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Lorena Gale (born May 9, 1958) is a Canadian actress, director, and writer. She has been active in stage, movie, and television acting since the 1980s. She is the author of two award-winning plays, Angélique and Je me souviens. Gale is also a wife and mother.

Recently, Gale has acted in several A-list movies, including Fantastic Four, The Chronicles of Riddick, and The Exorcism of Emily Rose.






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Lorena Gale (born May 9, 1958) is a Canadian actress, director, and writer. She has been active in stage, movie, and television acting since the 1980s. She is the author of two award-winning plays, Angélique and Je me souviens. Gale is also a wife and mother.

Recently, Gale has acted in several A-list movies, including Fantastic Four, The Chronicles of Riddick, and The Exorcism of Emily Rose. She has guest starred on programs such as The X-Files
The X-Files

The X-Files is a Peabody Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning American cult following science fiction television series, created by Chris Carter , which first aired in 1993 and ended in 2002....
, Smallville
Smallville (TV series)

Smallville is an Television in the United States series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics fictional character Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster....
, and Kingdom Hospital
Kingdom Hospital

Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital is a thirteen-episode miniseries based on The Kingdom , which was developed by Horror fiction writing Stephen King in 2004 for United States television....
. Until August 2005, she starred as Priestess Elosha
Elosha

Elosha is a fictional character from the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series.Elosha is a priestess who follows the religion of the Lords of Kobol ....
 on the SciFi Channel
Sci Fi Channel (United States)

Sci Fi Channel, often stylized SCI FI Channel, is an American cable television channel, launched on September 24, 1992, that specializes in science fiction, fantasy, horror film, and paranormal programming....
 television program Battlestar Galactica.

Concerning her role in Battlestar Galactica, Gale has said that she most enjoyed the woman-to-woman scenes with Mary McDonnell
Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is famous for her Oscar-nominated role as Stands With Fist in Dances with Wolves, and for starring as President Laura Roslin in Battlestar Galactica ....
. She believes that there is no such thing as "artificial intelligence", just "intelligence". She enjoys watching the show as a fan. (Podcast)

Her play, Angélique, the story of executed slave
Slavery

Slavery is a form of forced labor where a person is compelled to Labor for another . Slaves are held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase, or birth, and are deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to receive Remuneration in return for their labor....
 Marie-Joseph Angelique
Marie-Joseph Angélique

Marie-Joseph Ang?lique was the name given by her last owners to a Portuguese people-born black slavery in New France . She was tried and convicted of setting fire to her owner's home, burning much of what is now referred to as Old Montreal....
, was the winner of the 1995 duMaurier National Playwriting Competition in Canada.

Quotes

"Canadian Society has become too multiracial that racism, true systemic and institutionalized racism, is constantly being challenged. I have always believed that Canada has the potential to be a Utopian Society. Sadly, we are too influenced by our American cousins." --Gale, August 28, 2002, E-mail to Sarah Kunkel

External links

  • with Lorena Gale on Sci-Fi Talk (about 24 minutes, Gale talks about her recent roles)
  • article at