Susan Egan

Susan Egan (b. February 18, 1970) is an American actress and singer best known for her work on the Broadway stage. An unknown at the time, she won the coveted role of Belle in the original Broadway cast of Beauty and the Beast. Also on stage, she has won high praise for her portrayal of Maria in regional productions of The Sound of Music.

Egan's voice has been featured in the English language versions of two feature films by Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki"spirited Away" and "Porco Rosso" as well as the Disney animated feature, Hercules. She reprised the role of Megara in the Disney/Square Enix video game Kingdom Hearts II. Also in the world of Disney, Egan's Song I Won't Say (I'm in Love) Duet With Raven & HSM Cast, Features in the PlayStation 2 Video Game, High School Musical: Sing It!.

Egan has over 40 recording credits from Broadway cast albums to film soundtracks, including her five critically praised solo CDs: All That and More, So Far, Winter Tracks, Coffee House, and her latest 2-disc concert album Susan Egan LIVE.

She was born in Seal Beach, in California. She attended UCLA and Los Alamitos High School, first site of the Orange County High School of the Arts. While attending UCLA, she took time off when Tommy Tune cast her as Kim in his touring production of Bye Bye Birdie. After the tour ended she was cast in the tour of State Fair and officially dropped out of college to move to New York City. She is married to Robert Hartmann and they have a daughter, Nina, born on February 6, 2007.