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Lorena Gale (May 9, 1958 – June 21, 2009) was a Canadian actress, playwright and theatre director. She was active onstage and in films and television since the 1980s. She also authored two award-winning plays, Angélique and Je me souviens.
Lorena Gale (1958-2009) was an actress and voice artist who appeared in films, TV shows and video games. She was known for her roles in Freddy Got Fingered, Halloween: Resurrection, The Butterfly Effect and Battlestar Galactica.
- January 1, 1
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- January 1, 1
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Education and Early Career
- Mid-Career and Playwriting
- Film and Television
- Death and Legacy
- Awards
A third-generation Canadian, Lorena Gale graduated from Marianopolis College in Montreal in 1977. She studied at Concordia University and the National Theatre School. She also took a six-month course in New York with Toronto-born acting coach Paul Mann. In 2005, she received a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from Simon Fraser University (SFU) in ...
Lorena Gale moved to Vancouver in 1988. In 1991, she won a Jessie Award for best supporting actress as Normal Jean in The Colored Museum (1990), staged at the Firehall Theatre. In 1991, she married director John Cooper, with whom she frequently collaborated. Activism was a lived experience for Gale. She spoke out, promoted Black causes and displaye...
Lorena Gale’ amassed more than 130 film and television credits between the early 1980s and the late 2000s. Her film roles include The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), Agent Cody Banks (2003), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), The Butterfly Effect (2004), Fantastic Four (2005),The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), and The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008). H...
Lorena Gale died of cancer in 2009. That same year, the Union of BC Performers created the Lorena Gale Woman of Distinction Award as a tribute to her “enduring commitment to power, dignity, intelligence and truth.” See also Black Women in the Arts; Black Canadian Theatre.
Outstanding Performance (The River Niger), Montreal GazetteTheatre Critics Awards (1981)Best Supporting Actress (The Colored Museum), Jessie Awards(1991)du Maurier National Playwriting Competition (Angélique) (1995)Lorena Gale was a Canadian actress who appeared in films such as Freddy Got Fingered, Halloween: Resurrection and The Butterfly Effect. She also had guest roles on The X-Files, Stargate SG-1 and Smallville, and died of throat cancer in 2009.
- May 9, 1958
- June 21, 2009
Jul 2, 2009 · Lorena Gale was going to be an anthropologist until she caught the 1976 Broadway production of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf.
Jul 7, 2009 · Lost a bit in the various celebrity deaths of the past few weeks was the passing of actress and playwright Lorena Gale.
Dec 14, 2020 · In this powerful dramatic monologue, which draws on a variety of stories from her family and community, Lorena Gale reconstructs her childhood and coming of age as an African-Canadian in Montreal, colouring and diversifying the separatist "pure laine" vision of a Quebec nation.
