Susan Egan


Susan Farrell Egan is an American actress, singer, and dancer known for her work on the Broadway stage. She is best known for originating the role of Belle in the Broadway musical adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, for providing the voices of Megara in Hercules and Rose Quartz in Steven Universe, and for voicing the English dubs of Madame Gina in Porco Rosso and Lin in Spirited Away.

Early life

Susan Egan was born in Seal Beach, California on February 18, 1970. She attended Los Alamitos High School and the co-located Orange County High School of the Arts and UCLA.

Career

Stage and other work

Egan spent much of her time as a child taking dance, concentrating on ballet and trained as a figure skater from ages five to 10. While attending Los Alamitos High School, the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, California, and University of California, Los Angeles, she began her career acting in local community theaters and civic light operas. While attending UCLA, Egan took time off when Tommy Tune cast her as Kim MacAfee in his touring production of Bye Bye Birdie. After the tour ended, she was cast in the tour of State Fair and soon afterwards won the coveted role of Belle in the original Broadway cast of Beauty and the Beast in 1994, for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical at the 48th Tony Awards and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical.
On Broadway, Egan portrayed Belle for one year and reprised the role in the Los Angeles production in 1995, along with many of the original Broadway cast members. She also starred portraying characters in leading roles in State Fair, Cabaret, Triumph of Love, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. She has performed in one-woman, cabaret-style concerts at venues across the U.S. including the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, California and at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach, California. Egan has been the headline act performing with more than 60 symphonies and has appeared at the Hollywood Bowl five times including on June 6, 2016, when she appeared alongside Brad Kane as an opening act for Disney's The Little Mermaid Live show.
Egan produces live stage productions with two companies she manages: Broadway Princess Party, LLC and 10th & Main Productions. She produces Disney Princess - The Concert, Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Concert and other shows often in partnership with Disney Concerts.In December 2025, she was a guest narrator at Disney's Candlelight Processional at Walt Disney World.

Television

On television, Egan is known for her co-starring role as Nikki White 's best friend Mary Campbell in Nikki on the The WB.

Voice acting

Egan's voice has been featured in the English language version of two feature films by Hayao Miyazaki, Spirited Away and Porco Rosso. She is most widely known for voicing Megara in the 1997 film Hercules and reprised her role in the 1998 TV series of the same name in two episodes and also in Kingdom Hearts II and Kingdom Hearts III.
Egan provided Angel 's singing voice in Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure and the voice acting for Rose Quartz on the Cartoon Network animated series Steven Universe along with various other characters.

Personal life

Egan is married to Robert Hartmann and has two daughters. They live in Nashville.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993Men Don't TellFloristTelevision film
1998–2000The Drew Carey ShowSusan/Suzanne2 episodes
1999HerculesMegara2 episodes
2000–2002NikkiMary Campbell40 episodes
2002NYPD BlueJennifer MartinEpisode: "Guns & Hoses"
2002Gotta Kick It Up!Heather BartlettTelevision film
2002HauntedE.R. DoctorEpisode: "Pilot"
2005Numb3rsBecky BurdickEpisode: "Prime Suspect"
2009HouseAudrey GreenwaldEpisode: "The Social Contract"
2014–2019Steven UniverseRose Quartz/Pink Diamond
Pebbles
Tiny Floating Whale
Patient		14 episodes; Voice
2015Modern FamilyMiss FordEpisode: "Summer Lovin'"
2019Steven Universe FutureRose QuartzEpisode: "Rose Buds"
Archived voice from Steven Universe
2020AmphibiaRenee FrodgersVoice; episode: "A Caravan Named Desire"
2021–2022The SimpsonsThe "You'll Never Sleep Again" singer
Singing Tree		Voice; episodes: "Treehouse of Horror XXXII"
"Meat Is Murder"
2022Bjorn the Last UnicornBeccaVoice

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006Kingdom Hearts IIMegara
2019Kingdom Hearts IIIMegara
2023Disney SpeedstormMegara

Broadway and stage

Source: Internet Broadway Database
Source:
  • 2002: So Far...
  • 2004: Coffee House
  • 2005: All That & More
  • 2006: Winter Tracks
  • 2007: Susan Egan Live!
  • 2011: Secret of Happiness
  • 2015: ''Softly''