Susan Egan is currently shocking audiences as the steamy and sarcastic Mary Campbell on the WB sitcom Nikki, and just completed production in the leading role of Disney’s TV movie Gotta Kick It Up. Last year she received outstanding critical acclaim on Broadway as Sally Bowles in the hit revival Cabaret at Studio 54. She has also starred on Broadway opposite F. Murray Abraham and Betty Buckley in Triumph of Love, in State Fair, and most notably as the original Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, for which she received Tony and Drama Desk nominations for "Best Actress." She traversed the country as Kim MacAfee in the national tour of Bye, Bye Birdie with Tommy Tune and Ann Reinking, and reprised her role of Belle for the Los Angeles premiere of Beauty and the Beast. Susan’s regional credits include: Putting It Together opposite Carol Burnett (Mark Taper Forum), Hello Again (Blank Theatre Co.), Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (The Hollywood Bowl), and The Sound of Music, Singin’ In the Rain,, Singin’ In the Rain, Baby, No, No Nanette, My One and Only, The Boy Friend, Sunday In the Park With George, and 42nd Street.

On film, Susan Egan was the sultry voice of Meg in Disney's Hercules, sang the role of Angel in Lady and the Tramp II, and has starred in several independent films including Man of the Century, Kiss and Tell, and the upcoming scare flick Extreme Close Up. Additional television credits include guest starring on Party of Five, Drew Carey, Almost Perfect, Partners, All My Children, Loving, and Great Performances: Rodgers and Hart.

Susan has been the guest soloist for dozens of symphony orchestras across the country, and can be heard on several recordings for Fynsworth Alley, JAY Records, the Broadway cast recordings of Beauty and the Beast and Triumph of Love, and the motion picture soundtrack of Disney’s Hercules and Lady and the Tramp II. Watch for her debut solo album, Susan Egan, So Far... on JAY Records, which will be released in stores in March 2002. Susan has also just created a compilation CD, All That and More, that includes of her Fynsworth recordings plus two bonus tracks, which is available at live performances. So Far... and much more can be found on Susan’s website, www.susanegan.net, which Entertainment Weekly calls the "slickest site around."

Susan is a Southern California native and attended the Orange County High School of the Arts and UCLA, where she received a Carol Burnett Award in Musical Theatre. Her free time is spent lounging with Willa-the-Wonder-Dog and reading everything in sight.

See Susans Web Site at www.susanegan.net