Erica Shaffer

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Erica Shaffer

Erica Shaffer
Born March 6, 1970 (1970-03-06) (age 38)
San Diego, California
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Erica Shaffer (born March 6, 1970) is an American actress is a member of SAG, AFTRA and AEA. Erica's latest lead ("Christine") in a feature film, "A Family Affair", was accepted to 55 national and international film festivals and opened in theatres across the country to rave reviews. Erica is the lead in 15 independently produced feature films that also have enjoyed festival and distribution success. Some of the films include, "Catalina Trust", "The Socratic Method", "Three on a Match" and "West Coast."

Erica is a working actor in Los Angeles and has numerous television and commercial credits with at least 10 national commercials running at anytime. A few of Erica's television credits include guest star and recurring roles on, "Las Vegas", "The King of Queens", "Windfall", "Young and the Restless", "Charmed", "Mind of Mencia", "Clubhouse", "Fight for Fame", "Silk Stalkings", "Veronica's Closet", "Nightman", "Pensacola" and the host of her own shows, "Vacation Challenge" on The Travel Channel" and "Café Sound" on Access Entertainment Network. Erica enjoys her work in voice over animation and has an array of "characters" to her credit including the lead heroines and villains in Pioneer LLC's, "Nazca", "I My Me Strawberry Eggs", "Paranoia Agent" and "The Amazing Nurse Nanako." Erica is a voice over artist for radio commercials as well as documentaries for The Learning Channel and The History Channel.

Erica received a BFA in Acting from The United States International University in San Diego and an MFA in Acting & Directing from The University of Arizona. A few of Erica's favorite roles from her theatre career at The Laguna Playhouse include, "Ruth" from Harvey - starring Charles Durning. Other favorite roles in theatre include: "Portia" from the Merchant of Venice, "Myrhhine" from Lysistrata, "Joanne" from Come Back to the 5 and Dime Jimmy Dean, and "Rose of Sharon" from The Grapes of Wrath. In San Diego Erica played "Hyacinth" in Scapan directed by the late, great William Ball. Erica is a private speech and acting coach with her own practice on the Westside of Los Angeles.

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[edit] Filmography

Year Title Role Other Notes
1992 Spirit of Wonder: China-san no yûutsu Lily voice: English version
1999 Three on a Match
Catalina Trust Kitty
2000 West Coast Julie
2001 The Socratic Method Susan Walsh
2004 The Kids Who Saved Summer Penny (voice)
SpellForce: Shadow of the Phoenix voice: English version
2006 Cattle Call Computer Dating Woman #3
2007 Two-Eleven Elizabeth Summerfeild
2008 The Fall Brooke Jakubiak completed
The B.A.M.N. Squad  ? post-production

[edit] Television

  • Nazca (1998)
  • Night Man (1998)
  • Hang Time (1999)
  • 18 Wheels of Justice (1 episode, 2000)
  • I My Me! Strawberry Eggs (2001)
  • Texhnolyze (2003)
  • Ikki tôsen (2003)
  • R.O.D the TV (2003)
  • Takahashi rumiko gekijou: Ningyo no mori (2003)
  • Licensed by Royalty (2003)
  • Môsô dairinin (2004)
  • The King of Queens (1 episode, 2005)
  • Charmed (1 episode, 2005)
  • Drake & Josh (1 episode, 2005)
  • The Young and the Restless (2 episodes, 2004-2005)
  • Las Vegas (1 episode, 2006)
  • Windfall (1 episode, 2006)
  • CSI: Miami (1 episode, 2007)

[edit] TV commercials

  • StressEez (2006)
  • Time Life 70s Music Explosion (2006)
  • WD-40 (2006)
  • Mighty Key (2007)
  • Miracle-Gro (2006-07)
  • Chase (2007)
  • Pizza Hut (2007)
  • Shur-Line (2008)
  • KY Warming Gel (2006-08)

[edit] Infomercials

  • Bowflex TreadClimber (2006)
  • Better Trades (2007)
  • Kiyoseki Pro (2007)
  • Cobra Stunlight (2007)
  • Nutrisystem for Men (2007)
  • Luminess Air (2007)
  • Ultreo (2007)
  • KY (2006)

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