Gabrielle Carteris

In 2012, Carteris was elected as executive vice president of SAG-AFTRA, a trade union representing over 100,000 actors and other professionals mainly in the United States. She assumed the position of acting president of the union following the death of the previous president, Ken Howard, on March 23, 2016. On April 9, 2016, Carteris was elected SAG-AFTRA president. She was re-elected to the position in August, 2019.\n', 'Carteris was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, to Marlene, a realtor, and Ernest J. Carteris, a restaurant owner. She has a twin brother, James. Her father was of Greek ancestry whereas her mother is Jewish. Her parents separated six months after her birth. Carteris\'s mother moved with her children to San Francisco, California, where she set up a children\'s clothing store. While attending Redwood High School in Larkspur, California, she took an interest in the arts, studyin…