Gloria Reuben Net Worth And Biography

Gloria Elizabeth Reuben is a Canadian-American actress, producer, and singer. She is well-known for her role as Jeanie Boulet in ER (1995-1999, 2008) and also acting in the character, Elizabeth Keckley in Lincoln. For her role in ER, she was twice nominated for an Emmy Award. Below is a further detailing of Gloria Reuben’s net worth, biography, and career.

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Biography

Gloria Reuben was born on the 9th of June 1964 in Toronto, Ontario. Her father, Cyril George Reuben was mostly Jewish and had some African ancestry; he was an engineer and he had died when Gloria Reuben was still little. Gloria Reuben’s mother, Pearl Avis was a classical singer and is mostly of African descent. Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s television genealogy programme Finding Your Roots featured a piece about Gloria Reuben.

Gloria Reuben was one of her parent’s six children; she had an older half-brother, Denis Simpson who was an actor and children’s TV host until he died in 2010. She also had a younger brother, David, who died in 1988. In the 2019 memoir, My Brother’s Keeper, she detailed her relationship she had with her brothers and her experience following their death.

As a child, she learnt the piano and later went on to study music technique and theory, ballet and jazz at the Royal Conservatory of Music.

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Screen Acting Career

Gloria Reuben started her career as an actress following getting a few modelling jobs and also TV advertisement jobs. She first became popular on the ER series where she played Jeanie Boulet. Initially, she was a guest star throughout the first season before she was promoted to be a full-time cast member in the second season. And she owned the role until the early episodes of the sixth season. Afterwards, she returned to ER for one episode during the fourteenth season. Gloria Reuben once stated that her role in this series led to her HIV/AIDS activism. In 1996, the People magazine chose her as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.

Gloria Reuben starred as FBI agent, Brooke Haslett in 1-800-Missing (2003-2004) and later starred as Rosalind Whitman in the Raising the Bar series. Afterwards, she guest-starred as Professor Kathy Miller in the season two finale of Drop Dead Diva. She guest-starred in season 12 of NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit where she repeated her role as U.S. Attorney Christine Danielson. In 2012, she starred in Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt. And in the sa,e year, she played Elizabeth Keckley in Lincoln with her work receiving critical acknowledgement. The following year, she guest starred in the Falling Skies series.

It was announced in October 2014 that Gloria Reuben had joined the cast of the USA Network series, Mr. Robot where she played Dr. Krista Gordon. The show premiered in June 2015 and she appeared in all the four seasons of the show. Gloria Reuben’s character, who had previously had recurring roles, was promoted to a season regular for the fourth and final season. In 2017, she was cast as Adina Johnson in the Cloak & Dagger series.

Stage Acting

Gloria Reuben acted in an off-Broadway production of The Vagina Monologues in 1999. In 2006, she starred as Condoleezza Rice in Stuff Happens at the Public Theater. She was recognised for her performance the next year with the prestigious Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress, given to off-Broadway shows. And she returned to the Public Theater in 2008 to perform in Conversations in Tusculum.

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Music Career

In 2000, Gloria Reuben was part of the backup vocals for Tina Turner on her Twenty Four Seven Tour. Gloria Reuben is a pianist and jazz singer who performs frequently. In December 2007, she released her debut album, Just for You. Perchance to Dream, her second album, which was her first jazz album, came out in April 2015. In 2019, she performed all around New York City to promote her then upcoming record.

Marty Ashby, a Grammy-winning producer and guitarist, is playing with her on her most recent album, For All We Know, which was released on the MCG Jazz label on February 14th, 2020.

Writing Career

Gloria Reuben released a memoir, My Brother’s Keeper on November 19, 2019 where she detailed her journey and an quest of the life she had with her two brothers as well as her experiences after they died.

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Gloria Reuben’s Net Worth

As of 2022, Gloria Reuben’s net worth is estimated at $5 million.

Activism

No doubt, social activism is very important to Gloria Reuben. She continues to advocate for increased advocacy and speak at several significant fundraising events, in large part because of her position as an HIV-positive character in ER, which has helped to boost awareness of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. She is also very interested in global concerns, particularly those related to the environment, human rights, and climate change. Gloria Reuben is the head of the Waterkeeper Alliance, a group that works to fortify and expand a global network of leaders who defend everyone’s right to access clean water. She also serves as a special advisor on climate change for The Climate Reality Project, an environmental group founded by former US vice president Al Gore. Also, she formerly served on the National Wildlife Federation board. Additionally, Gloria Reuben serves on the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights’ Leadership Council.

Personal Life

Gloria Reuben was previously married to Wayne Isaak. And she resides in Brooklyn, New York.