Ingrid Walters
Ingrid Walters
Ingrid Walters is an actress and competitive athlete based in Los Angeles, California. [1] She has acted in programs such as Baywatch and Grey's Anatomy. [1]
Early Life
Ingrid Walters
Walters grew up up in Southern California and is the the daughter of a Captain in the Marine Corps and a high school principal. [1] She started swimming competitively when she was 6-years-old and went on to compete at the collegiate level swimming for UCLA. [1] Walters would earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. [1] During Ingrid's senior year, a friend invited her to perform in a thesis play. It was Ingrid's first experience on stage, and a turning point in her life. [1]
Acting Career
Walters first appeared in Higher Learning in 1995 as the 'Party Girl' role.
[1] In the same year she would appear on Baywatch and would be in 12 episodes in three years, being credited with the role of Sheryl Whalen. [1] She would later appear on The Young and the Restless, CSI: New York, Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, Parenthood, and Castle. [1]
Athletic Accomplishments
Walters would swim competitively for 15-years and worked as a Los Angles County Public Lifeguard.
[1] She was a part of the USA National Lifeguard Team in 1996 and the LA County Ocean Lifeguard Team from 1990 in 2000.
The highlight of Walters' swimming career was competing in the World Lifesaving Championships in Durban, South Africa. In addition, Ingrid is an accomplished marathon runner placing third overall Masters Female at The 2014 Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:53.54. She would also place 2nd in the 2014 Female Overall Orange County Marathon and 5th place Masters Woman Overall in the 2016 USATF Masters Half Marathon Championship.