Gabrielle Carteris
Gabrielle Carteris is an American actress and trade union leader. Her best known acting role is as Andrea Zuckerman in Beverly Hills, 90210.
In 2012, Carteris was elected executive vice president of SAG-AFTRA, a trade union representing 170,000 media professionals worldwide. She assumed the position of acting president following the death of the previous president, Ken Howard, on March 23, 2016. On April 9, 2016, Carteris was elected SAG-AFTRA president by the national board to serve out the remainder of Howard's term. She was re-elected to the position in August 2017 and August 2019 by full membership vote.
Early years
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 whereas her mother is Jewish. 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. She attended Redwood High School in Larkspur, California.Career
After graduating from Sarah Lawrence College, Carteris's 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 characters would continue, when in 1990, she 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, lying about her age to get the part. By 1993, while working for the show, her GABCO Productions company signed a deal with Rysher TPE.In 1995, Carteris left the series and became the host of her own television talk show, Gabrielle, which lasted only one season. Following this, she worked regularly as an actor and voiceover artist, amassing a considerable amount of post-90210 credits in television, film, and video games. She became a mainstay in television films, starring in nearly a dozen of them. Her first, Seduced and Betrayed, was released in 1995. She became a regular presence on network television, appearing in episodes of series such as Touched by an Angel, King of the Hill, NYPD Blue, JAG, Criminal Minds, and NCIS, among others. She has appeared in several feature films. Carteris also provided the voice for the Motorola intelligent assistant "Mya."
In 2019, Carteris appeared on Fox's BH90210 reboot, appearing both as Andrea Zuckerman and herself. The fictionalized version of herself was portrayed as sexually questioning and engaged in a brief relationship with former 90210 guest-star turned fictional Fox executive Christine Elise.
SAG-AFTRA
Carteris became the executive vice president of SAG-AFTRA, following the Screen Actors' Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists merger in 2012. She became acting president of the union following the death of previous president Ken Howard on March 23, 2016, and was elected president on April 9, 2016, by the national board to complete the remainder of Howard's two-year term. She served three two-year terms as president, defeating challengers such as Esai Morales in 2017 and Matthew Modine in 2019 in direct votes by union members. She also serves as vice president of the California Labor Federation. In August 2020, she announced that there would 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. Carteris did not seek re-election in 2021, backing Fran Drescher as her successor instead.Personal life
While filming the pilot of Beverly Hills, 90210, Carteris began dating Charles Isaacs, a stockbroker. In 1991, Isaacs moved to Los Angeles to be with her. After two years together, they married on May 3, 1992, at Santa Barbara's Four Seasons resort. Carteris and Isaacs have two daughters.Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | La Pucelle: Tactics | Angelique | |
| 2002 | Forgotten Realms: Icewind Dale II | ||
| 2002 | 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 | Elektra Natchios, Enchantress | |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Additional Voices | |
| 2009 | Bionic Commando | Jayne Magdalene |