Gayle Rankin

Gayle has just finished her run as Sally Bowles opposite Eddie Redmayne in Rebecca Frecknall’s award-winning production of CABARET on Broadway for which she has been Tony-nominated. She can most recently be seen as new fan favourite ALYS RIVERS in the second season of the record-breaking Game of Thrones prequel HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (HBO), and will next be on our screens in Janicza Bravo’s THE LISTENERS (Element/BBC).  Her other television credits include Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins series KINDRED (FX), directed by Janicza Bravo, a much-loved turn as ‘Sheila the She-Wolf’ in Netflix’s hit GLOW and the popular HBO reboot of PERRY MASON opposite Matthew Rhys. Gayle had a Cannes break-out in Mike Covino and Kyle Martin’s film THE CLIMB, receiving great reviews as it made the festival rounds. Other feature credits include; Alex Garland’s MEN, Amazon’s BLOW THE MAN DOWN, BAD THINGS, HER SMELL opposite Elizabeth Moss, Noah Baumbach’s MEYEROWITZ STORIES, IRREPLACEABLE YOU opposite Gugu Mbatha-Raw and the role of QUEEN VICTORIA in THE GREATEST SHOWMAN. Gayle is an established star of New York’s theatre scene. Her credits there include “Ophelia” opposite Oscar Isaac in Sam Gold’s production of HAMLET, Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, Tony Kushner’s THE ILLUSION, and Sam Gold’s THE MYSTERY OF LOVE & SEX opposite Diane Lane. Gayle made her Broadway debut in CABARET for director Sam Mendes.