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 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". Gimpel was a judge on RTÉ One's "", an Irish TV talent show seeking a boy and a girl to play Nick and Serena respectively  in the Irish touring production of "Fame". 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, 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.