Illustrated portrait of Gloria FosterFLM.RED

GLORIA
FOSTER

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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.

A career rooted in theatre

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.

Selected work

1963

In White America

Obie Award

1995

Having Our Say

Sadie Delany on Broadway

1999

The Matrix

The Oracle

Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.

Films in FLM.RED

Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.

Sources & image notes

Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.