Gabrielle Carteris
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Gabrielle Anne Carteris is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 actress known for her role as Andrea Zuckerman
Characters of Beverly Hills, 90210
The following is a list of characters from the first series of the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise.-Main cast:*Jennie Garth portrays Kelly Taylor, the gradual main character who appears throughout the entirety of the series , maturing from "spoiled teen vixen to grounded 25-year-old." Kelly endured...

 on the early seasons of the 1990s television series Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210 is an American drama series that originally aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Fox and was produced by Spelling Television in the United States, and subsequently on various networks around the world. It is the first series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise...

.

Personal life

Carteris was born in Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2010 the population of the city was 217,385...

, the daughter of Marlene, a realtor
Real estate broker
A real estate broker, real estate agent or realtor is a party who acts as an intermediary between sellers and buyers of real estate/real property and attempts to find sellers who wish to sell and buyers who wish to buy...

, and Ernest Carteris, a restaurant owner of Greek
Greeks
The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....

 ancestry. She has a twin
Twin
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 brother, James. Her parents separated six months after her birth. Carteris's mother moved with her children to San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...

, where she set up a children's clothing store. While attending high school in Marin County, California
Marin County, California
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, Carteris took an interest in the arts, studying ballet
Ballet
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 and performing as a mime
Mime artist
A mime artist is someone who uses mime as a theatrical medium or as a performance art, involving miming, or the acting out a story through body motions, without use of speech. In earlier times, in English, such a performer was referred to as a mummer...

 on a European tour at 16 years old. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers...

 in 1983 with a bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
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 in Liberal Arts
Liberal arts
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.

Carteris is Jewish. She married Charles Isaacs, a stock broker
Stock broker
A stock broker or stockbroker is a regulated professional broker who buys and sells shares and other securities through market makers or Agency Only Firms on behalf of investors...

, in 1992, and has two daughters with him named Kelsey and Mollie.

In the March 17, 2008 issue of People magazine, Carteris described an injury suffered while filming a TV movie in Vancouver, Canada, in 2006 that partially paralyzed her face and affected her speech for over six months.

Career

In 1990, Carteris was cast in her best known role as studious school newspaper editor Andrea Zuckerman
Characters of Beverly Hills, 90210
The following is a list of characters from the first series of the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise.-Main cast:*Jennie Garth portrays Kelly Taylor, the gradual main character who appears throughout the entirety of the series , maturing from "spoiled teen vixen to grounded 25-year-old." Kelly endured...

 on Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210 is an American drama series that originally aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Fox and was produced by Spelling Television in the United States, and subsequently on various networks around the world. It is the first series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise...

. At age 29, she was the oldest cast member to portray a 16-year-old. When the series first began, most of the characters were supposed to be in their junior year of high school. However, when the show became very popular, the writers later wrote that the characters were now sophomores, to get an extra year of high school plots in before they went to college.

Carteris was only six years younger than James Eckhouse
James Eckhouse
James Hays Eckhouse is an American actor known for playing Jim Walsh on Beverly Hills, 90210 from 1990 to 1995. He also directed three episodes of the show...

, who was cast on the show as Jim Walsh, the father of Brenda and Brandon Walsh, Andrea's contemporaries on the series. Carteris left the series in 1995 and became the host of her own television talk show
Talk show
A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....

, entitled Gabrielle, which lasted only one season.

In 2003, she participated in the first season of the celebrity reality television show The Surreal Life
The Surreal Life
The Surreal Life is a reality television series that sets a select group of past-their-prime celebrities and records them as they live together in Glen Campbell's former mansion in the Hollywood Hills for two weeks...

. She later provided the voice of Elektra
Elektra (comics)
Elektra Natchios, usually referred to only by her first name Elektra, is a fictional character in publications from Marvel Comics.Elektra is a kunoichi – female ninja assassin – of Greek descent. She wields a pair of bladed sai as her trademark weapon. She is a love interest of the superhero...

 in the video game Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is an action role-playing game developed for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox and Xbox 360 by Raven Software and published by Activision. The game was simultaneously ported to the PlayStation Portable and Wii by Vicarious Visions, and to Microsoft Windows by Beenox...

.

In March 2010, Carteris appeared in the 17th episode of Criminal Minds Season 5.

Film

  • Jacknife
    Jacknife
    Jacknife is a 1989 American film directed by David Jones and starring Robert De Niro and Ed Harris. The film focuses on a small, serious story, with emphasis on characterization and the complex tension between people in a close relationship...

    (1989)
  • Raising Cain
    Raising Cain
    Raising Cain is a 1992 psychological thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma, and starring John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich and Steven Bauer.-Plot:Dr. Carter Nix is a respected child psychologist, the son of a giant in the field...

    (1992)
  • Mixed Blessings
    Mixed Blessings
    Mixed Blessings is a romance novel, authored by Danielle Steel. The plot follows three different couples, who have no correlation to each other trying to make ethical decisions about modern day lives and family life...

    (1995)
  • Full Circle
    Full Circle
    -Albums:* Full Circle * Full Circle * Full Circle * Full Circle * Full Circle * Full Circle * Full Circle...

    (2001)
  • Malpractice
    Malpractice
    In law, malpractice is a type of negligence in, which the professional under a duty to act, fails to follow generally accepted professional standards, and that breach of duty is the proximate cause of injury to a plaintiff who suffers harm...

