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Erica Durance
Erica Durance, September 2008
Born	June 21, 1978 (1978-06-21) (age 31) Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present
Spouse(s)	Wesley Parker (1996-1999) David Palffy (2005-present)

Erica Durance (pronounced /dəˈræns/;¹ born June 21, 1978) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Lois Lane on Smallville.

Contents 1 Life and career 1.1 Marriage 2 Filmography 2.1 TV appearances 3 References 4 External links

Life and career

Durance was born in Calgary, Alberta and was raised in Three Hills, Alberta. After graduating from high school, Durance moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, to pursue her interest in acting professionally. "I wanted to get my feet wet in a smaller area than Los Angeles when I gave it a try", Durance has said. She continued to study acting, starting out with background work, graduating to commercials, and then guest-starring roles, landing more substantial roles each time.

In 2004, she guest-starred on The Chris Isaak Show playing Ashley, a woman on a date with Chris. In Tru Calling, her character was a contender in a beauty pageant opposite Eliza Dushku's character. On the Sci-Fi Channel, she played an intergalactic librarian in Andromeda and a love interest for Teal'c in Stargate SG-1. She also played a sister to one of the leads in the Canadian show The Collector.

Durance was a frequent guest star for the fourth season (2004-05) of Smallville and joined the regular cast for the fifth season (2005-06), sixth season (2006-07), seventh season (2007-08), and eighth season (2008-09), being, for the first time on the series, one of the main characters on many episodes.

Durance appeared on The Howard Stern Show in September 2004 after she had already filmed a number of her first episodes on Smallville. She has also starred in several films credited as Erica Parker.

She was listed as the highest new entrant and cover girl in FHM's May 2006 issue, including the World's 100 Sexiest Women at #38 and was listed by FHM at #20 in the World's 100 Sexiest Women in 2007 and she was also at #15 by FHM in the World's 100 Sexiest Women in 2008. She was also the October 2007 cover girl for Maxim.²

On October 9, 2006, she again appeared on The Howard Stern Show to promote the DVD release of The Butterfly Effect 2.

In 2009, Erica will star as Heather in Ecstasy, based on the #1 bestselling book by Irvine Welsh.

On August 26, 2008, Durance was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series, according to the Canadian Press.³

Marriage

Parker was the surname of her first husband which she had taken when she wed Wesley Parker in 1996; they separated in 2001 and divorced. Durance married for the second time on January 8, 2005, to Canadian actor David Palffy. They reside in Vancouver.

Filmography

• Robin Hood: Beyond Sherwood (2009 TV Movie) as Maid Marion
• Final Verdict (2009 TV Movie) as Assistant District Attorney
• Sleeping with the Lion (2009 Film) as Chandler Vick
• Ecstasy (TBD) as Heather
• I Me Wed (2007 TV Movie) as Isabel
• The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006 Film) as Julie Miller
• Island Heat: Stranded (2006 TV Movie) as Carina
• House of the Dead (2003 Film) as Johanna
• Devil Winds (2003 TV Movie) as Kara Jensen
• The Untold (2002 Film) as Tara Knowles

TV appearances

• Smallville as Lois Lane (2004—Present)
• Tru Calling as Angela Todd in "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (EP#1.13)
• Andromeda as Amira in "Time Out of Mind" (EP#4.20)
• Stargate SG-1 as Krista James in "Affinity" (EP#8.7)
• The Collector as Rachel Slate in "Another Collector" (EP#1.13)
• The Chris Isaak Show as Ashley in "Let the Games Begin" (EP#3.3)
• The Howard Stern Show as Herself (21 August 2004)
• 111 Gramercy Park (2003) as Maddy in "Pilot" (EP#1.1/unaired)
• Kokanee Beer Glacier Girls (200?) as Glacier Girl (multiple commercials)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Erica Durance

• Erica Durance at the Internet Movie Database
• Erica Durance cast bio on The CW
• Erica Durance at TV.com

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Preceded by Teri Hatcher

Actress to portray Lois Lane 2004-present

Succeeded by Kate Bosworth (concurrent)