Erin Karpluk

About

Erin Karpluk (born 1978 or 1979) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her portrayal of Erica Strange on the CBC Television series Being Erica from 2009 to 2011.

Karpluk was born in Jasper, Alberta, to a mother who was a high-school principal and a father who was a railway engineer. She is of Ukrainian descent. She majored in theatre at the University of Victoria and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2000.

Karpluk began her acting career in Vancouver. Between 2000 and 2005, she appeared in more than a dozen television movies and series 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 also in a short-lived US television series called Glory Days in 2002.
In 2004, she appeared in Legend of Earthsea and played a serial killer in Ripper 2: Letter from Within. She 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.
After Godiva’s, Karpluk continued to work in television and short films. In 2007, she appeared in Bionic Woman…