    (2001)
  • A Lover's Revenge" (2005)

Television

  • Seasonal Differences (1987) (TV movie
    Television movie
    A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...

    )
  • What If I'm Gay? (1987) (TV movie
    Television movie
    A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...

    )
  • Another World
    Another World (TV series)
    Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It ran for a total of 35 years. It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J...

    (TV series
    Television program
    A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...

    )
  • Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
    Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
    The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot is a 1995 comic book written by Frank Miller, drawn by Geof Darrow and published by Dark Horse Comics...

  • Beverly Hills, 90210
    Beverly Hills, 90210
    Beverly Hills, 90210 is an American drama series that originally aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Fox and was produced by Spelling Television in the United States, and subsequently on various networks around the world. It is the first series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise...

    as Andrea Zuckerman
    Characters of Beverly Hills, 90210
    The following is a list of characters from the first series of the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise.-Main cast:*Jennie Garth portrays Kelly Taylor, the gradual main character who appears throughout the entirety of the series , maturing from "spoiled teen vixen to grounded 25-year-old." Kelly endured...

     (1990-1995) (TV series
    Television program
    A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...

    )
  • Seduced and Betrayed (1995) (TV movie
    Television movie
    A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...

    )
  • Mixed Blessings
    Mixed Blessings (film)
    Mixed Blessings, also known as Danielle Steel's Mixed Blessings, is a 1995 television film directed by Bethany Rooney. The film is based upon the 1985 novel of the same name written by Danielle Steel. It contains three stories of couples who are facing parenthood for the first time.- Plot :Three...

    (1995) (TV movie
    Television movie
    A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...

    )
  • Gabrielle (1995)
  • Batman Beyond
    Batman Beyond
    Batman Beyond is an American animated television series created by Warner Bros. Animation in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy...

  • To Face Her Past
    To Face Her Past
    To Face Her Past is a 1996 television film directed by Steven Schachter. Based on a true story, the film stars Patty Duke, Tracey Gold, David Ogden Stiers, Gabrielle Carteris and James Brolin.- Plot :...

    (1996) (TV movie
    Television movie
    A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...

    )
  • JAG
    JAG (TV series)
    JAG is an American adventure/legal drama television show that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television and, for the first season only, NBC Productions...

    (TV series
    Television program
    A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...

    ; 2001) (
    Mixed Messages episode)
  • Trapped: Buried Alive (2002) (TV movie
    Television movie
    A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...

    )
  • The Surreal Life
    The Surreal Life
    The Surreal Life is a reality television series that sets a select group of past-their-prime celebrities and records them as they live together in Glen Campbell's former mansion in the Hollywood Hills for two weeks...

    (2003) (Reality TV series
    Reality television
    Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

    )
  • Combustion (film) (2004) (TV movie
    Television movie
    A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...

    )
  • Deck the Halls (2005) (TV movie
    Television movie
    A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...

    )
  • Drake & Josh
    Drake & Josh
    Drake & Josh is an American sitcom that premiered on the Nickelodeon television network on January 11, 2004, which follows the lives of two stepbrothers. It stars Drake Bell and Josh Peck as stepbrothers Drake Parker and Josh Nichols, respectively. Both actors had played roles in The Amanda Show,...

    (2006)
  • "Dan's Detour of Life" (2008)
  • Criminal Minds
    Criminal Minds
    Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...

     (2010)
  • "The Event" (2011)

Voice-overs

  • Batman: The Brave and the Bold
    Batman: The Brave and the Bold
    Batman: The Brave and the Bold is an American animated television series based in part on the DC Comics series The Brave and the Bold which features two or more super heroes coming together to solve a crime or foil a super villain...

    - (2011) Vicki Vale
    Vicki Vale
    Victoria Vale is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appears in Batman #49 , and was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger.-1940s-1960s:...

  • Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
    Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
    The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot is a 1995 comic book written by Frank Miller, drawn by Geof Darrow and published by Dark Horse Comics...

  • Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
    Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
    Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits is the first of two Arc the Lad games for the PlayStation 2, the second being Arc the Lad: End of Darkness. The game was re-released in Japan as a premium box set...

    - Nafia
  • Bionic Commando - Jayne “Mag” Magdalene / Radio Operator
  • Icewind Dale II
    Icewind Dale II
    Icewind Dale II is a role-playing video game developed by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay Entertainment, released on August 27, 2002. Like its 2000 predecessor Icewind Dale, the game is set in the Forgotten Realms fantasy setting in the Icewind Dale region...

  • La Pucelle Tactics - Angelique
  • Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
    Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
    Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is an action role-playing game developed for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox and Xbox 360 by Raven Software and published by Activision. The game was simultaneously ported to the PlayStation Portable and Wii by Vicarious Visions, and to Microsoft Windows by Beenox...

    - Elektra
    Elektra (comics)
    Elektra Natchios, usually referred to only by her first name Elektra, is a fictional character in publications from Marvel Comics.Elektra is a kunoichi – female ninja assassin – of Greek descent. She wields a pair of bladed sai as her trademark weapon. She is a love interest of the superhero...

    , Enchantress
    Enchantress (Marvel Comics)
    The Enchantress is the name of two fictional characters in the Marvel Comics universe, the first of which is a powerful sorceress named Amora and is one of the most notable antagonists of Thor.-Publication history:...


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