Priest Elosha

Character bio courtesy of Battlestar Wikipedia

Lorena Gale

Born in Montreal, Lorena is an award winning actress, director and playwright who has worked extensively in film, TV and theatre across Canada. Lorena has appeared in such shi-fi shows as X-Files, Outer Limits, The Mantis, Stargate SG1, Sleep walkers, Dead Zone and recently played Lex Luther�s psychiatrist, Dr. Foster, on Smallville. Her recent film credits include Slither, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Neverwas and Bob the Butler. Her play, Je me Souviens, was nominated for a Governor Generals Award (2002), received 3 Jessie Richardson�s Award nominations (2000) and was selected by the Vancouver Sun as one of The 10 Best Plays of 2000. Her first play, Angelique had its American premiere at The Detroit Repertory Theatre and in New York, Off Broadway at Manhattan Class Company Theatre, where it was nominated for 8 Audelco Awards. Lorena has written for CBC Radio and published articles in Canadian Theatre Review, Canplay and her personal essay; Where Beauty Sits, was published in the anthology But Where Are You Really From by Sister Vision Press. Lorena recently received her Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from Simon Fraser University. She lives in Vancouver with her husband and child.

Lorena got her Masters Degree this June and was on the set of BSG on the day of her graduation. The makeup people got her all cleaned up and did her makeup she changed on set and dashed off to attend her graduation at SFU. She also said she will be giving herself a one year break from school but is then considering working on her Phd. She said she is going to Paris to reward herself for all her hard work she has never been and has wanted to go for over 20 years.

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A priestess who attends the decommissioning ceremonies for the Battlestar Galactica, and later presides over services within the fleet.

At the time of the Cylon attack, she was travelling aboard Colonial Heavy 798, returning to Caprica with others who had attended the Galactica ceremonies. When word came through that President Adar's entire cabinet has been wiped out with the exception of Laura Roslin, the Education Secretary, Elosha officiated at a swearing-in ceremony at which Roslin was made President of the Twelve Colonies.

Following the Cylon attack, when the surviving fleet had apparently evaded the Cylons, Elosha presided over a service aboard the Galactica in memory of the ship's dead (Mini-Series). At the time, with his crew suffering from shock and low morale, Commander Adama gave his people cause for hope: the legendary planet Earth, enlisting Elosha's help to do so.

Elosha further presided over the Service of the Dead following the lost of seven of the Galactica's pilots in freak accident on the hanger bay (Act of Contrition).

While she did not reveal as much to others, Elosha was having a crisis of faith: while she was versed in the Scriptures and the history of the Twelve Tribes of man, she did not entirely believe in the truth of either (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I).

Her faith underwent a renewal when she is called to Colonial One to speak with President Roslin. Here she learned that Roslin was having visions, one of which could be linked directly to the writings of Pythia (The Hand of God).

Because of her knowledge of ancient history, and of the scriptures, Elosha becomes Roslin's confidante and spiritual advisor, and is able to help discern the meanings of Roslin's visions (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I) - thus causing her own faith to undergo a renewal.

She becomes the fourth person to know of Roslin's terminal cancer (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I)

Elosha accompanies Roslin on a Raptor piloted by Lee Adama as Roslin escapes from the Galactica's brig and follows her in their search for the whereabouts of Earth using the resources of Kobol (The Farm).

On the Astral Queen, while Roslin's crew discuss their plans to explore Kobol, the priestess warns that, according to the Scriptures, at least one of them will die since Kobol takes a toll for uncovering its secrets. Unfortunately, Elosha was one of those fated to die and was killed in "Home" by a landmine explosion left by Cylon Centurions in a trap. She was left amongst the other ancient gravestone markers on a trail described by the Scriptures that led to the Tomb of Athena (Home, Part I). .