Susan Walters

Acting · Directing

Born September 28, 1963, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Susan Walters (born September 28, 1963) is an American actress and former model, best known for her role as Diane Jenkins on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless from 2001 to 2004, and again briefly in 2010. Walters currently has recurring roles as a principal on The CW's One Tree Hill and the mayor of Mystic Falls on The CW's The Vampire Diaries.

Filmography

• Minx — Elayne
• 2022Nightmare Neighborhood Moms — Director
• 2022The Wedding Arrangement — Director
• 2021Aftermath — Farrah
• 2021Honesty Weekend — Naomi Goodson
• 2019Do Not Be Deceived — Nancy Cumberland
• Good Trouble — Diane Hunter
• 2018Murdered at 17 — Carley Emerson
• The Rookie — Sloan
• 2017A Wedding Wonderland — Deidre Reynolds
• How to Get Away with Murder — Sharon Tidwell
• 2014Kill the Messenger — Los Angeles Times Editor
• Star-Crossed — Maia, Maia (uncredited)
• The Flash — Dr. Carla Tannhauser
• The Fosters — Diane Hunter
• Perception — Anne Wallace
• 2011Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son — Mall Mother
• Ice Brigade
• Teen Wolf — Natalie Martin
• 2010Blood Done Sign My Name — Martha Tyson
• 2010Slow Moe — Beth Moebly
• Drop Dead Diva — Vicki Wellner
• The Vampire Diaries — Carol Lockwood
• Army Wives — Annette
• 2007Framed for Murder — Claire
• Point Pleasant — Meg Kramer
• 2004Combustion — Allison Saunders
• Summerland — Carol McFarlane
• Carnivàle — Young Becca Donovan
• Cold Case — Jane Robinson
• NCIS — Marcy Brooks
• One Tree Hill — Principal Rimkus
• CSI: Miami — Mary Kinnan
• 2002Gale Force — Susan Billings
• Without a Trace — Jenny Darcy
• Crossing Jordan — Gail Horton
• 2001Jumping Ship — Jules Biggs
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Merrit
• The War Next Door
• Family Law — Tina
• 1999Horse Sense — Jules Biggs
• Providence — Kerry King
• 1999Where the Truth Lies — Penny Morgan
• 1998I Married a Monster — Kelly Victoria Drummond
• 1997'Til There Was You — Robin
• 1997Two Came Back — Allie
• The Big Easy — Anne Osborne
• Caroline in the City — Laura Sterling
• JAG — Rachel Smithfield
• 1995Texas Justice — Karen
• 1995Two Guys Talkin' About Girls — Cindy One
• 1994The Counterfeit Contessa — Palmer Hewitt
• 1994XXX's & OOO's — Reed Barrett
• 1992Galaxies Are Colliding — Beth
• Melrose Place
• 1991Defending Your Life — Daniel's Wife
• 1990Grand Slam — Ann
• 1990In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing — Julie Tobias
• Hardball
• Nightingales — Bridget Loring
• Seinfeld — Dolores
• Dear John — Mary Beth Sutton
• 1988Elvis and Me — Priscilla Beaulieu Presley
• Elvis and Me — Priscilla Beaulieu Presley
• 1988Nightingales — Bridget
• 1987Russkies — Diane
• Matlock — Melanie Kerns
• Murder, She Wrote — Lee Gillrich
• Who's the Boss? — Kitty
• Hotel — Ryan Thomas
• Simon & Simon
• The Facts of Life
• The Young and the Restless — Taylor Jensen, Diane Jenkins