Erin Karpluk
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Erin Karpluk (born 17 October 1978)[1] is a Canadian television actress. She is best known for her leading role in Godiva's and in Being Erica.
Career
Born in Jasper, Alberta[2][3] of Ukrainian descent,[4] to a high school principal, she studied theatre at the University of Victoria receiving a bachelor's degree of fine arts in theatre.[5] She began her acting career in Vancouver and between 2000 and 2005 she appeared in more than a dozen television series and TV movies before landing the role of Kate in Godiva's. Her work during this period included "Voice of Sylan" in the final episode of Dark Angel and the TV movie Family Sins. She was in Legend of Earthsea (2004) and she played a serial killer in Ripper II (also 2004).[6] She was also in a shortlived US television series called Glory Days (2002). Karpluk earned a Leo nomination for her first season of Godiva's and a 2006 Gemini nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role.[7]
Since Godiva's, Karpluk has continued to work in television and short films. In 2007 she appeared in Bionic Woman, Flash Gordon, and The L Word.[3] She has a leading role in a new television movie slated for release in 2008, Smokejumpers, directed by John Terlesky. She now stars in a new television series on CBC called Being Erica.[8]
Filmography
TV movies
- Carrie (2002)
- Maximum Surge (2003)
- Earthsea (2004)
- Eve's Christmas (2004)[3]
- Family Sins (2004)[3]
- I Want to Marry Ryan Banks (2004)
- It Must Be Love (2004)
- 10.5 (2004)
- Luna: Spirit of the Whale (2007)[3]
- Judicial Indiscretion (2007)
- Snowglobe (2007)
- Termination Point (2007)
- Revolution (2008)
- Smokejumpers (2008)
- Trial By Fire (2008)
- Wyvern (2008)
TV series (as regular cast)
- So... ? (2000)
- Glory Days (2002)
- Battlestar Galactica (2003 miniseries)
- Legend of Earthsea (2004 miniseries)
- Godiva's (2005-2006)
- Being Erica (2009)
TV series (as guest appearance)
- Seven Days (2000)
- Jeremiah (2002)
- Dark Angel (2002)
- Taken (2002 miniseries)
- The Dead Zone (2003)
- Supernatural (2006)
- Men in Trees (2006)
- Bionic Woman (2007)
- Flash Gordon (2007)
- The L Word (2008)
- The Guard (2008)
Theatrical
- Game Over (2003)
- Ripper II: Letter from Within/Death Door (2004)[9][3]
- Almost Heaven (2006)[3]
- Echoes of an Epic (2006)[3]
- Love and Other Dilemmas (2006, released 2008)[10]
References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1172442/
- ^ Bravo Channel bio
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Erin Karpluk (profile)". Northern Stars. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
- ^ Zekas, Rita (23 January 2009). "Being Erica: Moving forward by going back". Toronto Star. p. E11.
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{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|curly=ignored (help) - ^ Kate Taylor (31 December 2008). "CBC banks on Erica: bright, beautiful and falling apart". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ DVD Cinematica
- ^ Awards for Erin Karpluk. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
- ^ TV Feeds my Family (blog) 9 April 2008
- ^ Unilibro
- ^ Love and Other Dilemmas Official site
External links
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- Film Reference
- Erin Karpluk Fan
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