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== External links ==

* [https://www.erickahunter.com/ Website]
* {{IMDb name|id=nm5017817}}, also [[imdbname:3533745|Erica Yang Hunter]] and [[imdbname:3799599|Erica Yang]]
* {{IBDB name|id=ericka-yang-102566}}


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[[Category:Canadian female dancers]]

Revision as of 16:05, 11 May 2021

Ericka Hunter
Hunter at opening night
Hunter in 2017
Born
Ericka Yang

(1982-05-08) May 8, 1982 (age 42)
Ottawa, Canada[1]
NationalityCanadian
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
  • dancer
Years active2000–present

Ericka Hunter, born Ericka Yang, is a Canadian-born singer, songwriter, dancer and actress.[2] Hunter is a former Radio City Music Hall Rockette, starred in several musicals on Broadway,[3] including Rock of Ages, Miss Saigon and Moulin Rouge! and appeared on the NBC series Smash.[4]

Early life

Hunter was born in Ottawa, Canada, to a Canadian mother and Chinese-born Hong Konger father. She grew up in the city's suburb of Nepean and attended a public performing arts high school. She has an older sister, Vanessa, and younger brother, Warren Yang, a former gymnast and actor.[5][6] Hunter is of Chinese, Dutch, German, and English descent.[7]

Career

After studying dance and theater in her hometown of Ottawa, Ontario, she made her professional debut with Radio City Rockettes at 18. Ericka then joined the Toronto company of the Lion King before being cast as a featured dancer in the ABC/Disney movie The Music Man. In 2002, at the age of 20, she made her Broadway debut in the original revival cast of Flower Drum Song and then went on to perform in the Broadway cast of 42nd Street.

In 2006, she relocated to Los Angeles to develop a music and fashion career. She worked as an assistant to stylist Joe Zee performed alongside artists such as Rihanna, Shakira, and Justin Timberlake.[7] During this period, she began using the professional name Ericka Hunter, taking the last name from a maternal great grandmother.[7]

In 2008, she returned to New York. She joined the cast of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages in 2009. She later performed in Doctor Zhivago, the musical thriller American Psycho, Rock Of Ages (where she played the lead role of Sherrie), as well as the revival of Miss Saigon (understudied/performed the roles of Gigi and Ellen).

Early in 2018, she performed in the Danny Strong newly scripted version of Chess at the Kennedy Center. In addition to her Broadway credits, she's been cast in multiple TV productions including Mozart In The Jungle (Amazon), Smash (NBC), Modern Love (Amazon), and Katy Keene (CW).

Hunter is featured on French DJ Morgan Nagoya's dance single "Promised Land[citation needed] along with Jonny Rose and Chris Reeder.[8] She released her first U.S. solo single "Fight to Believe" on January 17, 2013.[2]

Theatre

Year Production Role Venue Notes
2000 The Lion King Ensemble The Princess of Wales Theatre Toronto production
2001 Radio City Christmas Spectacular Rockette Radio City Music Hall
2002–03 Flower Drum Song Ensemble The August Wilson Theatre:
October 2002 – March 2003 		Original Broadway production
Credited as: Ericka Yang
2003–04 42nd Street Ensemble Ford Center for the Performing Arts Broadway replacement
Credited as: Ericka Yang
Ethel
2004 Princesses Goodspeed Theater Regional developmental production
2005 Aida Ensemble Ogunquit Playhouse Regional production
2007 Damn Yankees Ensemble Freud Playhouse at UCLA:
November 2007 		Reprise Theatre Company
2009–15 Rock of Ages Ensemble, Swing
(u/s Sherrie, Regina) 		Brooks Atkinson Theatre:
March 2009 – March 2013 		Original Broadway production
Ensemble
(u/s Sherrie, Justice, Regina) 		Brooks Atkinson Theatre:
November 2014 – January 2015 		Broadway replacement
2014 The Band Wagon Isabelle New York City Center Stage II:
November 2014 		Concert staging
2015 Doctor Zhivago Ensemble Broadway Theatre:
March – May 2015 		Original Broadway production
2016 American Psycho Sabrina / Video Store Clerk
(u/s Evelyn Williams, Courtney Lawrence, Svetlana, Mrs. Bateman, Mrs. Wolfe) 		Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre:
March – June 2016 		Original Broadway production
2017 Miss Saigon Ensemble
(u/s Gigi, Ellen) 		Broadway Theatre:
March – October 2017 		Broadway revival
2018 Chess Ensemble JFK Center for the Performing Arts:
February 2018 		Concert staging
2018–present Moulin Rouge! Ensemble
(u/s Arabia, La Chocolat) 		Emerson Colonial Theatre:
July – August 2018 		Original Boston production
(Pre-Broadway tryout)
Al Hirschfeld Theatre:
June 2019 – 		Original Broadway production

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2003 The Music Man Dancer Film
2004–2011 Rescue Me Singing Nurse Episode: "Disease"
2012–2013 Smash Dancer 2 episodes
2014 It Could Be Worse Lacy Episode: "Fate"
2014 Mozart In The Jungle Dancer Episode: "Pilot"
2019 Modern Love
2020 Katy Keene Episode: "Chapter One"

References

  1. ^ "Ericka Hunter". Playbill. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  2. ^ a b http://www.globalnews.ca/entertainment/ottawas+ericka+hunter+wont+stop+believin/6442790747/story.html[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2013-01-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-01-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Skethway, Nathan (July 5, 2019). "Siblings Ericka Hunter and Warren Yang Face the Challenges of Broadway Together". Playbill. Retrieved 2021-05-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ ""I'm Watching Him Do Something Neither Of Us Thought Was A Possibility."". The Ensemblist. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  7. ^ a b c Onofri, Adrienne. "GYPSY OF THE MONTH: Ericka Hunter of 'Rock of Ages'". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  8. ^ "European Vs American Music: Closing the Gaps With Ericka Hunter". www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/. Archived from the original on 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
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