Erin Daniels

Erin Daniels, born October 9, 1972 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, is an actress. She guest stars as Officer Karen Crane in the first season of Boomtown. She later starred in the series The L Word from 2004 to 2007. She has had roles in the films One Hour Photo (2002), House of 1000 Corpses (2003), and The Sitter (2011).
==Biography==
===Early life===
Daniels was born Erin Cohen in St. Louis, Missouri, where she grew up. Her father was an architect and her mother was a clinical social worker. She grew up in a Jewish family; her mother co-founded the Central Reform Congregation in St. Louis and her grandmother received an award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews. She attended Clayton High School and Vassar College, graduating from the latter in 1995 after majoring in art.
===Career===
After Vassar, she moved to New York City, where she studied with William Esper, a protégé of Sanford Meisner, and worked Off Broadway. She made her screen acting debut playing Miss Stadler in sixth season Law & Order episode "Aftershock" in 1996. 
She moved to Los Angeles for a recurring role in the short-lived television series Action in 1999.
She had a role in the thriller One Hour Photo (2002). She won the Emerging Star Award at the 2002 St. Louis Film Festival for the part. She next appeared in House of 1000 Corpses (2003) as Denise Willis.
She had a recurring role in the first season of Boomtown as Officer Karen Crane in 2003. She appeared in four episodes beginning with the twelfth episode "Sinaloa Cowboys" and ending with the fifteenth episode "Storm Watch".
She appeared in Wheelmen (2005).
She became a starring cast member of Showtime's The L Word, playing tennis star and closeted lesbian Dana Fairbanks. Her depiction of her characters later struggle with breast cancer on The L Word prompted an anonymous donation of a million dollars to the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, an organization that promotes and funds breast cancer intraductal research.
Daniels has also appeared in the TV shows Jericho, Dexter, Saving Grace, Big Shots, Justice, CSI, and Swingtown.
She played Mrs. Pedulla in the film The Sitter (2011). She played The Mother in director Matthew Mishory's debut feature, Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean (2012).
===Personal life===
==Credits==
===Starring===
 
==References==
==External links==
*Erin Daniels at IMDb
*Erin Daniels at Wikipedia
Category:Recurring cast