Gabriela Rey is a Cuban-American actress, writer, and student from Brooklyn, NYC. She is currently pursuing a B.F.A. in Writing for Screen & Television at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts.

In 2025, Gabriela was selected as a Fellow for the Gotham EDU Film and Media Career Development Program, a prestigious national cohort supporting emerging filmmakers. She is also a recipient of the USC Pantelion Screenwriting Contest Scholarship, awarded by Eugenio Derbez’s production company to outstanding young Latinx screenwriters, as well as a 2025 Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar.

As an actress, Gabriela has portrayed Safi on Gordita Chronicles (HBO Max) and Cameron in the final season of Blue Bloods (CBS). She is a two-time YoungArts Award Winner in Writing/Play or Script (2023 & 2024), earned a Scholastic Writing Award for her sci-fi short story Sparks, and received a Best Performance award at the Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival.

Gabriela is a graduate of LaGuardia High School in Manhattan, where she studied vocal music.