Actor
Gloria Foster
November 15, 1933 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gloria Foster (November 15, 1933 – September 29, 2001) was an American actress, most known for her stage performances both on and off Broadway, including her acclaimed roles in plays In White America and Having Our Say, winning three Obie Awards during her career.
In films, she was perhaps best known as the Oracle in The Matrix (1999) and The Matrix Reloaded (2003), the latter film being her last. Gloria Foster also played the role of the mother of Yusef Bell in the mini series The Atlanta Child Murders which aired in 1985.
Notable work
Often works with
Keanu Reeves
4 titles together
The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Resurrections
Carrie-Anne Moss
4 titles together
The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Resurrections
Bill Cosby
4 titles together
The Cosby Show, Leonard Part 6, The Bill Cosby Show
Laurence Fishburne
3 titles together
The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
Hugo Weaving
3 titles together
The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
Joe Pantoliano
2 titles together
The Matrix, Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
Full filmography · 28
The Matrix Resurrections
as Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)
20216.3
A History of God
as The Voice of History
2005
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
as The Oracle
2004
The Matrix Reloaded
as The Oracle
20037.1
The Matrix
as Oracle
19998.3
Percy & Thunder
as Sugar Brown
1993
City of Hope
as Jeanette
19916.7
Separate but Equal
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
1991
Leonard Part 6
as Medusa
19872.9
The House of Dies Drear
as Sheila Small
1984
Coriolanus
as Volumnia
1979
Top Secret
as Judith
1978