Susan Walters

Susan Walters (born September 28, 1963) is an American actress and former model who portrayed Carol Lockwood on The Vampire Diaries. She is best known for her role as Diane Jenkins Newman in the CBS soap opera, The Young and the Restless, from 2001 to 2004. Walters also had the role as a principal on The CW's One Tree Hill. She also played Natalie Martin in Teen Wolf, alongside her onscreen husband, Rob Pralgo (the late Richard Lockwood on The Vampire Diaries), and her real-life husband, Linden Ashby.
==Biography==
Susan Walters was born on September 28, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia. Her first major role was as Priscilla Presley in the 1988 television mini-series Elvis and Me. Her other screen credits include a starring role in 1990 in Dear John, the short-lived prime time series Point Pleasant, and a guest role on CSI: Miami. Walters' is also known for her appearances as "Mulva" (really Dolores) on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, which she played in 1993 and again from 1996-97. She also starred as Anne Osborne in the television version of The Big Easy on the USA Network at this time (1996).
In 1999, she appeared in the Disney Channel movie Horse Sense, as well as its sequel, Jumping Ship, in 2001. She began her career as Lorna Forbes Perelli on the soap opera Loving from the pilot on June 1983 to late 1986. She then left the daytime soap and appeared in various Aaron Spelling prime time television productions, such as Hotel during its entire last season (as Ryan Thomas), as well as Melrose Place (as Tiffany Hart). She also played one of the student nurses on Nightingales during its entire run. She is married to former Young and the Restless co-star Linden Ashby (ex-Cameron Kirsten). Ashby appeared briefly on the Y&R in the early 2000s as an evil man that Sharon Newman encountered while on the road, after she left Nick Newman and the Newman ranch for many weeks. Cameron abused Sharon and then killed Cassie's biological father before being killed himself. They have two daughters, Frances Grace (born 1991) and Savannah Elizabeth (born 1992).
===Brief return to Y&R===
At the end of February 2010, Susan Walters briefly took on her past role as Diane Jenkins on Y&R bringing Jack's never-seen son Kyle with her.
==Filmography==
Year 	Title 	Role
2011-2017	Teen Wolf 	Natalie Martin
2016 	The Flash 	Dr. Carla Tannhauser
2015 	How to Get Away with Murder 	Sharon Tidwell
2015 	Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce 	Karen
2014 	Kill the Messenger 	Los Angeles Times Editor
2014 	Reckless 	Lindsay / Lindsay Adams
2014 	Star-Crossed 	Maia
2013 	Grape 	Shari
2013 	Perception 	Anne Wallace
2013 	The Following 	Prosecutor
2009-2012	The Vampire Diaries 	Carol Lockwood
2011 	Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son 	Mall Mother
2010 	Slow Moe 	Mrs. Mobley
2010 	Marry Me 	Stella Grafton
2001-2010	The Young and the Restless 	Diane Jenkins / Dian Jenkins
2010 	Blood Done Sign My Name 	Martha Tyson
2009 	Army Wives 	Annette
2009 	Drop Dead Diva 	Vicki Wellner
2009 	One Tree Hill 	Principal Rimkus
2007 	Framed for Murder 	Claire
2007 	Without a Trace 	Jenny Darcy
2005-2006	Point Pleasant 	Meg Kramer
2006 	Split Decision 	Debris Radford
2006 	Cold Case 	Jane Robinson
2004 	CSI: Miami 	Mary Kinnan
2004 	Combustion 	Allison Saunders
2004 	Summerland 	Carol McFarlane
2004 	JAG 	Rachel Smithfield
2003 	Carnivàle 	Young Becca Donovan
2003 	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 	Merrit
2002 	Gale Force 	Susan Billings
2002 	The Ellen Show 	Katie
2001 	Crossing Jordan 	Gail Horton
2001 	Jumping Ship 	Jules Biggs
1999-2000	Family Law 	Tina
2000 	Providence 	Kerry King
2000 	The War Next Door 	Lili Smith
1999 	Horse Sense 	Jules Biggs
1999 	Where the Truth Lies 	Penny Morgan
1998 	Love Boat: The Next Wave 	Amy
1998 	I Married a Monster 	Kelly Victoria Drummond
1998 	Melrose Place 	Christine Denton / Tiffany Hart
1998 	Caroline in the City 	Laura Sterling
1998 	Hotel del Sol 	
1997 	Two Came Back 	Allie
1997 	Nash Bridges 	Mary Tod Butler
1997 	Spy Game 	Margo DeSalle
1997 	'Til There Was You 	Robin
1996-1997	The Big Easy 	Anne Osborne
1993-1996	Seinfeld 	Dolores / Mystery Woman
1996 	Two Guys Talkin' About Girls 	Cindy One
1995 	Strange Luck 	Rosemary
1995 	Il barone 	Claudine de Martigny
1995 	Texas Justice 	Karen Masters
1995 	X-Men 2: Clone Wars 	Mystique (voice)
1994 	XXX's & OOO's 	Reed Barrett
1994 	The Counterfeit Contessa 	Palmer Hewitt
1993 	Matlock 	Melanie Kerns
1993 	Murder, She Wrote 	Lee Gillrich
1993 	X-Men 	Mystique (voice)
1992 	Galaxies Are Colliding 	Beth
1990-1992	Dear John 	Mary Beth Sutton
1991 	Defending Your Life 	Daniel's Wife
1990 	In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing	Julie Tobias
1990 	Grand Slam 	Ann
1989 	Hardball 	Madeline Warwick
1989 	Nightingales 	Bridget Loring
1988 	Simon & Simon 	Marian Fitzwalter
1988 	Nightingales 	Bridget Loring
1988 	Elvis and Me 	Priscilla Beaulieu Presley
1987-1988	Hotel 	Ryan Thomas
1987 	Russkies 	Diane
1987 	Who's the Boss? 	Kitty
1987 	The Facts of Life 	Cynthia Parks
1983 	Loving 	Lorna Forbes
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==References==
Category:The Vampire Diaries Cast
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season One Cast
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Two Cast
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Three Cast
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Four Cast
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