Erica Gimpel
Erica Fawn Gimpel (born June 25, 1964) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She is best known for her roles on television shows Fame as Coco Hernandez[2] and on Profiler as Angel Brown. She is also known for her recurring roles on the television shows ER as Adele Newman and on Veronica Mars as Alicia Fennel. From 2018-2020, Gimpel had a recurring role as Trisha on the series God Friended Me.
Erica Gimpel | |
|---|---|
| Born | Erica Fawn Gimpel June 25, 1964[1] |
| Occupation | Actress, singer, dancer |
| Years active | 1982–present |
Gimpel was a judge on RTÉ One's Fame: The Musical, an Irish TV talent show seeking a boy and a girl to play Nick and Serena respectively in the Irish touring production of Fame.[3]
In January 2010, Gimpel released her first CD, Spread your Wings and Fly.
Personal life
Gimpel was born in Manhattan, New York. In 1982, she graduated from New York's High School of Performing Arts,[3] a few months after she started filming her role as a student at the same school for the television show Fame. She had toured the United States and Europe with her mother, singer Phyllis Bash, in the play Porgy and Bess. Her father is Joseph Gimpel, a short story writer.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Case Closed | Kathy | TV Movie |
| 1990 | King of New York | Dr. Shute | |
| Penny Ante: The Motion Picture | Dale Martinez | ||
| 1991 | Homicide | Woman with Randolph | |
| Undertow | Nina | ||
| 1994 | The Fence | Jackie | |
| Amateur | Irate Woman | ||
| 1995 | Smoke | Doreen Cole | |
| Flirt | Nurse | ||
| Tuesday Morning Ride | Modine | Short | |
| The Price of Love | Officer Hudson | TV Movie | |
| 1996 | Sticks & Stones | Miss William | |
| 1997 | Touch Me | Kareen | |
| 1999 | Santa and Pete | Cassie Moore | TV Movie |
| Intimate Betrayal | Toni | TV Movie | |
| 2001 | No Such Thing | Judy | |
| Impostor | Newscaster #1 | ||
| 2003 | Freaky Friday | Harry's Teacher | |
| 2004 | In Your Eyes | Yolie | |
| A Boyfriend for Christmas | Beth | TV Movie | |
| Betty's Treats | Mrs. Wilson | Short | |
| Beck and Call | Leah | TV Short | |
| 2006 | Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall | Margaret Monroe | TV Movie |
| 2007 | The List | Gail | |
| 2009 | Veronika Decides to Die | Nurse White | |
| Blue Eyes | Sandra | ||
| 2010 | Machete Joe | Erica | |
| 2013 | Tio Papi | Det. Johnson | |
| 2015 | Cloudy with a Chance of Love | Dr. Ruth Harris | TV Movie |
| Sex, Death and Bowling | Shanti | ||
| 2017 | Romeo and Juliet in Harlem | Nurse | |
| 2020 | Sylvie's Love | Eunice |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982–87 | Fame | Coco Hernandez | Main Cast: Season 1-3, Guest: Season 4 & 6 |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire | Shelley | Episode: "Original Sin" |
| North and South | Semiramis | TV Mini Series | |
| 1986 | North and South, Book II | Semiramis | TV Mini Series |
| 1988 | The Cosby Show | Jennifer | Episode: "Waterworks" |
| 1990 | American Playhouse | Wendy | Episode: "Women & Wallace" |
| 1994 | Law & Order | Templeton | Episode: "Breeder" |
| Touched by an Angel | Sydney Jessup | Episode: "Tough Love" | |
| 1995 | New York Undercover | Melinda | Episode: "The Smoking Section" |
| 1996 | Babylon 5 | Cailyn | Episode: "Walkabout" |
| 1996–99 | Profiler | Angel Brown | Main Cast: Season 1-3, Guest: Season 4 |
| 1997 | The Big Easy | Felice Carlyle | Episode: "Driving Ms. Money" |
| 1997–03 | ER | Adele Newman | Recurring Cast: Season 3-9 |
| 1999 | Any Day Now | Laura Sanders | Episode: "A Parent's Job" |
| 2000 | The District | Ella's Lawyer | Episode: "The Real Terrorist" & "How They Lived" |
| 2001 | Roswell | FBI Agent Suzanne Duff | Recurring Cast: Season 2 |
| 2002 | Touched by an Angel | Sydney Jessup | Episode: "The Last Chapter" |
| MDs | Allison Greely | Episode: "Cruel and Unusual" | |
| 2003–04 | JAG | Varese Chestnut | Episode: "A Merry Little Christmas" & "What If" |
| 2004 | The Division | Aimee Breckridge | Episode: "Bite Me" |
| 2004–06 | Veronica Mars | Alicia Fennel | Recurring Cast: Season 1-2 |
| 2005 | Everwood | Dr. Gans | Episode: "Surprise" |
| 2006 | House | Elizabeth Stone | Episode: "Failure to Communicate" |
| Numb3rs | Principal Riva Bell | Episode: "Waste Not" | |
| Criminal Minds | Sarah | Episode: "Profiler, Profiled" | |
| 2006–07 | Boston Legal | Attorney Samantha Fried | Recurring Cast: Season 2, Guest: Season 3 |
| 2007 | Close to Home | Dr. Udell | Episode: "Protégé" |
| Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses | Police Sgt. Joanne Matterson | Episode: "If Wishes Were Horses" | |
| 2008 | Eleventh Hour | Lizzie Summers | Episode: "Cardiac" |
| 2009 | Grey's Anatomy | Bethany Anderson | Episode: "Invest in Love" |
| 2011 | Prime Suspect | Principal | Episode: "Wednesday's Child" |
| The Young and the Restless | Det. Harriet Mauro | Recurring Role | |
| 2011–12 | Rizzoli & Isles | ER Doctor | Episode: "Burning Down the House" & "What Doesn't Kill You" |
| 2012 | Nikita | Carla Bennett | Recurring Cast: Season 2 |
| Criminal Minds | Sarah | Episode: "The Company" | |
| True Blood | Faerie Elder | Episode: "Sunset" | |
| 2013 | Cult | Ginny Yarrow | Episode: "The Good Fight" & "The Devil You Know" |
| 2014 | Switched at Birth | Yvette Gifford | Episode: "Have You Really the Courage?" |
| Enormous | Caroline | Episode: "Enormous" | |
| 2015 | Code Black | Alice Sellers | Episode: "Black Tag" |
| 2016 | The Catch | Renée Etheridge | Episode: "The Larágan Gambit" |
| Murder in the First | Corinne Hager | Episode: "The Barbers of Seville" | |
| 2017 | Shut Eye | Agent Sims | Recurring Cast: Season 2 |
| 2018 | Chicago Med | Lydia Singleton | Episode: "An Inconvenient Truth" |
| 2018–20 | God Friended Me | Trisha | Recurring Cast: Season 1, Main Cast: Season 2 |
| 2021 | NCIS New Orleans | Lynette Carter | Episode: "Leda and the Swan, Part 1 & 2" |
| 12 to Midnight | Mother | Episode: "Red Sneakers" | |
| 2022 | 9-1-1 (TV series) | Pauline Barrett | Episode: "Fear-o-phobia" |
See also
References
- "This day in history". Boston.com. June 25, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
- Rothenberg, Fred (January 7, 1982). "'Fame' Series Pilot 'Sparkling'". The Sumter Daily Item. Archived from the original on October 15, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
- Sweeney, Ken (January 23, 2010). "'Fame' beckons as 1980s star Coco seeks new talent". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on September 8, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
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