Gabrielle Carteris
| Gabrielle Carteris | |
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| President of the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) | |
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Assumed office April 9, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Ken Howard |
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| Born |
Gabrielle Anne Carteris January 2, 1961 Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Charles Isaacs (m. 1992) |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Actor, trade union leader |
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.
In 2012, Carteris was elected as executive vice president of the actor's union, SAG-AFTRA. She assumed the position of acting president of the union following the death of the previous president Ken Howard on March 23, 2016. On April 9, 2016, Carteris was elected SAG-AFTRA president.
Carteris was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, to Marlene, a realtor, and Ernest J. Carteris, a restaurant owner. She has a twin brother, James. Her father was of Greek ancestry and her mother is Jewish. Her parents separated six months after her birth. Carteris' 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, 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.
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.
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