---
name: "Susan Hegarty"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/susan-hegarty"
fi1m_id: "susan-hegarty"
imdb_id: "nm0373682"
tmdb_id: 76003
wikidata_id: "Q27916564"
roles: ["Dialect coach"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T02:45:39.994156+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Susan Hegarty

## Identity

Susan Hegarty

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/susan-hegarty
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** susan-hegarty
- **IMDb ID:** nm0373682
- **TMDB ID:** 76003
- **Wikidata ID:** Q27916564
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27916564, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0373682/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76003

Dialect coach.

## Details

- **Work:** Dialect coach
- **Active:** 1991–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 1 acting, 6 crew, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 76 (2), 2000s 77 (3), 2010s 70 (2), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 68 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Adventure 2, Crime 2, Mystery 2, Romance 2, Thriller 2
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $378m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27916564, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0373682/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76003

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Lilo & Stitch*](https://film.one/film/lilo-and-stitch.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Susan Hegarty is a dialect coach and voice actress. She has worked as a dialect or dialogue coach on numerous films, including *Mulan* (1998), *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003), *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003), *Hulk* (2003), *Fantastic Four* (2005), *Constantine* (2005), *Ratatouille* (2007), *Contagion* (2011), *Divergent* (2014) and *Insurgent* (2015).

Hegarty voiced the character credited as Rescue Lady in the Disney animated film *Lilo & Stitch* (2002). She has also provided additional crew work on titles such as *Titanic* (1997) and *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (2004).

*Sources: imdb.com, wikidata.org, bustle.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

### Performed in (1)

- *Lilo & Stitch* (2002), Fi1m 82, as Rescue Lady (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/lilo-and-stitch.md)

### Crew (6) — the average rests on these

- *Mare of Easttown* (2021), Fi1m 78, Dialect Coach — [page](https://film.one/tv/mare-of-easttown.md)
- *Denial* (2016), Fi1m 64, Dialect Coach — [page](https://film.one/film/denial.md)
- *A Most Violent Year* (2014), Fi1m 77, Dialect Coach — [page](https://film.one/film/a-most-violent-year.md)
- *The Fountain* (2006), Fi1m 66, Dialect Coach — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fountain.md)
- *Mulan* (1998), Fi1m 74, Dialogue Coach — [page](https://film.one/film/mulan.md)
- *Dead Again* (1991), Fi1m 78, Dialect Coach — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-again.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *High Fidelity* (2000), Fi1m 82, as Laura's Mom (voice) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/high-fidelity.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *O'Dessa* (2025), Vocal Coach
- *Challengers* (2024), Dialect Coach — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/challengers.md)
- *Mare of Easttown* (2021), series, Dialect Coach — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/mare-of-easttown.md)
- *Judas and the Black Messiah* (2021), Dialect Coach — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/judas-and-the-black-messiah.md)
- *Blackbird* (2019), Dialect Coach
- *Wonder Wheel* (2017), Dialect Coach
- *The Mountain Between Us* (2017), Dialect Coach
- *The Dark Tower* (2017), Dialect Coach
- *Collateral Beauty* (2016), Dialect Coach
- *Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk* (2016), Dialect Coach
- *Denial* (2016), Dialect Coach — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/denial.md)
- *Complete Unknown* (2016), Dialect Coach
- *Endless Night* (2015), Dialect Coach
- *Steve Jobs* (2015), Dialect Coach — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/steve-jobs.md)
- *Insurgent* (2015), Dialect Coach
- *A Most Violent Year* (2014), Dialect Coach — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/a-most-violent-year.md)
- *Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day* (2014), Dialect Coach
- *Divergent* (2014), Dialect Coach
- *Labor Day* (2013), Dialect Coach
- *Sunlight Jr.* (2013), Dialect Coach
- *The Bourne Legacy* (2012), Dialect Coach — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bourne-legacy.md)
- *Contagion* (2011), Dialect Coach — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/contagion.md)
- *The Whistleblower* (2010), Dialect Coach
- *Ratatouille* (2007), Dialect Coach — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/ratatouille.md)
- *The Fountain* (2006), Dialect Coach — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fountain.md)
- *Fantastic Four* (2005), Dialect Coach — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-2005.md)
- *The Chumscrubber* (2005), as Aide to Mayor Ebbs
- *Constantine* (2005), Dialect Coach — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/constantine.md)
- *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003), Dialect Coach — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-revolutions.md)
- *Alex & Emma* (2003), Dialect Coach
- *Hulk* (2003), Dialect Coach — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/hulk.md)
- *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003), Dialect Coach — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-reloaded.md)
- *Lilo & Stitch* (2002), as Rescue Lady (voice) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/lilo-and-stitch.md)
- *Atlantis: The Lost Empire* (2001), Dialect Coach
- *High Fidelity* (2000), as Laura's Mom (voice) (uncredited) · Dialect Coach — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/high-fidelity.md)
- *Entrapment* (1999), Dialect Coach — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/entrapment.md)
- *Mulan* (1998), Dialogue Coach — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/mulan.md)
- *Strange Days* (1995), Dialect Coach
- *Dead Again* (1991), Dialect Coach — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-again.md)
- *Snoops* (1989), series, as Sylvia Maynard
- *Police Academy 6: City Under Siege* (1989), as Saleswoman
- *The Skin of Our Teeth* (1983), as Showgirl
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Showgirl

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