Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: vancouver , british columbia , canada - years active: 1980s -- 2009 - caption: gale at gatecon , july 30 , 2005 - death cause: cancer - death date: 21 june 2009 - spouse: john -rrb- cooper -lrb- 1988 -- 2009 ; her death - othername: lorena gayle lorineda gayle - birth date: 09 may 1958 - image: lorena gale gatecon.jpg - birth place: montreal , quebec , canada - occupation: actress , playwright , theatre director Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of lorena gale .
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lorena gale -lrb- may 9 , 1958 -- june 21 , 2009 -rrb- was a canadian actress , playwright and theatre director .she was active onstage and in films and television since the 1980s .she also authored two award-winning plays , '' angelique '' and '' je me souviens '' .she appeared in such movies as '' another cinderella story '' , '' ernest goes to school '' , '' fantastic four '' , '' traitor '' , '' the chronicles of riddick '' , '' the mermaid chair '' , and '' the exorcism of emily rose '' .she has guest starred on programs such as '' the x-files '' , '' stargate sg-1 '' , '' smallville '' and '' kingdom hospital '' .until august 2005 , she starred as priestess elosha on the scifi channel television program '' battlestar galactica '' .her play , '' angelique '' , the story of executed slave marie-joseph angelique , was the winner of the 1995 dumaurier national playwriting competition in canada .gale 's final film role was a librarian in '' scooby-doo !the mystery begins '' .