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Date of Birth

25 June 1964, New York City, New York, USA

Birth Name

Erica F. Gimpel

Height

5' 8½" (1.74 m)

Mini Biography

The old tradition of the show-biz professional being "born in a trunk" came as near as it possibly could to being true in the case of Erica Gimpel. Born on June 25, 1964, she comes from a family background of the theater, and spent much of her early childhood touring with her mother in Australia, Portugal, and the States. Erica was one of the "Fame" (1982) TV series cast members who was a pupil at the real School of the Arts when she was cast in the role of Coco. She loves drama, dance, music, and the sea, and in her free time is a keen roller skater.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous

Mini Biography

Erica Gimpel burst onto the scene as the unforgettable "Coco" in the international hit series "Fame" (1982). Since that time, she has appeared in dozens of feature films and television shows. She played "Angel Brown" in the NBC series "Profiler" (1996) and appeared for six seasons as "Adele Newman" in the Emmy Award-winning series "ER" (1994). Her other television credits include the Golden Globe winning series "House M.D." (2004), "Criminal Minds" (2005), recurring role on the Emmy Award-winning "Boston Legal" (2004), and recurring role on the CW hit "Veronica Mars" (2004) as Wallace's mother. Some of Ms. Gimpel's favorites include "Touched by an Angel" (1994) opposite Phylicia Rashad, "JAG" (1995), and the Christmas fable Santa and Pete (1999) (TV) opposite the legendary James Earl Jones.

Ms. Gimpel's film credits include the Oscar nominated short "Tuesday Morning Ride" with Ruby Dee, Wayne Wang's "Smoke" opposite Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker, Abel Ferrara's The King of New York" with Christopher Walken, "Touch Me" opposite Amanda Peet, Hal Hartley's "Flirt" and "No Such Thing" opposite Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren, and Disney's hit "Freaky Friday" opposite Jamie Lee Curtis. Ms. Gimpel has just completed shooting the independent film "Blue Eyes" which was shot in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

While balancing a full acting career Ms. Gimpel is also a singer/songwriter blending the styles of Jazz/Pop and Alternative. She is currently (2008) performing in the Los Angeles area with her trio. Ms. Gimpel is also an active member of the world peace organization, The SGI-USA.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Management for Erica Gimpel

Trivia

Close friend of actress Lori Singer (of "Fame" (1982) TV series).

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