Beth Chamberlin

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Beth Chamberlin
Born (1963-10-01) October 1, 1963 (age 62)
Years active1989–present
Spouse
Peter Roy
(m. 1994)
Children1

Beth Chamberlin (born October 1, 1963) is an American actress, known for her role as Beth Raines on the CBS soap opera, Guiding Light .

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Early life

Chamberlin was born in Danville, Vermont. She studied ballet with the American Ballet Theatre before enrolling at New York University as a dance/theater major. [1] [2] Chamberlin has a number of regional theater credits, include The Taming of the Shrew , Godspell , Flowers for Algernon and You Can't Take It with You . [1]

Career

Chamberlin is best known for her portrayal of Beth Raines Spaulding LeMay Winslow Spaulding Bauer Spaulding on the CBS daytime soap opera Guiding Light . She was the second actress to portray the role and initially portrayed Beth for a two-year stint from 1989 to 1991. She returned to the role in November 1997 full-time and remained with the show until its cancellation in 2009. She also played the role of Lorelei Hills, Beth's dissociative identity disorder personality, from 2001 to 2002. She was nominated for the 2010 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal as Beth Raines on the final season of Guiding Light. [3] Additionally, Chamberlin was nominated two other times for Soap Opera Digest Awards, once in 1991 for Outstanding Super Couple and again in 1998 for Outstanding Villainess. [4]

On primetime television, Chamberlin guest starred on Columbo , Silk Stalkings , Cashmere Mafia , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , Blue Bloods , and Chicago Med . She co-starred in two television pilots; Murder in Manhattan for ABC in 2013, and Untitled Wall Street Project for CBS in 2014. In 2022, she was cast as a series regular in the third season of the crime drama series La Reina del Sur playing Jane Kosar. [5]

Personal life

Chamberlin has been married to Dr. Peter Roy since 1994. [1]

In March 2008, Chamberlin released "The Kettlebell Way To Your Perfect Body" and launched a health and fitness website. She released her second kettlebell DVD, "The Kettlebell Way, Volume 2 - Empire State" in the November, 2008. Chamberlin is a certified kettlebell trainer and a member of National Strength and Conditioning Association.

On December 4, 2025, Chamberlin revealed in a series of Instagram videos that she had been diagnosed with endometrial cancer in October of that year and had undergone a hysterectomy. She revealed that the cancer was in its early stages and had not spread to anywhere else in her body, stating that she was "lucky." [6]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 The Big Picture Stewardess
1989–91, 1997–2009 Guiding Light Beth Raines Spaulding LeMay Winslow Spaulding Bauer Spaulding Series regular
Nominated — Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2010)
Nominated — Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess (1999)
Nominated — Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Super Couple: Daytime (1991)
1990Best ShotsBlonde out of Gas
1992 Silk Stalkings Barbara DunhamEpisode: "Shock Jock"
1992 Columbo CindyEpisode: "No Time to Die"
1993 Days of Our Lives Nancy TrentRecurring role
1998The Right Way
2008 Cashmere Mafia Cynthia TateEpisode: "Yours, Mine and Hers"
2010SteamboatTabithaWeb-series
2011CellBrendaEpisode: "My Name Is Sarah"
Nominated — Indie Series Award for Outstanding Guest Appearance
2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Georgia StantonEpisode: "Spiraling Down"
2013 Blue Bloods Amy SeabrookEpisode: "No Regrets"
2013Murder in ManhattanSheila RamseyTV pilot
2013 Grand Theft Auto V Abigail MathersVideogame
2014Untitled Wall Street ProjectMolly ConklinTV pilot
2015 Chicago Med Courtney ColeEpisode: "Mistaken"
2017Law & Order: Special Victims UnitGwendolyn GatesEpisode: "The Newsroom"
2018 Power VivianEpisode: "Second Chances"
2018 House of Cards Tabitha PetersEpisode: "Chapter 66"
2019 FBI MartinaEpisode: "Scorched Earth"
2019 Venice: The Series Zelda8 episodes
2020 Billions LisaEpisode: "The Limitless Sh*t"
2022–2023 La Reina del Sur Jane KosarSeries regular, 26 episodes

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Beth Chamberlin Biography". Archived from the original on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  2. "About GL: About the Actors - Beth Chamberlin - Guiding Light @ soapcentral.com". Soapcentral .
  3. "Daytime Emmys 2010 winners list - Zap2it - News & Features". 27 June 2010. Archived from the original on 29 April 2012.
  4. "SOAPnet Fans: More Ways to Watch General Hospital". ABC. Archived from the original on 2010-05-14.
  5. Atlanta, Por Redacción de Noticias Telemundo. "Se estrena la tercera temporada de 'La Reina del Sur': ¿cuándo y dónde verla?". www.telemundoatlanta.com.
  6. https://michaelfairmantv.com/guiding-light-beth-chamberlin-reveals-cancer-diagnosis/2025/12/06/