Gloria Foster will always be best known for her performance as The Oracle in The Matrix (1999) and The Matrix Reloaded (2003), but the actress's career spanned four decades on the stage and screen. Born on November 15, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, Foster was put in the custody of her grandparents and raised on a farm. She returned to Chicago to attend the University of Illinois. Acting was not a focus until she was accepted at the city's distinguished Goodman Theatre. She performed on stages around the city before heading to New York City in the early 1960s. In New York, her first stage role was in "A Raisin in the Sun". She won an Obie Award for her next performance in the play "In White America", where she portrayed 27 different characters. Life Magazine dedicated a two-page article on Foster. More roles followed as her fans grew in number; quite often, roles were being written expressly for her. By the end of her career, she would win 2 more Obies, for a later performance of "A Raisin in the Sun" and the Broadway production of "Having Our Say" in 1995. Foster's first film role was in The Cool World (1963); during production set met actor-director Clarence Williams III, and the couple soon married. (They later divorced, and Foster never remarried.) Her film work was limited, with roles in Nothing But a Man (1964), The Comedians (1967), The Angel Levine (1970), Man and Boy (1971), Leonard Part 6 (1987), City of Hope (1991), and the aforementioned Matrix appearances. She worked a bit more on television, with appearances throughout the years on I Spy (1965), The Mod Squad (1968), The Bill Cosby Show (1969), The White Shadow (1978), The Cosby Show (1984), Law & Order (1990) (her character here was based on Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X's widow), and Soul Food (2000). She appeared in the TV movies The House of Dies Drear (1984) and the Golden Globe-nominated Separate But Equal (1991). She returned to the stage in 1995 in "Having Our Say", co-starring with Mary Alice, who would take her place as The Oracle in The Matrix Revolutions (2003). On September 29, 2001, she died of complications from diabetes. She was 67.
Gloria Franz is known for Mysteries at the Museum (2010).
Gloria Garayua was born on October 18, 1978 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. She is known for Maid (2021), Reckoning (2019) and Grey's Anatomy (2005).
Gloria Garcia is a Mexican-American actress who became known as the "Jakku Defender" in Star Wars 'The Force Awakens' when she was chosen personally by J.J. Abrams for the scene. She is the first 'featured' female in the film whilst protecting the character 'Poe' played by Oscar Isaac. She encompasses the role of a mother in the recently released #1 Netflix Film ' Afterlife of the Party' where she plays 'Sofia'. Other projects include that of a Police Officer in the number one soap opera in England, Eastenders, as well as a D.E.A. Agent in The Infiltrator. A real S.I.A Licensed Bodyguard and former Cook County Chicago Sheriff Police Officer, she is trained in combatives & firearms. Having been disciplined under the S.O.R.T Team, the Special Operations Response Team for Cook County Prison, she has commanded over 50 officers in the male RTU-Psych Ward division. She was appointed within a year as an Officer by her Captain to be a Commander in Training at the Sheriff's Academy for the entry exam physicals, an honour bestowed on very few. Gloria has also been recognised as one of the top female Bodyguards. She is fluent in Spanish being Half Mexican and Half Polish . Gloria was born in Cicero,Illinois. She is involved in education for orphans in Puebla, Mexico where her origins lies. She is a graduate of The Poor School Drama School in London.
Gloria Gaynor was born on September 7, 1943 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for The Martian (2015), Bitter Moon (1992) and The Replacements (2000). She was previously married to Linwood Simon.
Gloria taught at the American Film Institute for six years in the Masters' Program. She taught Directors, Writers and Producers and among her successful AFI students: Patty Jenkins (Monster (2003), Brian Dannelly (Saved! (2004), Weeds (2005). In 2007, Gloria opened the prestigious Actors Academy Milano in Milan, Italy, where she taught Italian actors and actresses and International Models - male and female in intensive acting programs. The Academy's president is Edoardo Costa, her former student at the BHP and now starring with Bruce Willis in Live Free or Die Hard (2007). She is the Founder of the Rebel Planet Short Film Festival of Hollywood, rebelplanet.com, which just had the its very successful second year festival in North Hollywood, California in April 2007.
Gloria Giugnard is an actress, known for Deadly Playthings (2019) and Book Trailer: When Everything Beyond the Walls Is Wild by Lilace Mellin Guignard (2019).
Gloria Gomez is known for Fox News (1987), Snapped (2004) and The Murder of Laci Peterson (2017).
Gloria Gonnillini is known for Dead South (2016), Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word (2016) and Salvation (2014).