In White America
Obie Award
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A commanding stage presence and the Oracle
Gloria Foster was an American stage and screen actress known to film audiences as the Oracle in The Matrix.
Gloria Foster built a career across theatre, film and television. Her stage performances earned recognition in a period when many classical roles were rarely open to Black actresses.
In the Off-Broadway production In White America, Foster won an Obie Award. Later she played Sadie Delany in the Broadway production of Having Our Say.
For film audiences, Foster became familiar as the Oracle in The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded. Her film work also included Nothing But a Man and City of Hope.
The films below are those available on FLM.RED and do not represent her complete filmography.
Obie Award
Sadie Delany on Broadway
The Oracle
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.