GABRIELA SAKER is an actress based in New York. She holds an MFA in Acting from The Juilliard School and is a recipient of the prestigious Princess Grace Award in Theatre. Born in Cuba and raised in Puerto Rico, she is also a proud graduate of the University of Puerto Rico. Her recent work includes Off-Broadway performances in The Desire of the Astronaut with Pregones/PRTT and Zoetrope with Caborca at Abrons Arts Center, her “soulful” and “captivating” portrayal of Viola in Twelfth Night at St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, her "charming and sensitive" turn as Marina in Blanco temblor at Los Angeles Theatre Center as part of Festival Encuentro, and her regional debut as Marela in Anna in the Tropics at Barrington Stage Company. Gabriela is an Ensemble member of Notch Theatre Company, and has collaborated with Roundabout Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, The Huntington Theatre, What Will The Neighbors Say, The Acting Company and Repertorio Español. Her work has also extended internationally to Rwanda and Spain, and to audio performance in Richard III with Play On Shakespeare / Next Chapter Podcasts. Film credits include Onomatopeya (BoriFest New York, Cleveland Latino Film Festival & Puerto Rico International Film Festival), La boda de sangre (Guadalajara International Film Festival), Mareas a la deriva (Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival) and Monserrate, which earned her Best Actress Awards at Rincon International Film Festival and Lusca Film Festival. She is represented by TalentWorks and Brave Artists Management.
Press
"Marina del Mar (Gabriela Saker) folds her body over and whips back up... She's emotionally unraveling... Blanco temblor is a narrative seldom seen on stage, especially with Latine characters. Her struggles are real and close to home for me, making her interactions feel like a deep cut."
Steven Vargas / LA Art Spot
"Detailing the life of Marina del Mar (a charming and sensitive Gabriela Saker), a bipolar astrophysicist with an odd congenital condition."
Amanda L. Andrei / Stage Raw
"The performances are top-notch, led by the engaging Saker as an appropriately bewildered but strong-willed Viola.
Amanda L. Andrei / Stage Raw
"Gabriela Saker is captivating as Viola and Cesario. An outsider seeking acceptance, she perfectly expresses a plethora of emotions and expertly dodges questions that might reveal her true identity."
Tina Farmer / Riverfront Times
"In previous encounters with [Twelfth Night], I have never thought much was at stake for Viola... Not this time. Viola's plight is real and distressing... Both the meaning and the music of Shakespeare's words are striking in the performances by Saker..."
Gerry Kowarsky / HEC Media
"Portes also deserves accolades for casting an amazing troupe of players... This reviewer was especially drawn in by the genuine and engaging approach to the characters of Viola/Cesario, played by Gabriela Saker."
Jacob Juntunen / STL Theatre
"Gabriela Saker conveys a persuasive blend of anticipation, romantic dreaming, girlish embracing of life, and later, deeply affecting pain and emptiness."
Sharon Smullen / Berkshire Eagle
“The lovely Gabriela Saker is surely one to watch. In May, this year, she graduated from The Juilliard School of Acting and shows enormous promise with a vivaciousness and acting chops of someone twice her age. A fine debut.”
Rex Hearn / Rex Recommends
“Most eruptive is Gabriela Saker as Marela, whose smiles, squeals and swoons light up the stage; she is combustible and sends off sparks with every encounter. Her fate is deeply troubling to us when she starts dressing as Anna”
Patrick White / Nippertown
