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Betty Gabriel (born January 6, 1981) is an American actress. She began her career in musical theater and made her screen debut with the short film In Memoriam (2011). She subsequently played Laney Rucker in the action film The Purge: Election Year (2016) and Denise in the period drama series Good Girls Revolt (2016).

Betty Gabriel
Gabriel in 2019
Born	(1981-01-06) January 6, 1981 (age 41) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Education	Iowa State University (BS) Juilliard School (MFA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present

Gabriel had her breakthrough starring as Georgina in the horror film Get Out (2017), which The New York Times cited as one of the best performances of 2017. She earned numerous accolades for the role, including nominations for two Black Reel Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has since become recognized for her work in Blumhouse films,[1] which include starring as Nari Jemisin in Unfriended: Dark Web (2018), Detective Cortez in Upgrade (2018) and Deeks in Adopt a Highway (2019). She has also portrayed Pam Duffy in the miniseries Defending Jacob (2020) and headlines as Sophie Brewer in the Netflix drama series Clickbait (2021).

Life and career

Early life and early roles

Gabriel was born January 6, 1981, in Washington D.C. and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Hyattsville, Maryland.[2] In 2002, Gabriel received a BSc in animal science from Iowa State University.[3] After college, Gabriel relocated to Chicago, studying modern dance and working as an actress in the Chicago theater community.[4][5] In 2014, she graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in drama from Juilliard.[6]

After doing a bit of theater at Iowa State University,[7] Gabriel got her start working as an actress and dancer in Chicago theater, first as part of her further studies, and then in various productions.[4][8] Gabriel's first film role was in the 2011 drama In Memoriam.[1] She began her career as a television actress with minor recurring roles in Good Girls Revolt and Westworld before landing her first major film role in the 2016 horror sequel The Purge: Election Year.[2][9]

2017–present: Get Out and breakthrough with Blumhouse films

Gabriel was on vacation when she was invited to audition for Get Out. To prepare for the role, Gabriel watched the TED talk of Martin Pistorius to get insight into the feeling of being trapped inside one's own body.[10] She also watched Bride of Frankenstein and talked to her own grandmother, who was raised in Alabama, about racial tensions from her era.[11] The film was a critical and commercial success, and Gabriel earned critical acclaim for her performance. Her role was discussed as a contender for Best Supporting Actress for the 2018 Academy Awards by Variety and The New York Times.[12][13] The New York Times cited her role as Georgina as one of the best performances of 2017.[14]

Gabriel starred opposite Logan Marshall-Green in the sci-fi action horror film Upgrade (2018), written and directed by Leigh Whannell, and shot on location in Melbourne, Australia.[15][16][17] Gabriel has been in six projects by Blumhouse Productions, The Purge: Election Year, 12 Deadly Days, Get Out, Upgrade, Unfriended: Dark Web, and Adopt A Highway.[1] In 2017, Gabriel joined the cast of Westworld as the character Maling.[18] In February 2018, it was announced she would join the second season of Counterpart playing an FBI agent.[19]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2009	Maidenhead	Isabeau	Short
2011	In Memoriam	Kayla
2013	He's Way More Famous Than You	Hairstylist
	The Story of Your Life	Houston
2015	Experimenter	Sally
2016	The Purge: Election Year	Laney Rucker
2017	Get Out	Georgina/Marianne Armitage
	Beyond Skyline	Jones
2018	Diverted Eden	Shirley
	Unfriended: Dark Web	Nari Jemisin
	Upgrade	Det. Cortez
2019	Adopt a Highway	Deeks
	Human Capital	Ronnie Manning
2021	The Spine of Night	Phae-Agura

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Good Girls Revolt	Denise	Recurring role
	12 Deadly Days	Willow Russell	1 episode
2018	Westworld	Maling	4 episodes
2018-19	Counterpart	Naya Temple	Main role, 8 episodes
2019	The Twilight Zone	Herself	1 episode
2020	Defending Jacob	Pam Duffy	Miniseries, 8 episodes
2021	Clickbait	Sophie Brewer	Miniseries, 8 episodes
2022	Jack Ryan	Elizabeth Wright	1 episode
TBA	Manhunt	Elizabeth Keckley	Upcoming miniseries

Theater

• 2004: Black Nativity by Langston Hughes at Goodman Theatre (Chicago, IL)
• 2008: Space by Laura Jacqmin at Side Project Theatre (Chicago, IL)
• 2008: Pluto Was a Planet by Laura Jacqmin at Around the Coyote Gallery (Chicago, IL)[20][21]
• 2009: The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare at Chase Park Theatre (Chicago, IL)[22]

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated work	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2017	Get Out	11th Fright Meter Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	[23]
		14th Women Film Critics Circle Awards	Invisible Woman Award	Won	[24]
2018		16th Gold Derby Awards	Best Ensemble Cast	Nominated	[25]
		18th Black Reel Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	[26]
			Best Breakthrough Female Performance	Nominated
		24th Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Nominated	[27]

References

External links

• Betty Gabriel on Instagram
• Betty Gabriel at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Betty Gabriel

Betty Gabriel (* 6. Januar 1981 in Washington, D.C.[1]) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin.

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- [en] Betty Gabriel

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[es] Betty Gabriel

Betty Gabriel (Washington D. C., 6 de enero de 1981) es una actriz estadounidense de cine, teatro y televisión,[1] reconocida por aparecer en varias producciones de la compañía Blumhouse Productions como The Purge: Election Year, Get Out y Unfriended: Dark Web.[2]

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[ru] Гэбриел, Бетти

Бе́тти Гэ́бриел (англ. Betty Gabriel; род. 6 января 1981, Вашингтон, США) — американская актриса. Получила известность благодаря фильму 2016 года «Судная ночь 3» и триллеру режиссёра Джордана Пила «Прочь».

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