{{Short description|American actress}} {{Use American English|date=June 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Susan Traylor | image = | caption = | birth_date = <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> | birth_place = New York, United States | occupation = Actress, Writer, Director, & Producer | years_active = 1988–present | known_for = | notable_works = | father = William Traylor | mother = Peggy Feury | spouse = Jesse Dylan | relatives = {{ubl|Bob Dylan (father-in-law)|Sara Dylan (mother-in-law)|Jakob Dylan (brother-in-law)}} | children = 2 }}
'''Susan Traylor''' is an American actress who has appeared in over 50 films.<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Oakley | first=James | title=SUSAN TRAYLOR'S LA STORY | date=11 July 2012 | magazine=Interview magazine | url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/susan-traylor-the-casserole-club/ | accessdate=4 October 2017}}</ref> She was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in ''Valerie Flake'' (1999).<ref>{{cite web | last=Duke | first=Paul F. | title='Election,' 'Limey' get into Spirit nominations | date=12 January 2000 | work=Variety | url=https://variety.com/2000/film/news/election-limey-get-into-spirit-nominations-1117760826/ | accessdate=4 October 2017}}</ref> Traylor's starring role in ''Valerie Flake'' also won the inaugural best feature award at The Women's Image Network Awards.
==Personal life== When Traylor was a baby, her father went to Malibu, California to work on a film. Shortly afterwards, her mother brought Traylor and her sister to California, where they were then raised.<ref name="IM">{{cite web|last=Oakley|first=James|title=Susan Traylor's LA Story|date=11 July 2012|website=Interview|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/susan-traylor-the-casserole-club|accessdate=18 August 2025}}</ref> Traylor studied acting at her parents' acting school, "The Loft Studio", and also went to film school at NYU.<ref name=IM/>
Traylor is married to Jesse Dylan; they have two children, William Pablo Dylan & Feury Mae Dylan.<ref name="son Pablo">{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/bob-dylans-grandson-pablo-interview-kanye-west-810789/ | title=Bob Dylan's Grandson Pablo Explains Why He Went From Rap to Folk Rock | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=March 25, 2019 | accessdate=June 9, 2019 | author=Greene, Andy }}</ref> <!-- William (born 1995),<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-GjRsF5AT_oC&pg=PT329&q=feury%20mae|last=Sounes|first=Howard|title=Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan|year=2011|publisher=Grove Press|isbn=9780802195456}}{{page needed|date=October 2017}}</ref> --><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.track16.com/exhibitions/welcome_to_california/ | title=Welcome to California: A film by Susan Traylor | publisher=Track 16 Gallery |access-date= February 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318075943/http://www.track16.com/exhibitions/welcome_to_california/ |archive-date=March 18, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=June 2019}}
== Filmography == ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1992 |''{{sortname|A|River Runs Through It|A River Runs Through It (film)}}'' |Rawhide | |- |1994 |''Sleep with Me'' |Deborah | |- |1994 |''{{sortname|The|New Age|The New Age (film)}}'' |Ellen Saltonstall | |- |1995 |''To Die For'' |Faye Stone | |- |1995 |''Lord of Illusions'' |Maureen Pimm | |- |1995 |''Heat'' |Elaine Cheritto | |- |1996 |''Bastard Out of Carolina'' |Alma | |- |1997 |''She's So Lovely'' |Lucinda | |- |1997 |''After the Game'' |Veronica Kowalski | |- |1998 |''Broken Vessels'' |Susy | |- |1998 |''Finding Graceland'' |Maggie | |- |1999 |''Valerie Flake'' |Valerie Flake | |- |1999 |''If... Dog... Rabbit...'' |Lulu | |- |2000 |''Tempest Eye'' |Karen Jarek | |- |2002 |''Ten Tiny Love Stories'' |Eight | |- |2003 |''Masked and Anonymous'' |Mrs. Brown | |- |2005 |''Firecracker'' |Ed | |- |2005 |''Welcome to California'' |Undine | Writer, Director, Producer{{Citation needed |date=February 2026}} |- |2009 |''Stuck!'' |MeMe | |- |2010 |''Greenberg'' |Carol Greenberg | |- |2010 |''Passion Play'' |Red | |- |2010 |''{{sortname|The|Sleepy Count|nolink=1}}'' |Susan |Short film |- |2011 |''{{sortname|The|Casserole Club}}'' |Sugar Bainbridge | |- |2012 |''{{sortname|The|Pyrex Glitch|nolink=1}}'' |Christina Crawford | |- |2012 |''All the Light in the Sky'' |Carol | |- |2012 |''Cull'' |Victoria | |- |2013 |''Snake and Mongoose'' |Mrs. McWorter | |- |2013 |''Jake Squared'' |Jocelyn | |- |2014 |''Me'' |Susan | |- |2015 |''El Ganzo'' |Lizzy |Co-Writer |- |2015 |''Anatomy of the Tide'' |Kim Brewer | |- |2017 |''Woodshock'' |Theresa's Mother | |- |2018 |''{{sortname|The|Con Is On}}'' |Diane St. Cliare | |- |2018 |''Glass'' |Nadine |Short film |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1995 |''Sisters'' |Sandra |"A Tough Act to Follow" |- |1998 |''Touched by an Angel'' |Karla |"Redeeming Love" |- |1999 |''Chicken Soup for the Soul'' |Mrs. Bailey |"The Heart of Christmas" |- |2000 |''Code Blue'' |Jackie Slavin (voice) |Video game |- |2001 |''ER'' |Mrs. Schudy |"Never Say Never" |- |2003 |''Dragnet'' |Marcia Hills |"The Silver Slayer" |- |2004 |''Judging Amy'' |Ellen Shein |"Sins of the Father" |- |2007 |''Big Love'' | |"Damage Control" |- |2012–2016 |''Tuberville'' |Molly |"Pilot", "One Potato, Two Potato", "Spud", "A Murphy in Transition" |- |2016 |''House Poor'' |Stefani |"Rent Their Rooms?", "Lucky Me!", "Raven Returns" |}
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