Gloria Reuben

Gloria Reuben
Gloria Reuben on November 19, 2007.
Born	Gloria Elizabeth Reuben (1964-06-09) June 9, 1964 (age 52) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress, singer, producer
Years active	1985–present
Spouse(s)	Wayne Isaak (1999-2003; divorced)

Gloria Elizabeth Reuben (born June 9, 1964) is a Canadian producer, singer and actress of film and television and producer, known for her role as Jeanie Boulet on the medical drama ER and Marina Peralta on Falling Skies. In film, she is known for portraying Elizabeth Keckley in Lincoln.

She is currently recurring in the role of Dr. Krista Gordon on Mr. Robot and on the main cast of Saints & Sinners as Mayor Pamela Clayborne.

Reuben was born in Toronto, to Pearl Avis (Mills), a classical singer, and Cyril George Reuben, an architect. Her parents were both Jamaican-born; her father, who was Caucasian, was from a Sephardi Jewish family, and her mother was Afro-Jamaican. Her father died when she was young.

Reuben is the half-sister of Denis Simpson, an actor and children's television host who died in 2010. She was the subject of a segment of Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s television genealogy series Finding Your Roots. She began learning piano as a child and later studied music technique and theory, ballet and jazz at the Canadian Royal Conservatory. Her career as an actress was triggered by a few jobs as a model and appearances in television advertisements.