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Erica Gimpel
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Erica Gimpel, Joseph Gimpel (her father) and Phyllis Bash (her mother) singing Our Love Is Here to Stay (2018)
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Erica Fawn Gimpel
June 25, 1964 New York City, U.S.
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| Education | High School of Performing Arts |
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| Years active | 1982–present |
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Erica Fawn Gimpel (born June 25, 1964) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She is famous for her roles on TV shows like Fame, where she played Coco Hernandez. She also starred as Angel Brown in Profiler. You might also know her from her roles as Adele Newman in ER and Alicia Fennel in Veronica Mars. From 2018 to 2020, Erica played Trish in the TV series God Friended Me.
Erica Gimpel was also a judge on an Irish TV talent show called Fame: The Musical. This show looked for young actors to star in a touring play of Fame. In January 2010, she released her first music CD, titled Spread your Wings and Fly.
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About Erica Gimpel's Life
Erica Gimpel was born in Manhattan, New York City, in 1964. She went to the High School of Performing Arts in New York. This is the same school that inspired the TV show Fame, which she later starred in! She even started filming Fame a few months before she graduated from the real school.
Erica comes from a family of performers. Her mother, Phyllis Bash, was a singer who toured the United States and Europe with the opera Porgy and Bess. Her father, Joseph Gimpel, was also an actor, singer, and writer.
Erica Gimpel's Acting Career
Erica Gimpel has had many roles in popular TV shows and movies. She is known for playing strong and interesting characters.
TV Shows and Movies
Erica has appeared in many well-known TV series. These include NCIS: New Orleans, Chicago Med, and Grey's Anatomy. She also had roles in True Blood, Criminal Minds, and House. One of her favorite projects was playing Trish on the CBS show God Friended Me for two seasons. More recently, she played Ellie Fielding in Mayfair Witches and Brittany Arrington on The Night Agent.
On the big screen, Erica has acted in several films. Some of these include Smoke, King of New York, and Freaky Friday. She also appeared in Romeo and Juliet in Harlem and Sylvie's Love. In 2023, she was in the independent film Bang Bang.
Theater Performances
Erica Gimpel has also performed on stage. She created the first role of Mayme in a famous play called Intimate Apparel. She also played Glory Bee in States of Shock and Nelly in Each Day Dies With Sleep. Erica won an award called the Stage Raw Award for Best Solo Performance for her acting in the one-woman play Sister.
Music and Composing
Besides acting, Erica Gimpel is also a talented musician. She composed and performed the song "This Moment" for the TV show God Friended Me. She also helped write and performed the song "Goodbye" for the science fiction series Babylon 5.
Selected Acting Roles
Here are some of the TV shows and movies Erica Gimpel has been a part of:
- TV Series:
- Fame (1982–1987) as Coco Hernandez
- North and South (1985–1986) as Semiramis
- Profiler (1996–1999) as Angel Brown
- ER (1997–2003) as Adele Newman
- Veronica Mars (2004–2006) as Alicia Fennel
- God Friended Me (2018–2020) as Trisha
- Movies:
- King of New York (1990) as Dr. Shute
- Smoke (1995) as Doreen Cole
- Freaky Friday (2003) as Harry's Teacher
- Sylvie's Love (2020) as Eunice
Images for kids
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Erica Gimpel, Joseph Gimpel (her father) and Phyllis Bash (her mother) singing "Our Love Is Here to Stay" (2018)
See also
- The Kids from "Fame"
