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Lorena Gale

Biography

Lorena Gale was a Canadian stage and screen actress who also wrote plays and directed theater. Born in Montreal, she attended Concordia University and the National Theatre School, then earned a master's degree from Simon Fraser University in 2005. Her early stage work in Raisin in the Sun and River Niger brought her the Montreal Gazette Theatre Critics Award in 1981, and in 1985 she became artistic director of Montreal's Black Theatre Workshop. She won a 1991 Jessie Richardson Award for her supporting role in The Colored Museum, and she moved to Vancouver in 1988. Her plays included Angélique, which won the 1995 duMaurier National Playwriting Competition, and Je me souviens, produced in 2000 and published in 2001. On screen she appeared in Another Cinderella Story (2008), Traitor (2008), and Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (2009), her final film role. Television credits included The X-Files, Stargate SG-1, Smallville, and Battlestar Galactica, and she voiced several animated series.

51years old at death

  • Born Montreal
  • Died Vancouver
  • Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20

Movie Career

Films
21
Career span
27 years1982 to 2009

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  1. Behind the camera

    Lorena Gale won the 1995 duMaurier National Playwriting Competition in Canada for her play Angélique, about the executed slave Marie-Joseph Angelique.

  2. Behind the camera

    In 1985, Gale took the role of artistic director at the Black Theatre Workshop in Montreal. After that, she went on to study playwriting at the Playwrights' Workshop Montreal.

  3. Early training

    Gale's education included Concordia University and the National Theatre School, and in 2005 she finished a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.

Lorena Gale movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Butterfly Effect2004 Sci-Fi, Thrilleras Mrs. Boswell

    IMDb rating 7.6561K votes

  2. Another Cinderella Story2008 Comedy, Family, Music, Romanceas Helga

    IMDb rating 5.833K votes

  3. Traitor2008as Dierdre Horn

    IMDb rating 6.961K votes

  4. Halloween: Resurrection2002as Nurse Wells

    IMDb rating 3.955K votes

  5. The Perfect Score2004as Proctor

    IMDb rating 5.727K votes

  6. Slither2006as Janene

    IMDb rating 6.596K votes

  7. The X Files: I Want to Believe2008as On Screen Doctor

    IMDb rating 5.998K votes

  8. Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins2009as Librarian

    IMDb rating 5.38.5K votes

Most often with

Eighteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Lorena Gale's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$325 million

13 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 21 films: 13 worldwide figure; 6 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.

  • 13Worldwide figure
  • 6Never in cinemas
  • 2Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 94% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    The Butterfly Effect2004as Mrs. Boswell
    $97M29.8% of the total
  2. 2
    The X Files: I Want to Believe2008as On Screen Doctor
    $69M21.3% of the total
  3. 3
    The Fly II1989as Woman
    $39M12.0% of the total
  4. 4
    Halloween: Resurrection2002as Nurse Wells
    $38M11.6% of the total
  5. 5
    Traitor2008as Dierdre Horn
    $24M7.2% of the total
  6. 6
    Freddy Got Fingered2001as Psychiatrist / Social Worker
    $14M4.4% of the total
  7. 7
    Visiting Hours1982as Nurse 1
    $13M4.1% of the total
  8. 8
    Slither2006as Janene
    $13M3.9% of the total
The Perfect Score (2004), $10.9 millionScrewed (2000), $7.2 millionWild Thing (1987), $84,000Bob the Butler (2005), $51,401Neverwas (2005), $11,246

$18.2 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 6% of the total