Erika Hoffman

Erika Hoffman (born c. 1965) is an American/British actress who starred as Lesley Bainbridge in the BBC comedy Brush Strokes from series 2 onwards, when she took over the role from Kim Thomson. When the Brush Strokes series ended, she joined fellow cast member Howard Lew Lewis in the Channel 4 comedy series Chelmsford 123 where she played Gargamadua (the name translated, we were told, as "Snot Bucket").

In 1986, she played Anna, a 19-year old pregnant German girl, in the Only Fools and Horses episode "From Prussia With Love".

In the ITV '80s comedy Room at the Bottom, she played sexy secretary Nancy, alongside James Bolam and Richard Wilson.

Hoffman appeared in the 1990s soap opera Machair, playing Charlotte Van Agten.

Erika starred in many theatre plays with actors such as Peter Davison and also many acclaimed TV films such as the Last Days of Patton and To Play The King.

External links

• IMDB entry for Erika Hoffman

Played 'April' in one episode: 'Plastic Dreamworld', of 'Home to Roost' A charity collector who has a date with Matthew after he donated £500.00