Gayle currently stars as “Sheila the She-Wolf” on the Emmy nominated hit series, GLOW for Netflix. She will next be seen in the independent feature, HER SMELL opposite Elizabeth Moss and directed by Alex Ross Perry, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. She will also star in BLOW THE MAN DOWN opposite June Squibb and Margo Martindale which will premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. Gayle made her major feature film debut in Noah Baumbach’s MEYEROWITZ STORIES, opposite Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, and Emma Thompson, which premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. She can also be seen in THE GREATEST SHOWMAN for 20th Century Fox opposite Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron as well as features, IRREPLACEABLE YOU opposite Gugu Mbatha-Raw and IN A RELATIONS
Gayle currently stars as “Sheila the She-Wolf” on the Emmy nominated hit series, GLOW for Netflix. She will next be seen in the independent feature, HER SMELL opposite Elizabeth Moss and directed by Alex Ross Perry, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. She will also star in BLOW THE MAN DOWN opposite June Squibb and Margo Martindale which will premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. Gayle made her major feature film debut in Noah Baumbach’s MEYEROWITZ STORIES, opposite Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, and Emma Thompson, which premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. She can also be seen in THE GREATEST SHOWMAN for 20th Century Fox opposite Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron as well as features, IRREPLACEABLE YOU opposite Gugu Mbatha-Raw and IN A RELATIONSHIP opposite Emma Roberts. A rising star of New York’s theater scene, last summer, Gayle starred in Sam Gold’s production of HAMLET at The Public Theater opposite Oscar Isaac and Keegan-Michael Key. She previously starred on stage in the Public’s all-female production of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW for celebrated director Phyllida Lloyd. Gayle made her Broadway debut opposite Michelle Williams, Emma Stone, and Alan Cumming in CABARET for director Sam Mendes. Her extensive credits include Tony Kushner’s THE ILLUSION for director Michael Mayer, Nina Raines’s TRIBES for David Cromer, and the Lincoln Center world premiere production of THE MYSTERY OF LOVE & SEX, in which she starred opposite Diane Lane for director Sam Gold. Other film and television credits include the HBO pilot THE MISSIONARY and feature, THE PASSING SEASON opposite Brian J. Smith. Originally from Scotland, Gayle is a graduate of the Juilliard School.
