Lorena Gale

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lorena Gale at a science fiction convention

Lorena Gale (born May 9, 1958 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) 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, Smallville, and Kingdom Hospital. Until August 2005, she starred as Priestess Elosha on the SciFi Channel 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. 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 Marie-Joseph Angelique, was the winner of the 1995 duMaurier National Playwriting Competition in Canada.

[edit] 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 (Source)