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Gabrielle Anne Carteris (born January 2, 1961) is an American actress known for her role as Andrea Zuckerman on the early seasons of the 1990s television series Beverly Hills, 90210.

Personal life

Carteris was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, the daughter of Marlene, a realtor, and Ernest J. Carteris, a restaurant owner. Her father was of Greek ancestry. She has a twin brother, James. 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 high school in Marin County, California, Carteris 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.

She married Charles Isaacs, a stockbroker, in 1992, and has two daughters with him named Kelsey Rose (born may 11, 1994) and Mollie Elizabeth (born 1999).

In the March 17, 2008 issue of People magazine, Carteris described an injury suffered while filming a TV movie in Vancouver, Canada, in 2006 that partially paralyzed her face and affected her speech for over six months.

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 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 16-year-old.

Carteris left the series in 1995 and became the host of her own television talk show, entitled Gabrielle (TV series), which lasted only one season.

However she has seen greater success in other ventures. Since exiting the series that put her on the map, Carteris has worked regularly as an actor and voice over artist, amassing a considerable amount of post-90210 credits in television, film, and video games. She's 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", a suspense yarn opposite Baywatch's David Charvet, and Erica Kane herself, Susan Lucci, was released in 1995 while she still a contract player on 90210. She has also become a regular presence on network television, guest starring in such television mainstays as "Touched by an Angel", "King of the Hill", "NYPD Blue", "JAG", "Batman", "Criminal Minds", and "The Event". She was a part of the premier cast of VH1's celebrity reality show, "The Surreal Life". She also returned as a special guest star on "Beverly Hills 90210" as Andrea Zuckerman in seasons 6, 8, and 10.

Carteris's major motion picture work includes a very small role in "Jacknife", starring Robert DeNiro, Charles S. Dutton, and Ed Harris, and a slightly larger role opposite John Lithgow in 1992's "Raising Cain".

Today Carteris continues to work regularly as an actor, but in a bit of life-imitating-art twist, she has also taken up Labor leadership and advocacy. She was elected president of AFTRA LA in 2011. Under the recent SAG (Screen Actors' Guild) and AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) merger, Carteris became the national vice president of SAG-AFTRA, Los Angeles in 2012. She also serves as a vice president of the California Labor Federation.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role
1989	Jacknife	College Girl in Bar
1992	Raising Cain	Nan
2001	Full Circle	Alice
2001	Malpractice	Ellen Robertson
2005	'	(voice)
2007	Plot 7	Amy McCarthy
2008	Dimples	Sharon
2009	Print	Kathy

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Nancy	Episode: "What If I'm Gay?"
1987	ABC Afterschool Special	Leslie	Episode: "Seasonal Differences"
1988	ABC Afterschool Special	Cecile	Episode: "Date Rape"
1988	Another World	Tracy Julian	TV series
1990-1995	Beverly Hills, 90210	Andrea Zuckerman	141 episodes
1994	Gargoyles	Amy Schummer (voice)	Episode: "And Justice for All"
1995	Seduced and Betrayed	Cheryl Hiller	TV movie
1995	Mixed Blessings	Diana Goode Douglas	TV movie
1996	To Face Her Past	Megan Hollander	TV movie
1996	Touched by an Angel	April Campbell	Episode: "The Portrait of Mrs. Campbell"
1996	Beverly Hills, 90210	Andrea Zuckerman	Episode: "You Say It's Your Birthday: Part 1" Episode: "You Say It's Birthday: Part 2"
1997	Johnny Bravo	Various (voice)	2 episodes
1998	Touched by an Angel	Linda Craig	Episode: "The Trigger"
1998	Beverly Hills, 90210	Andrea Zuckerman	Episode: "Reunion"
1998	'	Brenda	Episode: "All Aboard"
1999	King of the Hill	Julie / Rita Bevacqua (voice)	Episode: "Take Me Out of the Ball Game"
1999	The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (TV series)	Dr. Erika Slate	TV series
2000	Beverly Hills, 90210	Andrea Zuckerman	Episode: "Ode to Joy"
2000	Batman Beyond	Sable Thorpe (voice)	Episode: "King's Ransom"
2001	Strong Medicine	Freddie Gosling	Episode: "Mortality"
2001	JAG	Michelle Stoechler	Episode: "Mixed Messages"
2002	Trapped: Buried Alive	Emily Cooper	TV movie
2002	NYPD Blue		Episode: "Low Blow"
2002	For the People	Tracy Smith	Episode: "Textbook Perfect"
2003	'	Jamar Akil's Wife	Episode: "An Isolated Incident"
2003	'	Jane Sherman (voice)	Episode: "Old Friends"
2003	Nip/Tuck	Ellie Collins	Episode: "Kurt Dempsey"
2004	Combustion	Lourie Harper	TV movie
2005	Palmetto Point	Logan's Mom	Episode: "Hello, Goodbye"
2005	'	Det. Sparks	TV movie
2005	Crossing Jordan	Dawn McGuire	Episode: "Enlightment"
2005	Deck the Halls	Holly Hall	TV movie
2006	Drake & Josh	Dr. Phyllis	Episode: "Dr. Phyllis Show"
2006	Avatar: The Last Airbender	(voice)	Episode: "The Blind Bandit"
2006	'	Actress on TV (uncredited)	TV movie
2008	Dan's Detour of Life	Cindy Ford	TV movie
2008	My Alibi	Principal Tuckerman	14 episodes
2010	Criminal Minds	Nancy Campbell	Episode: "Solitary Man"
2011	'	Diane Geller	Episode: "Turnabout" Episode: "A Message Back"
2011	Make It or Break It		Episode: "Requiem for a Dream"
2011	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Vicky Vale (voice) Laethwen (voice)	Episode: "Battle of the Superheroes!" Episode: "Sword of the Atom!"
2011	12 Wishes of Christmas	Sandra	TV movie

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

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