Hollywood stalwart Megan Gallagher – who has appeared on screen over 50 times – was on the hit series Hill Street Blues for several years in the late 1980s.
The Pennsylvania native played Officer Tina Russo for 19 episodes from 1986 until 1987 and gained a following as the show was such a massive success.
The brunette also popped up on several other hit series like China Beach, The Slap Maxwell Story, The Larry Sanders Show and Millennium.
And there was a role in 2005’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
Last week the 65-year-old performer was seen in a rare sighting in Los Angeles as she wore casual clothing: she paired a black tank top with dark slacks adding a cap and sneakers during a power walk.
See what the thespian with a stage background looks like now.
Hollywood stalwart Megan Gallagher was on the hit series Hill Street Blues for several years in the late 1980s. The Pennsylvania native played Officer Tina Russo for 19 episodes from 1986 until 1987. See her now
The brunette also popped up on several other hit series like The Slap Maxwell Story, The Larry Sanders Show and Millennium
After studying at Juilliard School she landed a role in a production of Paul Osborn’s Oliver Oliver.
Next came a part in of LCDR JoAnne Galloway in the 1989 Broadway production of Aaron Sorkin’s A Few Good Men; Tom Cruise and Demi Moore were in the film version.
In 1993, she took part in Broadway productions of both parts of Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes—Millennium Approaches and Perestroika.
Next came Los Angeles.
She was first in the miniseries George Washington and then she won a guest spot in the first episode of L.A. Law.
She then went on to appear as a series regular towards the end of Hill Street Blues’ run.
On Sunday the 65-year-old performer was seen in a rare sighting in Los Angeles as she wore casual clothing
Gallagher had on a black tank top with dark jeans. She added blue sneakers and a blue cap
A gray jacket was tied around her waist as she wore a purse crossbody style
After that she popped up in The Slap Maxwell Story before and China Beach, A role in Millennium was written for her before she did The Larry Sanders Show.
Gallagher also appeared in the legal drama Suits, which is best known for starring Meghan Markle.
It was her mother who would take her to Broadway theatre productions as a child and inspire her to act
Gallagher, who sees Mary Tyler Moore as an inspiration, attended Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School, then moved to New York City to study acting at the Juilliard School.
Gallagher is married to actor Jeff Yagher; together they have twins.
