Erica Serra is a Canadian actress with Italian roots. She became famous after the release of the science-fiction series "Eureka", in which she played a major role throughout all five seasons.
Biography: early years
Erica Cerra was born on October 31, 1979 in Vancouver. Parents are immigrants from Italy. Erica from an early age was interested in the world of theater and cinema. She grew up a liberated and active child. Parents sent her to an acting studio in early childhood to direct her hyperactivity into a peaceful direction. Soon, the girl was noticed by advertisers and offered to star in several commercials.
Soon Erica was bored with castings and acting. She decided to take a timeout and move away from the filming for a while. The break lasted a long time: Erica has not acted in film for more than 10 years.
Career
Erica returned to filming only in 2001. Then she appeared in the TV series "Evil Hunters." The directors entrusted her only an episodic role.
In 2003, Erica starred in the TV series Black Belt, where she again got a secondary role. In the same year, she appeared in two more series: "Jake 2.0" and "Dead Like Me."
In 2004, Erica first starred in the full meter. In the movie "Adam and Evil, " she played Yvonne. The picture did not become popular, but Erica gained valuable experience. In the same year, she also starred in another film and three series, including "Dead Zone", "Collector of Human Souls." The directors took her to the first roles.
In 2005, Erica took part in the film "Long Weekend". She also starred in three series, of which four thousand four hundred gained popularity. She appeared in one of the episodes of this science fiction series. She got the role of Molly Colddicott. In the same year, Erica was recognized as one of Vancouver’s promising actresses according to the popular local magazine.
Success came to Erica in 2006, when she got one of the main roles in the science fiction series "Eureka". In the center of the plot is the fictional city of Eureka, located somewhere in Oregon. Mostly people of science live in it: scientists and geniuses. Almost all residents work at an advanced research concern. Each episode of this series is built around a problem that could harm the whole city. Erica played a local sheriff's assistant in the series. Her character has been in all five seasons of Eureka.
In the same year, Erica appeared in the video of the famous singer Michael Buble for the song Save the Last Dance for Me. In the period from 2006 to 2018, the actress starred in a number of films and series, including:
- "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief";
- Smallville Secrets;
- "Supernatural";
- "A hundred".
