Erica Durance

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Erica Durance as Lois Lane

Erica Durance (born June 21, 1978 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian actress. She was born to a truck driver, Joel, and librarian, Gail. She grew up with an older brother and sister on a turkey farm in Three Hills, Alberta in Canada. After school, she moved to Vancouver to start her acting career. She is perhaps best known for her role as on Smallville. After graduating from high school, Durance moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, to pursue her interest in acting professionally. "I wanted to get my feet wet in a smaller area than Los Angeles when I gave it a try," Durance said. On a set of Stargate SG-1, Erica Durance met actor David Palffy. The couple got married on January 8, 2005 and currently live in Vancouver. It's her second marriage after divorcing Wes Parker in 1999.

[edit] Career

Moving to Vancouver to start her acting career, Erica Durance got her early acting jobs on TV shows. She made her first big screen appearance in Jonas Quastel's true-story based action adventure The Untold (2002, a.k.a. Sasquatch, starring Lance Henriksen and Andrea Roth).Durance followed it up with the next year's film project, Uwe Boll's horror House of the Dead, in which she played small role Johanna. In the film written by Mark A. Altman and Dan Bates, Durance shared the screen with Jurgen Prochnow, Clint Howard, Ellie Cornell, Ona Grauer and Jonathan Cherry. That same year, Durance also costarred with Joe Lando and Nicole Eggert in the action drama TV movie helmed by Gilbert M. Shilton, Devil Winds, playing Kara Jensen. Following her appearances in films, Durance was invited to guest star in such shows as The Chris Isaak Show, the teen sci-fi drama Tru Calling (starring Eliza Dushku), Andromeda (starring Kevin Sorbo) and Entertainment Tonight. She also appeared on an episode of the long-running sci-fi series Stargate SG-1 (starring Richard Dean Anderson), The Collector (starring Chris Kramer) and Extra. Durance began received attention while playing the reccurring role of young Lois Lane on the hit WB teen series Smallville. She became a guest-star for the fourth season of the show (2004-2005), starring in 13 out of 22 episodes. The 26-year-old actress was eventually asked to become a regular in the Superman's early years drama series in its fifth season.

[edit] Quick Facts

Her astrological sign is Gemini
She is 5' 8".
She is left-handed.
She has an older brother and an older sister.

[edit] Trivia

MSN TV has compiled a list of the top 25 Fall TV Hotties that viewers should look out for and Erica is one of their choices.
Erica's eye color is brown / green.
As a teenager, Erica had braces on her teeth.
Erica has been nominated in The 32nd Annual Saturn Awards 2006 for Best Supporting Actress On Television for her role in Smallville.
Erica is on the front cover of the September/October 2006 issue of Sally Beauty.
- She was named #38 in FHM (US) magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.(2006).
- She was named #20 in FHM Online's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2007" supplement (2007).
- She was named #15 in FHM Online's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2008" supplement (2008).
Erica is the sister-in-law of Jeff Judge.
Erica played the lead role in the movie Stranded.
Erica played three different characters in the eight season of Smallville; Lois Lane, Faora possessing Lois' body (Bloodline), and Chloe transformed into Lois (Hex).

[edit] Filmography

Ecstasy (2007) (pre-production) .... Marie
Smallville .... Lois Lane (63 episodes, 2004-)
The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006) .... Julie Miller
Stranded (2006) (TV) .... Carina
The Collector .... Rachel Slate (2004)
Tru Calling .... Angela Todd (1 episode, 2004)
Devil Winds (2003) (TV) .... Kara Jensen
House of the Dead (2003) .... Johanna
The Untold (2002) .... Tara Knowles

[edit] Episodes

Erica Durance appears in thirteen episodes per season; however, due to the Writers' Strike, Erica only appeared in 12 episodes in Season 7, and for an unknown reason, she only appeared in 12 episodes in Season 8 as well. In Season 9, she is speculated to appear in 18 episodes.

Season 4: Crusade, Gone, Façade, Devoted, Spell, Pariah, Recruit, Krypto, Lucy, Spirit, Blank, Forever, Commencement

Season 5: Arrival, Aqua, Exposed, Solitude, Fanatic, Lockdown, Reckoning, Tomb, Hypnotic, Fragile, Fade, Oracle, Vessel

Season 6: Zod, Sneeze, Wither, Arrow, Reunion, Rage, Hydro, Justice, Crimson, Combat, Noir, Prototype, Phantom

Season 7: Bizarro, Kara, Action, Wrath, Blue, Gemini, Siren, Fracture, Veritas, Descent, Apocalypse, Arctic
Season 8: Odyssey, Plastique, Toxic, Instinct, Committed, Identity, Bloodline, Bride, Infamous, Hex, Stiletto, Doomsday

[edit] Promotional Picture Gallery