Erin Karpluk

Early life 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.

Career 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, Flash Gordon, and The L Word. She had a leading role in a 2008 television movie, Smokejumpers, directed by John Terlesky.

Karpluk was offered the lead role of Erica Strange in the CBC Television series Being Erica when she was working in Los Angeles on The L Word. In 2009, Karpluk won the Gemini award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role for her portrayal of the titular character.

She also had a recurring role as Alice the radio station manager during the first season of the CW's Life Unexpected. Her only appearance during the second season was in the series finale because of the scheduling conflict that resulted when Being Erica was picked up for a third year. Karpluk has also had recurring roles on Rookie Blue and Slasher, and starred in the web series Riftworld.

In 2017, she had a supporting role on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries series Fixer Upper Mysteries.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards Year Award Category Work nominated Result 2005 Leo Awards Dramatic Series: Best Lead Performance by a Female Godiva's 2006 Gemini Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Godiva's 2006 Leo Awards Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series Godiva's 2007 Leo Awards Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Feature Length Drama Love and Other Dilemmas 2008 Leo Awards Best Guest Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series Flash Gordon 2008 Leo Awards Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Feature Length Drama Luna: Spirit of the Whale 2009 Gemini Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Being Erica 2010 Leo Awards Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series Being Erica 2011 Gemini Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Being Erica 2011 Leo Awards Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series Being Erica 2012 Leo Awards Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series Being Erica 2014 Leo Awards Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Television Movie Delete 2016 Golden Maple Awards Best actress in a TV series broadcast in the U.S. The Riftworld Chronicles