Galatea was an actress and a sorceress. She fell in love with her fellow actor, Farley Fairfax, a handsome man with many admirers. When Fairfax proved unfaithful to her, she used her magic to summon a beast called the Soul Snatcher to curse him with an ugly face and an eternal life. Even after her death, her spirit lived, and she later battled Etrigan, who managed to banish her.