Erin Karpluk
Erin Karpluk ( born October 17, 1978 in Jasper, Alberta ) is a Canadian actress who mainly through her starring role in the television series Being Erica -. Everything gained great notoriety at the beginning of
Life and career
Erin Karpluk was born in 1978 in Jasper, Canada. Her mother was a high school principal and her father worked on the railroad. She studied theater at the University of Victoria, where she received her bachelor's degree in 2000.
Karpluk began her acting career in Vancouver, between 2000 and 2005 she appeared in more than a dozen television series and television movies. In the short-lived series CSL - Crime Scene Lake Glory, she held the recurring role of Cal Henries. Next she played in 2002 in the last episode of James Cameron's Dark Angel as well as in an episode of Steven Spielberg's miniseries Taken. In 2005 and 2006 she played the lead role of Kate in the television series Godiva's. The 19 episodes complete series has won several awards, Karpluk itself was nominated for her role, among others, for the Gemini and Leo Award for Best Actress a Drama Series. This was followed by roles in several Canadian and U.S. productions such as Men in Trees, Bionic Woman, Flash Gordon and The L Word, as well as films such as Luna: Spirit of the Whale and Flight 507 - Caught in the hole in time what it was partly also nominated for prizes. For its eponymous lead role of Erica Strange in the Canadian TV series Being Erica - The Starter Wife, she received various awards such as the 2009 Gemini Award for best actress. The series came to 49 episodes in four seasons.
Filmography (selection)
- 2002: Seven Days - Seven Days ( Seven Days, TV Series, episode 2x10 )
- 2002: CSL - Crime Scene Lake Glory ( Glory Days, TV Series, 6 episodes)
- 2002: Jeremiah - Warriors of Thunder ( Jeremiah, TV series, episode 1x06 )
- 2002: Dark Angel (TV series, episode 2x21 )
- 2002: Taken ( mini-series, Episode 4 )
- 2003: The Dead Zone ( The Dead Zone, TV Series, episode 2x07 )
- 2003 Battlestar Galactica ( TV Series, Episodes 1x01 - 1x02 )
- 2004: 10.5 - The earth trembles (10.5, TV film )
- 2004 Ripper 2: Letter from Within
- 2004: An Angel for Eve ( Eve's Christmas, TV film )
- 2004: Earthsea - The Saga of Earthsea ( Legend of Earthsea, TV film )
- 2005-2006: Godiva's (TV series, 19 episodes)
- 2006: Supernatural ( TV series, episode 1x21 )
- 2006: Love and Other Dilemmas
- 2006: Men in Trees (TV series, episode 1x10 )
- 2007: Flight 507 - Trapped in a time warp ( Termination Point, TV film )
- 2007 Luna: Spirit of the Whale ( TV movie )
- 2007: Bionic Woman (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2007: Flash Gordon (TV series, episode 1x13 )
- 2007: The Snow Globe ( Snowglobe, TV film )
- 2008: The L Word - If women love women ( The L Word, TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2009: Wyvern - The Return of the Dragon ( Wyvern, TV film )
- 2009: Mrs. Miracle - A magical nanny ( Mrs. Miracle, TV film )
- 2009-2011: Being Erica - The Starter Wife ( Being Erica, TV series)
- 2011: Flashpoint - The special command ( Flashpoint, TV series, episode 3x09 )
- 2011: Rise of the Damned
- 2011: The Christmas Cottage ( Christmas Lodge, TV film )
- 2013: Assault On Wall Street