Gabriella Wright

Gabriella Wright (born 19 June 1982) is an English actress and model, best known for playing Queen Claude of France in the series The Tudors, Viola in the film The Perfect Husband, and Gina in the action thriller The Transporter Refueled. In addition to her acting and modeling careers, she is a humanitarian and activist with vast contributions to many international campaigns on gender-based violence and suicide prevention. Wright was born on 19 June 1982 in Stoke Newington, London to Paul David Wright, a sculptor and painter, and Anne Catherine Wright, a teacher and writer. Her siblings are Paulette and Pascal Wright. She moved to France with her parents at the age of 12, and graduated in English Literature and Social Economics. She currently resides in Los Angeles. Wright's acting coaches include Susan Batson and Jack Garfein. In 2004, Wright played her first lead role in the film One Dollar Curry, directed by Vijay Singh. In 2007, Wright appeared as Queen Claude of France in the historical drama series The Tudors. In 2014, Wright appeared in the 7th season of the HBO's supernatural drama series True Blood, in which she played the role of Sylvie. She played the lead role in the horror film The Perfect Husband along with Bret Roberts and Carl Wharton, and directed by Lucas Pavetto. In 2015 Wright appeared in the action thriller film The Transporter Refueled, directed by Camille Delamarre. In 2016, Wright was cast in the film Security as Ruby, which stars Antonio ...

The Transporter Refueled (2015)

The fast-paced action movie is again set in the criminal underworld in France, where Frank Martin is known as The Transporter, because he is the best driver and mercenary money can buy. In this installment, he meets Anna and they attempt to take down a group of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Camille Delamarre
CAST:  Ed Skrein  •  Loan Chabanol  •  Lenn Kudrjawizki  •  Radivoje Bukvić

The fast-paced action movie is again set in the criminal underworld in France, where Frank Martin is known as The Transporter, because he is the best driver and mercenary money can buy. In this installment, he meets Anna and they attempt to take down a group of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Camille Delamarre
CAST:  Ed Skrein  •  Loan Chabanol  •  Lenn Kudrjawizki  •  Radivoje Bukvić

Collision (2013)

Set around a wife and husband on vacation in Morocco with the wife plotting to murder her husband with help from her lover. The plan goes terribly wrong when her lover and husband get into a terrible car accident on a remote desert road. They escape the multi-car ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Marconi
CAST:  Jaimie Alexander  •  Frank Grillo  •  Marie-Josée Croze  •  Roschdy Zem

Set around a wife and husband on vacation in Morocco with the wife plotting to murder her husband with help from her lover. The plan goes terribly wrong when her lover and husband get into a terrible car accident on a remote desert road. They escape the multi-car ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Marconi
CAST:  Jaimie Alexander  •  Frank Grillo  •  Marie-Josée Croze  •  Roschdy Zem

An Organization of Dreams (2009)

A disillusioned writer follows the intertwining stories of several people, but are they his own inventions or do they really exist?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken McMullen
CAST:  Steven Barber  •  Justinian Buckley  •  Jacques Driencourt  •  Julia Faure

A disillusioned writer follows the intertwining stories of several people, but are they his own inventions or do they really exist?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken McMullen
CAST:  Steven Barber  •  Justinian Buckley  •  Jacques Driencourt  •  Julia Faure

22 Bullets (2010)

Charly Matteï has turned his back on his life as an outlaw. For the last three years, he's led a peaceful life devoting himself to his wife and two children. Then, one winter morning, he's left for dead in the parking garage in Marseille's Old Port, with 22 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Berry
CAST:  Jean Reno  •  Gabriella Wright  •  Jean-Pierre Darroussin  •  Marina Foïs

Charly Matteï has turned his back on his life as an outlaw. For the last three years, he's led a peaceful life devoting himself to his wife and two children. Then, one winter morning, he's left for dead in the parking garage in Marseille's Old Port, with 22 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Berry
CAST:  Jean Reno  •  Gabriella Wright  •  Jean-Pierre Darroussin  •  Marina Foïs

Tomorrow at Dawn (2009)

Mathieu, a piano virtuoso, goes home to help his brother Paul to take care of their sick mother. Paul is into reenacting old battles, dressing up and getting into character, even dueling if necessary. Mathieu gets involved in this world and play becomes real.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denis Dercourt
CAST:  Vincent Perez  •  Jérémie Renier  •  Anne Marivin  •  Gabriella Wright

Mathieu, a piano virtuoso, goes home to help his brother Paul to take care of their sick mother. Paul is into reenacting old battles, dressing up and getting into character, even dueling if necessary. Mathieu gets involved in this world and play becomes real.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denis Dercourt
CAST:  Vincent Perez  •  Jérémie Renier  •  Anne Marivin  •  Gabriella Wright

Eden Log (2007)

A man wakes up deep inside a cave. Suffering amnesia, he has no recollection of how he came to be here or of what happened to the man whose body he finds beside him. Tailed by a mysterious creature, he must continue through this strange and fantastic world. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franck Vestiel
CAST:  Clovis Cornillac  •  Vimala Pons  •  Zohar Wexler  •  Sifan Shao

A man wakes up deep inside a cave. Suffering amnesia, he has no recollection of how he came to be here or of what happened to the man whose body he finds beside him. Tailed by a mysterious creature, he must continue through this strange and fantastic world. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franck Vestiel
CAST:  Clovis Cornillac  •  Vimala Pons  •  Zohar Wexler  •  Sifan Shao

Alcoholist (2017)

An alcoholic spends all his time spying on his neighbor, waiting for the right moment to kill him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucas Pavetto
CAST:  Bill Moseley  •  Gabriella Wright  •  John Robinson  •  Lloyd Kaufman

