
television actor. Having studied at the Juilliard School under the
supervision of John Houseman, Gallagher began her career on stage, and
has appeared in several Broadway theatre productions, winning a
Theatre World Award for her role in A Few Good Men.From there,
Gallagher moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting in film and
television; after making a screen debut in George Washington, she
graduated to recurring roles in Hill Street Blues and China Beach, and
starring roles in The Slap Maxwell Story, The Larry Sanders Show and
Millennium. The role of Catherine Black in that series had been
written with Gallagher in mind.Gallagher was born in Reading,
Pennsylvania on February 6, 1960, to Aileen and Donald Gallagher. She
was the fifth of six children. Her mother had also been an actor in
her youth, retiring when she began a family. Gallagher credits her own
career to her mother, who would take her to Broadway theatre
productions as a child. She has also cited Mary Tyler Moore and
Katharine Hepburn as influences on her career. She attended Wyomissing
Area Junior/Senior High School, where she elected not to attend her
high school prom in order to continue her rehearsals at a local
community theatre, Genesius Theatre.Gallagher moved to New York to
study acting at the Juilliard School under the tutelage of John
Houseman. Included in her class were Penny Johnson Jerald, Lorraine
Toussaint, Jack Kenny and Jack Stehlin. She then relocated to Los
Angeles, California to further pursue her career; during this time she
also took on a job taking care of stray cats.
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