- Born
- Height5′ 7¾″ (1.72 m)
- Gloria Reuben is an actress, singer and published author whose impressive credentials in television, film, theater and music include portraying the HIV+ physician assistant Jeanie Boulet on the hit NBC series ER (a role that garnered her two Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe nomination) and many other television series including Raising The Bar, Falling Skies, Marvel TV's Cloak & Dagger, City On A Hill and The First Lady.
Gloria completed her role as Krista Gordon (the therapist to Rami Malek's Elliot Alderson) in the hit TV series Mr. Robot. As Rolling Stone wrote in their review of the Mr. Robot series finale: "...what makes the scene so powerful are the performances by Rami Malek and Gloria Reuben (who delivers a masterclass in how to convey so much information while making it feel emotionally resonant)."
In film, Gloria portrayed Elizabeth Keckley alongside Daniel Day-Lewis & Sally Field in the Steven Spielberg film LINCOLN, appeared with Paul Rudd and Tina Fey in Paul Weitz's Admission, and starred opposite Samuel L. Jackson in Reasonable Doubt. Gloria's portrayal of Condoleezza Rice in David Hare's play Stuff Happens at The Public Theater in NYC garnered her a Lucille Lortel Award for Best Actress.
In music, Gloria's career includes being a backup singer for Tina Turner in 2000, which led her to record her solo record Just For You. Gloria released her first jazz album Perchance To Dream in 2015 on the iconic Mcg Jazz label, and her new album For All We Know was released on Valentine's Day 2020, again on the Mcg Jazz label, to rave reviews.
Gloria's non-fiction book My Brothers' Keeper: Two Brothers. Loved. And Lost. (an intimate tribute to her two brothers who have passed away) was published by Post Hill Press in November 2019.
- IMDb mini biography by: Gloria Reuben
- SpouseWayne Isaak(October 25, 1999 - 2003) (divorced)
- ParentsPearl Avis MillsCyril George Reuben
- Gloria toured with Tina Turner as a backup singer, on her "24/7" Tour.
- Crowned "Miss Black Ontario" in 1986.
- (June - August 2000) Singing backup for Tina Turner's international tour
- Her parents were born in Jamaica. Her mother, Pearl Avis (Mills), was a singer, while her father, Cyril George Reuben, was an engineer. Gloria appeared on the program Finding Your Roots (2012), where her family ancestry was traced. Her father was mostly white (with Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jewish ancestry), though he also had some African roots. Her mother was of mostly African descent. A DNA test identified Gloria's African DNA as mostly Nigerian, Malian, Ghanaian, from the Ivory Coast, and Cameroonian.
- Sang the Canadian national anthem at the 2003 basketball All-Star game. Continues to sing both the Canadian and U.S. anthems at sporting events, including NY Giants, NY Knicks, NY Rangers, Toronto Raptors.
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