Gabrielle Rose

Gabrielle Rose
Cast Member
Biographical Information
Gender:	Female
Birthdate:	1954
Birthplace:	British Columbia, Canada
Show Information
Portrays:	Ruth
Status:	Guest Starring
First appearance:	"The Shepherd"
Latest appearance:	"Heartless"
Relevant Pages

Gabrielle Rose is the Canadian actor who portrays Ruth on ABC's Once Upon a Time.

Biography

Gabrielle Rose was born in 1954 in British Columbia, Canada and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in London.

Her career accomplishments were honored with an induction into the British Columbia Entertainment Hall of Fame. In honour of British Columbians who have excelled in their chosen entertainment field, across Canada and internationally, Gabrielle's plaque was permanently mounted in the Starwalk on the Granville Street sidewalks of Theatre Row.

Gabrielle's critically acclaimed work includes an extensive list of credits in film, television and theatre. Her impressive list of film credits include The Sweet Hereafter, The Rhino Brothers, The Adjuster, Speaking Parts, Family Viewing, The Five Senses, 7 Sisters, and the feature film Excited directed by Bruce Sweeney.

On television, her credits include series recurring roles in Robson Arms, Three Moons Over Milford, Jake and the Kid and Exes and Ohs and has starred in Taken, Battlestar Galactica, Sanctuary, Tom Stone, Win Again, Milgaard, The Sleep Room, X-Files, Beggars and Choosers, Shattered and many more. Gabrielle received a Leo Award for her role in The Mob Princess and won a 2009 Leo Award for Best Guest Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series for her role in Sanctuary.

Gabrielle also took home another Leo Award for Best Actress in 2002 for The Rhino Brothers. She has been the winner of two Jessie Awards, honouring the best in Vancouver’s vibrant theatre scene, as well as being the recipient of the 2007 Woman of the Year award at the Vancouver Women in Film and Television Spotlight Awards; received the Artistic Achievement Award for Sweet Hereafter at the Vancouver Film Festival, as well as Best Ensemble Cast for Sweet Hereafter from the National Board of Review. She is also a multiple Gemini and Genie Award nominee for both her film and television roles.

On top of her film and television credits, Gabrielle also has a number of stage credits to her name, including her acclaimed role of Martha in Edward Albee's production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? directed by John Wright, which received overwhelming success and rave reviews. Gabrielle has performed in Elizabeth Rex, The Memory of Water, The Blue Light, The Glass Menagerie and Doubt, to name a few.

She has served on the board of Vancouver Women in Film and conducted several workshops there with Peg Campbell, one of which was developed by Carol Whiteman into the highly successful Women in the Director's chair. She is passionately committed to Canadian film, television and theatre.

Trivia

• Acts opposite fellow Once Upon a Time actor Adrian Hough in the 2009 horror film Jennifer's Body, where the two play the parents of one of Meghan Fox's victims.

Appearances

Once Upon a Time: Season One
"Pilot":	"The Thing You Love Most":	"Snow Falls":	"The Price of Gold":	"That Still Small Voice":	"The Shepherd":	"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter":	"Desperate Souls":	"True North":	"7:15 A.M.":	"Fruit of the Poisonous Tree":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Skin Deep":	"What Happened to Frederick":	"Dreamy":	"Red-Handed":	"Heart of Darkness":	"Hat Trick":	"The Stable Boy":	"The Return":	"The Stranger":	"An Apple Red as Blood":	"A Land Without Magic":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

Once Upon a Time: Season Two
"Broken":	"We Are Both":	"Lady of the Lake":	"The Crocodile":	"The Doctor":	"Tallahassee":	"Child of the Moon":	"Into the Deep":	"Queen of Hearts":	"The Cricket Game":	"The Outsider":
Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"In the Name of the Brother":	"Tiny":	"Manhattan":	"The Queen Is Dead":	"The Miller's Daughter":	"Welcome to Storybrooke":	"Selfless, Brave and True":	"Lacey":	"The Evil Queen":	"Second Star to the Right":	"And Straight On 'Til Morning":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

Once Upon a Time: Season Four
"A Tale of Two Sisters":	"White Out":	"Rocky Road":	"The Apprentice":	"Breaking Glass":	"Family Business":	"The Snow Queen":	"Smash the Mirror":	"Fall":	"Shattered Sight":	"Heroes and Villains":
Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Darkness on the Edge of Town":	"Unforgiven":	"Enter the Dragon":	"Poor Unfortunate Soul":	"Best Laid Plans":	"Heart of Gold":	"Sympathy for the De Vil":	"Lily":	"Mother":	"Operation Mongoose Part 1":	"Operation Mongoose Part 2":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

Once Upon a Time: Season Six
"The Savior":	"A Bitter Draught":	"The Other Shoe":	"Strange Case":	"Street Rats":	"Dark Waters":	"Heartless":	"I'll Be Your Mirror":	"Changelings":	"Wish You Were Here":	"Tougher Than the Rest":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Murder Most Foul":	"Ill-Boding Patterns":	"Page 23":	"A Wondrous Place":	"Mother's Little Helper":	"Awake":	"Where Bluebirds Fly":	"The Black Fairy":	"The Song in Your Heart":	"The Final Battle Part 1":	"The Final Battle Part 2":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

Once Upon a Time: Specials
"Magic is Coming":	"The Price of Magic":	"Journey to Neverland":	"Wicked is Coming":	"Storybrooke Has Frozen Over":
Absent	Absent	Archive	Absent	Absent
"Secrets of Storybrooke":	"Dark Swan Rises":	"Evil Reigns Once More":	"The Final Battle Begins":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.

External links

• Gabrielle Rose on Internet Movie Database
• Gabrielle Rose on Wikipedia