Susan Rose

Susan Rose is a multilingual actor, model and Second City-trained screenwriter and improviser based in Chicago. Born in Tachikawa, Japan, Susan grew up all over the world as an Air Force Brat--and just kept moving. The acting bug bit in college but before long she was modeling in Europe, doing commercials, editorial print, and runway in Paris and Milan. A great adventure, but after a year she headed home determined to put together a more long-term career. She ended up at the CBS-affiliate TV station in Albuquerque, NM, first as an Assistant Producer, then Reporter, Correspondent, and Anchor/Associate Producer. At the same time she starred in the station-produced syndicated Country Western Musical Sitcom, "High Country," winning an award at the New York International Film and Television Festival for Acting. Interviewing recruiters for the US State Department on her weekday feature news/talk show, she was inspired to take the entry exams for the Foreign Service. That led to a new career as a US diplomat, with assignments to Rio de Janeiro, Athens, Brussels, and Washington, where she was able to continue acting on stage and taking classes. After ten years she left the Foreign Service and moved to Athens, Greece, where she continued acting and modeling. After a brief stint in Budapest, it was back to the US, settling in Chicago, where she found The Second City and Improv, a technique perfectly suited to her creative process. She also went back to work for the US government, with a special focus on developing and encouraging more (and better) creative thinking. Susan's acting resume includes "The Accidental Detective," an Italian feature written and directed by Vanna Paoli; "Bad Animal," a feature by Remsy Atassi set in Chicago's hip-hop music scene; and award-winning student shorts. (2022) Her latest acting project is a lead role in "Always, Always", a short family drama from Chicago writer/director Eve Rounds. (2021) Susan stepped away from government work in 2021 to focus full-time on screenwriting and acting. (2022) She has written a one-hour dramedy series set in the world of high fashion modeling in Paris with her writing partner, Maija Flanagan, and is putting the finishing touches on another series: a romantic geopolitical mystery-thriller set in Chicago and Rio de Janeiro.