Gabrielle Carteris

Gabrielle Anne Carteris (born January 2, 1961) is an American actress and trade union leader. Her best known acting role was as Andrea Zuckerman during the early seasons of the 1990s television series Beverly Hills, 90210.

Gabrielle Carteris
Carteris in 2017
Born	Gabrielle Anne Carteris January 2, 1961 Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Occupation	Actress trade union leader
Years active	1987–present
Spouse(s)	Charles Isaacs ​ (m. 1992)​
Children	2
2nd National President of the SAG-AFTRA
Incumbent
Assumed office April 9, 2016
Preceded by	Ken Howard

In 2012, Carteris was elected as executive vice president of SAG-AFTRA, a trade union representing over 100,000 actors and other professionals mainly in the United States. She assumed the position of acting president of the union following the death of the previous president, Ken Howard, on March 23, 2016.[1] On April 9, 2016, Carteris was elected SAG-AFTRA president by national board to serve out the remainder of Howard's term.[2] She was re-elected to the position in August 2017 and August 2019 by full membership vote.[3]

Early years

Carteris was born in Scottsdale, Arizona,[4] to Marlene, a realtor, and Ernest J. Carteris, a restaurant owner. She has a twin brother, James.[5][6] Her father was of Greek ancestry[7] whereas her mother is Jewish.[8] Her parents separated six months after her birth. Carteris's mother moved with her children to San Francisco, California, where she set up a children's clothing store. While attending Redwood High School in Larkspur, California,[6] she took an interest in the arts, studying ballet and performing as a mime on a European tour, at 16 years old. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, in 1983, with a bachelor's degree in liberal arts.

Career

After graduating from Sarah Lawrence College, Carteris' early television career found her typically cast as a teenager in such fare as ABC Afterschool Specials, CBS Schoolbreak Special, and the long-running soap opera Another World. This trend of playing significantly younger would continue when, in 1990, Carteris was cast in her best known role as studious school newspaper editor Andrea Zuckerman on Beverly Hills, 90210. At age 29, she was the oldest cast member to portray a 15-year-old.

Carteris left the series in 1995 and became the host of her own television talk show, entitled Gabrielle, which lasted only one season. She worked regularly as an actor and voiceover artist, amassing a considerable amount of post-90210 credits in television, film, and video games. She has gone on to become a mainstay on the made-for-television movie circuit, starring in nearly a dozen such films. Her first, Seduced and Betrayed, was released in 1995. She later became a regular presence on network television, appearing in episodes of such television series as Touched by an Angel, King of the Hill, NYPD Blue, JAG, Criminal Minds, and N.C.I.S. among others. She has appeared in several feature films. Carteris provided the voice for the Motorola intelligent assistant "Mya".[9][10]

SAG-AFTRA

Carteris became the executive vice president of SAG-AFTRA,[11] following the Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) merger, in 2012. She became acting president of the union, following the death of president Ken Howard, on March 23, 2016,[12][13] and was elected president on April 9, 2016, by national board of the union to complete Howard's remainder of his two-year term.[2] As of 2020, she is now on the 3rd two-year term as the president after defeating challengers such as Esai Morales on 2017 and Matthew Modine on 2019 both by direct votes by union membership. She also serves as vice president of the California Labor Federation.[14][15] In August 2020, she announced that there will be sharp cuts including a raise in the earnings floor to qualify for next year's SAG-AFTRA Health Plan due to two consecutive years of deficits and projected losses in years to come.[16]

Personal life

While filming the pilot of Beverly Hills, 90210, Carteris began dating Charles Isaacs, a stockbroker.[17] In 1991, Isaacs moved to L.A. to be with her.[6] After two years together, they got married on May 3, 1992 at Santa Barbara's Four Seasons resort.[18] Carteris and Isaacs have two daughters named Kelsey Rose (born May 11, 1994) and Mollie Elizabeth (born February 8, 1999).

In the March 17, 2008 issue of People magazine, Carteris described an injury suffered while filming a TV movie in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2006, which partially paralyzed her face and affected her speech for more than six months.[19]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Jacknife	College Girl in Bar
1992	Raising Cain	Nan
1997	Meet Wally Sparks	Herself
2001	Full Circle	Alice
	Malpractice	Ellen Robertson
2005	The Toy Warrior	(voice)
2007	Plot 7	Amy McCarthy
2008	Dimples	Sharon
2009	Print	Kathy
2020	How to Deter a Robber	Charlotte

