Lorena Gale (born May 9, 1958) is a Canadian actress, director, and writer. She has been active in stage, movie, and television acting since the 1980s. She is the author of two award-winning plays, Angélique and Je me souviens. Gale is also a wife and mother.
Recently, Gale has acted in several A-list movies, including Fantastic Four, The Chronicles of Riddick, and The Exorcism of Emily Rose. She has guest starred on programs such as The X-Files, Smallville, and Kingdom Hospital. Until August 2005, she starred as Priestess Elosha on the SciFi Channel television program Battlestar Galactica.
Concerning her role in Battlestar Galactica, Gale has said that she most enjoyed the woman-to-woman scenes with Mary McDonnell. She believes that there is no such thing as "artificial intelligence", just "intelligence". She enjoys watching the show as a fan. (Podcast)
Her play, Angélique, the story of executed slave Marie-Joseph Angelique, was the winner of the 1995 duMaurier National Playwriting Competition in Canada.
Played Joice Heth in both Barnum (1986/I) (TV) and in "P.T. Barnum" (1999) (mini).
