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Erica Leerhsen

Erica Leerhsen was born on the 14th February in 1976 in Ossining in New York (on Valentine's Day).
She attended St. Augustine's School and Ossining High School. Then graduated from Boston University College of Fine Arts in 1998.
Erica sang in the choir at Ossining High School.
Erica's first role was as Sarah in the 1999 in the short film called Junior Creative, then landed the lead role of a practicing witch, in the controversial film called Book Of Shadows - Blair Witch 2.
Erica has also apeared in tv shows such as CSI: Miami as Brenda Sanders, Ghost Whisperer as Hope Paulson, Alias as Kaya, The Sopranos as Birgit Olafsdottir and in The Guardian as Amanda Bowles.
She also had a supporting role in Woody Allen's Hollywood Ending, and then film roles in Mozart and the Whale as Bronwin, Little Athens as Heather, The Warrior Class as Annie Sullivan, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre as Pepper, and also in the film called Anything Else as Connie.
Erica then turned her attention to the theatre, receiving very good reviews for her role in Woody Allen's play called A Second Hand Memory.
She then got the leading role in Wrong Turn 2 - Dead End as Nina Papas alongside Henry Rollins and Texas Battle, in the highly acclaimed sequel to Wrong Turn. She did a lot of her own stunts.
Other film roles include Lonely Joe as Michele Connelly and in Living Hell as Hazmat specialist Carrie Freeborn.
Erica has also starred in the films Shiver as Wendy Alden, Slaughter as Jenny and in The Message as Anna.
She enjoys running, playing basketball and Yoga, and is very good friends with Emily Deschanel, who plays Temperance Brennan alongside David Boreanaz in Bones. They went to the same college.






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Erica Leerhsen - what members say


  • Wrong Turn 2 - Dead End
  • Wrong Turn 2 - Dead End review by JediSi from Kent
    Rated - 4 stars Say hello to the missus from me 25 May 2008
    ...ith a plethora of blood and guts and several gripping scenes. Superb work from Erica Leerhsen, but Henry Rollins was extremely over the top, and totally unconvincing. Very w...  

Erica Leerhsen - filmography


Erica Leerhsen facts

5 most recent films

Wrong Turn 2 - Dead End - 3.0 stars
Little Athens - 2.0 stars
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 3.0 stars
Book Of Shadows - Blair Witch 2 - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 3.0 stars
Wrong Turn 2 - Dead End - 3.0 stars
Book Of Shadows - Blair Witch 2 - 2.5 stars
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Little Athens - 2.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Little Athens - 2.0 stars
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Book Of Shadows - Blair Witch 2 - 2.5 stars
Wrong Turn 2 - Dead End - 3.0 stars
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Mike Vogel - 2 times - show films
Eric Balfour - 2 times - show films
Jessica Biel - 2 times - show films
Andrew Bryniarski - 2 times - show films
Shawn Hatosy - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Marcus Nispel - 2 times - show films
Tom Zuber - 1 times - show films
Joe Berlinger - 1 times - show films
Joe Lynch - 1 times - show films