An alcoholic spends all his time spying on his neighbor, waiting for the right moment to kill him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucas Pavetto
CAST:  Bill Moseley  •  Gabriella Wright  •  John Robinson  •  Lloyd Kaufman

Septembers of Shiraz (2015)

In this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, a secular Jewish family is caught up in the maelstrom of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wayne Blair
CAST:  Adrien Brody  •  Salma Hayek Pinault  •  Gabriella Wright  •  Shohreh Aghdashloo

In this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, a secular Jewish family is caught up in the maelstrom of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wayne Blair
CAST:  Adrien Brody  •  Salma Hayek Pinault  •  Gabriella Wright  •  Shohreh Aghdashloo

Everly (2014)

After she betrays a powerful mob boss, a woman matches wits and weaponry with a legion of killers who are out to collect the bounty on the heads of her and her family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Lynch
CAST:  Salma Hayek Pinault  •  Hiroyuki Watanabe  •  Jennifer Blanc  •  Togo Igawa

After she betrays a powerful mob boss, a woman matches wits and weaponry with a legion of killers who are out to collect the bounty on the heads of her and her family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Lynch
CAST:  Salma Hayek Pinault  •  Hiroyuki Watanabe  •  Jennifer Blanc  •  Togo Igawa

The Perfect Husband (2014)

Viola and Nicola are going through a rough time. To overcome this crisis, they decide to spend a weekend in a remote cabin belonged to Nicola's parents. Just a couple of days together to heal their wounds, , but everything will take a turn for the worst, when a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucas Pavetto
CAST:  Gabriella Wright  •  Bret Roberts  •  Tania Bambaci  •  Daniel Vivian

Viola and Nicola are going through a rough time. To overcome this crisis, they decide to spend a weekend in a remote cabin belonged to Nicola's parents. Just a couple of days together to heal their wounds, , but everything will take a turn for the worst, when a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucas Pavetto
CAST:  Gabriella Wright  •  Bret Roberts  •  Tania Bambaci  •  Daniel Vivian

Masked Mobsters (2007)

From petty theft on the benches of Belleville to the over-publicised hold-ups of the large Parisian banks, this is the spectacular rise of Simon and his gang. They are capable of emptying a series of safes under the very nose of the police who are bewildered by the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ariel Zeitoun
CAST:  Vincent Elbaz  •  Sami Bouajila  •  Pascal Elbé  •  Gilles Lellouche

From petty theft on the benches of Belleville to the over-publicised hold-ups of the large Parisian banks, this is the spectacular rise of Simon and his gang. They are capable of emptying a series of safes under the very nose of the police who are bewildered by the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ariel Zeitoun
CAST:  Vincent Elbaz  •  Sami Bouajila  •  Pascal Elbé  •  Gilles Lellouche

Security (2017)

An ex-special services veteran, down on his luck and desperate for work, takes a job as a security guard at a run-down mall in a rough area of town. On his first night on the job, he opens the door to a distraught and desperate young girl who has fled the hijacking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Desrochers
CAST:  Antonio Banderas  •  Ben Kingsley  •  Liam McIntyre  •  Chad Lindberg

An ex-special services veteran, down on his luck and desperate for work, takes a job as a security guard at a run-down mall in a rough area of town. On his first night on the job, he opens the door to a distraught and desperate young girl who has fled the hijacking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Desrochers
CAST:  Antonio Banderas  •  Ben Kingsley  •  Liam McIntyre  •  Chad Lindberg

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)

The world’s most lethal odd couple – bodyguard Michael Bryce and hitman Darius Kincaid – are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius's even more volatile wife, the infamous international ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Hughes
CAST:  Ryan Reynolds  •  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Salma Hayek Pinault  •  Antonio Banderas

The world’s most lethal odd couple – bodyguard Michael Bryce and hitman Darius Kincaid – are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius's even more volatile wife, the infamous international ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Hughes
CAST:  Ryan Reynolds  •  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Salma Hayek Pinault  •  Antonio Banderas

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DIRECTION:  J.K. Amalou
CAST:  Frédérique Bel  •  Gabriella Wright  •  Christophe Lambert  •  Andy Beckwith

The Athena Syndrome

Two untested female secret agents are well out of their depth - battling against a huge violent criminal organisation. They are both about to be tested in the field against a ruthless underworld army. How will they hold up? Will they survive?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jason Figgis
CAST:  Patrick Bergin  •  Rita Tushingham  •  Ian Ogilvy  •  Gabriella Wright

Two untested female secret agents are well out of their depth - battling against a huge violent criminal organisation. They are both about to be tested in the field against a ruthless underworld army. How will they hold up? Will they survive?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jason Figgis
CAST:  Patrick Bergin  •  Rita Tushingham  •  Ian Ogilvy  •  Gabriella Wright

Hamlet Within

A radical cinematic investigation into the myth of Hamlet, its origins and its enduring appeal across cultures and systems of beliefs. Drawing on postmodernist movements in Art, History, Philosophy, and Psychoanalysis, the work asks the question: “why Hamlet” and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken McMullen
CAST:  Ian McKellen  •  John Shrapnel  •  Lex Shrapnel  •  Ben Turner

A radical cinematic investigation into the myth of Hamlet, its origins and its enduring appeal across cultures and systems of beliefs. Drawing on postmodernist movements in Art, History, Philosophy, and Psychoanalysis, the work asks the question: “why Hamlet” and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken McMullen
CAST:  Ian McKellen  •  John Shrapnel  •  Lex Shrapnel  •  Ben Turner