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Nancy	Episode: "What If I'm Gay?"
	ABC Afterschool Special	Leslie	Episode: "Seasonal Differences"
1988		Cecile	Episode: "Date Rape"
	Another World	Tracy Julian
1990–1996 1998, 2000	Beverly Hills, 90210	Andrea Zuckerman	145 episodes Main Role (seasons 1-5) Guest Role (seasons 6,8 & 10)
1994	Gargoyles	Amy Schummer (voice)	Episode: "And Justice for All"
1995	Seduced and Betrayed	Cheryl Hiller	TV movie
	Mixed Blessings	Diana Goode Douglas
1996	To Face Her Past	Megan Hollander
1996	Touched by an Angel	April Campbell	Episode: "The Portrait of Mrs. Campbell"
1997	Johnny Bravo	Various (voice)	2 episodes
1998	Touched by an Angel	Linda Craig	Episode: "The Trigger"
	The Love Boat: The Next Wave	Brenda	Episode: "All Aboard"
1999	King of the Hill	Julie / Rita Bevacqua (voice)	Episode: "Take Me Out of the Ball Game"
	The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot	Dr. Erika Slate
2000	Batman Beyond	Sable Thorpe (voice)	Episode: "King's Ransom"
2001	Strong Medicine	Freddie Gosling	Episode: "Mortality"
	JAG	Michelle Stoechler	Episode: "Mixed Messages"
2002	Trapped: Buried Alive	Emily Cooper	TV movie
	NYPD Blue	Miss Griffin	Episode: "Low Blow"
	For the People	Tracy Smith	Episode: "Textbook Perfect"
2003	The Agency	Mrs. Akil	Episode: "An Isolated Incident"
	The Mummy: The Animated Series	Jane Sherman (voice)	Episode: "Old Friends"
	Nip/Tuck	Ellie Collins	Episode: "Kurt Dempsey"
2004	Combustion	Lourie Harper	TV movie
2005	Palmetto Pointe	Mrs. Jones	Episode: "Hello, Goodbye"
	A Lover's Revenge	Det. Sparks	TV movie
	Crossing Jordan	Dawn McGuire	Episode: "Enlightment"
	Deck the Halls	Holly Hall	TV movie
2006	Drake & Josh	Dr. Phyllis Tupper	Episode: "Dr. Phyllis Show"
	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Poppy Beifong (voice)	Episode: "The Blind Bandit"
	The Wives He Forgot	Actress on TV (uncredited)	TV movie
2008	Dan's Detour of Life	Cindy Ford
	My Alibi	Principal Tuckerman	14 episodes Main Role (season 1)
2010	Criminal Minds	Nancy Campbell	Episode: "Solitary Man"
2011	The Event	Diane Geller	Episode: "Turnabout" Episode: "A Message Back"
	Make It or Break It	Doctor	Episode: "Requiem for a Dream"
	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Vicky Vale (voice) Laethwen (voice)	Episode: "Battle of the Superheroes!" Episode: "Sword of the Atom!"
	12 Wishes of Christmas	Sandra	TV movie
2013	The Middle	Colleen	Episode: "The Friend"
	Longmire	Barbara Bollman	Episode: "Party's Over"
2015	Code Black	Nurse Amy Wolfowitz	Recurring role (season 1)
2016	The Suicide Note		TV movie
2018	N.C.I.S.	Julie Bell	Episode: Family Ties
2019	BH90210	Herself/Andrea Zuckerman	Co-producer

Video Games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	La Pucelle: Tactics	Angelique	[20]
	Forgotten Realms: Icewind Dale II
	Minority Report: Everybody Runs	Agatha Lively
2003	Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits	Nafia
2004	Shout About Movies	Voice-over
2006	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance	Electra Natchios / Enchantress
2007	Spider-Man 3	Additional Voices
2009	Bionic Commando	Jayne 'Mag' Magdalene / Radio Operator

References

1. McNary, Dave (March 23, 2016). "Gabrielle Carteris Succeeds Ken Howard as Acting SAG-AFTRA President". Variety. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
2. Rodriguez, Brenda (April 9, 2016). "With new president, SAG-AFTRA makes historic change by putting women in leadership". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
3. McNary, David (August 29, 2019). "Gabrielle Carteris Re-Elected as SAG-AFTRA President". Variety. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
4. Southern, Nathan. "Gabrielle Carteris profile". MSN. Archived from the original on November 17, 2007. Retrieved June 3, 2007.
5. "Gabrielle Carteris". The New York Times.
6. Lipton, Michael A. "Gaby's 9021 Ode to Joy". People. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
7. "Gabrielle Carteris Video: Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi". Ovguide.com. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
8. Spence, Rebecca (August 14, 2008). "A New '90210' Offers Truer Picture of Beverly Hills". The Forward.
9. Callaway, Libby (June 4, 2000). "A Wave of Cyber Babes: Digital Models Spin the Web With Their Style Savvy". New York Post. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
10. Bizony, Piers (2001). Digital Domain: The Leading Edge of Visual Effects. Aurum Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-0823079285.
11. Handel, Jonathan (June 3, 2011). "Gabrielle Carteris Elected AFTRA Los Angeles President". The Hollywood Reporter.
12. Olsen, Mark (March 23, 2016). "Ken Howard, actor and president of SAG-AFTRA, dies at 71". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
13. "Statement on Passing of SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard". SAG-AFTRA. March 23, 2016.
14. Band, Rebecca (August 9, 2012). "Interview With SAG-AFTRA's Gabrielle Carteris". Frying Pan News. Archived from the original on August 17, 2012.
15. Carteris, Gabrielle (Fall 2013). "A Letter from the Executive Vice President" (PDF). SAG-AFTRA. Vol. 2 no. 3. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 10, 2014.
16. McNary, Dave (August 18, 2020). "SAG-AFTRA's Unite for Strength Blames Rising Healthcare Costs for Looming Health Plan Changes". Variety.
17. Abbott, Jim. "'90210' Star's Wedding Like A Scene From TV". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
18. "Beverly Hills Bride". People. May 18, 1992. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
19. Rizzo, Monica (March 17, 2008). "I Couldn't Move My Face". People. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
20. Nippon Ichi Software. La Pucelle: Tactics. Nippon Ichi Software, Mastiff. Scene: Closing credits, 45:34 in, English Voice Talent.

External links

• Gabrielle Carteris at IMDb