Susan Walters

Susan Walters is an American actress born in Atlanta. She began her television career in 1983 playing Lorna Forbes on the ABC soap Loving, staying with the part until late 1986. After the daytime role, she appeared in the 1987 film Russkies and worked with producer Aaron Spelling on Hotel, the miniseries Elvis and Me (1988), Nightingales, and Melrose Place. She drew notice on Seinfeld as Dolores, known as Mulva, in 1993 and 1996, and starred in The Big Easy in 1996. Walters also played the Disney Channel movie Horse Sense (1999) and its 2001 sequel Jumping Ship. She played Diane Jenkins on The Young and the Restless from 2001 to 2004, returned briefly in 2010, and resumed the role in 2022, winning a Daytime Emmy Award in 2025 for her supporting performance. Her later credits include recurring parts as Principal Rimkus on One Tree Hill, Carol Lockwood on The Vampire Diaries, and Natalie Martin on Teen Wolf.