Susan Flannery Bio
(Episode #1-present)
Golden Globe® and Daytime Emmy® Award-winning motion picture and television star and DGA nominee Susan Flannery portrays Stephanie Forrester, the strong-willed, manipulative but fiercely protective matriarch of the Forrester fashion dynasty on The Bold and the Beautiful.
Born and raised in New York, Flannery received her BFA in Theater at Stevens College in Missouri and attended graduate school at Arizona State before arriving in Hollywood. Discovered by producer Irwin Allen, Flannery made her television debut in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and shortly thereafter was offered the role of Dr. Laura Horton on Days of Our Lives, a role which won her an Emmy® Award during her eight year stint.
Flannery was cast as Robert Wagner's secretary and lover in Allen's epic disaster film The Towering Inferno. Her performance in the film won her a Golden Globe® Award for "Outstanding Acting Debut in a Motion Picture."
Additionally, she received an Emmy® nomination for her starring role in the NBC mini-series The Moneychangers, opposite Kirk Douglas, and appeared in the television movies Women in White and Anatomy of a Seduction. In 1981, she did a 10-week stint as a devious high-powered public relations consultant in conflict with J.R. Ewing on Dallas.
In February of 2006, Flannery received yet another Daytime Emmy® nomination. This marks her seventh nomination. She had previously won the award for her role on The Bold and the Beautiful in 2000, 2002 and 2003 as well as in the same category in 1975 for a role she played on Days of Our Lives.
Off-screen, Flannery produced the cable soap opera New Day in Eden with Michael Jaffe. She is a licensed pilot and a gourmet cook. In addition, she has served as a director on The Bold and Beautiful and in 1995 was nominated for a Directors Guild® Award for her directing work on the series.
