Biography
Gloria Huwiler, also credited as Gloria Zewelanji Raen, is a Zambian actress and writer. She was born on 25 January 1984 in Lusaka. She trained at the Oxford School of Drama and Brown University, and later completed a Master's in Creative Writing at the University of Cambridge.
Huwiler began in theatre, performing in New York productions including the off-Broadway show Pent Up: A Revenge Dance, for which she received a Bessie: New York Dance and Performance Award. Her screen acting credits include the role of Tourist in Rungano Nyoni’s I Am Not a Witch (2017) and Amber in Christmas in the Highlands (2019). She has also appeared in Borderline (2023).
As a writer, her short film Angst (2013) won awards including Best Short Film at the Milano International Film Festival. Her feature screenplay Victoria Falls was selected for the Cannes L’Atelier programme in 2019. She contributed to the writers’ room for the Netflix animated series Supa Team 4 (2023).
