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Gabrielle Rose

She has portrayed a large number of real-life characters, including Elizabeth I, Mary Stuart, and Hitler's favorite photographer, Leni Riefenstahl.
Frequently appears in the films of director Atom Egoyan.
Probably best known to UK audiences for her appearances as Brenda in Yorkshire Television's Rising Damp (1974-78).
Gained 15 pounds for her role in The Sweet Hereafter (1997).
Gabrielle and her husband, Hrothgar Mathews, have a son, Liam.

[on pursuing an acting career] You knock firmly on the door and if it opens you walk through. If it doesn't open, don't smash it down - just walk away. It means that this wasn't the right direction for you now. It means there might be something else you need to do ..maybe there is a script you need to write or a class you have to take. Desperation doesn't get you any work so don't try to break that door down. Recognize that closed door for what it is, time to choose a different door... for now.
[on performing in 'Everything and Everyone'] We had the complete script but we were allowed to let it breathe and we danced around with it. That is what is wonderful about independent film - it is just such a different process.
[on 19th century occultist Helena Blavatsky] She wanted to promote universal brotherhood. She believed in the equality of all mankind, which was a unique stance to take in the day and age that she was brought up... I think she had a brilliant mind, was probably innately a great scientist, but her talent was to be a magician, a circus performer, an incredible orator, an entertainer in many ways. So that's how she kept herself afloat - by producing miracles and phenomena.