Gloria Reuben

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Gloria Reuben speaking at the 35th Emmy Awards Gala at the New York Hilton (November 19, 2007)

Gloria Elizabeth Reuben (born June 9, 1964 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian actress .

Life

Gloria Reuben is the youngest of six siblings. The daughter of a Jamaican gospel singer and architect, she was inspired by her mother and older brother Denis Simpson, a Broadway actor, to learn to play the piano and later study music theory , ballet and jazz at the Canadian Royal Conservatory in Toronto.

In 1996 the American weekly People named Gloria Reuben as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People . She has been married to the music producer Wayne Isaak since 1999.

Film, television and music

After graduating from high school, Gloria Reuben moved to Los Angeles and began working as an actress and model . She had her first appearance on television in 1985 with the children's program Polka Dot Door . She played her first major cinema roles in 1994 with Jean-Claude Van Damme in Timecop and a year later in Gegen die Zeit with Johnny Depp and Christopher Walken .

She became known worldwide for the role of Jeanie Boulet in the hit series Emergency Room , which she played from 1995 to 1999 - for her performance, Reuben was awarded for two Emmys (supporting actress in a drama series) and for the Golden Globe Awards ( best supporting actress ) and won five other awards. She was also part of the regular cast for a year in the television series The Agency - In the crosshairs of the CIA and Missing - Desperately Wanted . Gloria Reuben was also responsible for the soundtrack of several episodes of Missing , composed the theme song and gained her first experience as a producer.

In addition to acting, Gloria Reuben works as a musician. In 2000 she went on tour as a background singer with Tina Turner and appeared in the video for their song When The Heartache Is Over . She also sings the Canadian national anthem frequently at major sporting events and released her audio CD just for you in 2004.

In the spring of 2006, she played US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the theater production Stuff Happens by David Hare at The Public Theater in New York .

Her work as a film producer includes the feature films Padre Nuestro and Positive Voices: Women and HIV (both 2007) and Ice Grill (post-production, 2009). The first season of the drama series Raising the Bar , in which Reuben played the defense attorney Rosalind "Roz" Whitman, has been broadcast on the US cable network Turner Network Television (TNT) since September 1, 2008 .

In 2013, Reuben starred as Marina Perlata in the military science fiction series Falling Skies .

Charity work

Gloria Reuben supports the Waterkeeper Alliance and is particularly involved in various HIV / AIDS projects such as the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation , Planned Parenthood and Artists for a new South Africa (ANSA).

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Gloria Reuben  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GLORIA REUBEN: The Raising the Bar Interview with Kam Williams. EURweb.com, August 28, 2008, archived from the original on October 3, 2009 ; accessed on September 11, 2012 (English).
  2. ↑ serienjunkies.de: ER: Gloria Reuben returns , accessed on October 9, 2008. The episode Status Quo (Season 14, Episode 11) was first broadcast on January 3, 2008 in the USA.
  3. ↑ a b c Internet Movie Database, accessed October 9, 2008
  4. ↑ When The Heartache Is Over on YouTube , accessed October 9, 2008
  5. ↑ The Public Theater: Stuff Happens ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on October 9, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.publictheater.org
  6. ^ The New York Times (April 14, 2006): David Hare's 'Stuff Happens': All the President's Men in 'On the Road to Baghdad' , accessed October 9, 2008
  7. ↑ TNT: Raising the Bar ( Memento of the original from November 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tnt.tv
  8. ↑ Waterkeeper Alliance (English)
  9. ↑ Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (English)
  10. ↑ Planned Parenthood Federation of America (English)
  11. ↑ ANSA: Artists for a new South Africa ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ansafrica.org
personal data
SURNAME Reuben, Gloria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reuben, Gloria Elizabeth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario