Erin Karpluk is one of the actors of A Million Little Things, portraying the role of Anna Benoit.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Not much is known about Karpluk's early life. She was born on October 17, 1978 in Jasper, Alberta, Canada, to a mother who was a high-school principal and a father who was a railway engineer. Karpluk majored in theatre at the University of Victoria and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2000.
Career[]
Karpluk began her acting career in Vancouver and between 2000 and 2005, she appeared in more than a dozen television movies and series before landing the role of Kate in Godiva's. Her work during this period included "Voice of Sylan" in the final episode of Dark Angel, and the TV movie Family Sins. She was also in a short-lived US television series called Glory Days in 2002.
In 2004, Karpluk appeared in Legend of Earthsea, and played a serial killer in Ripper 2: Letter from Within. She earned a Leo nomination for her first season of Godiva's, and a 2006 Gemini nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role.
After Godiva's, Karpluk continued to work in television and short films. In 2007, she appeared in Bionic Woman, Flash Gordon, and The L Word. She had a leading role in a 2008 television movie, Smokejumpers, directed by John Terlesky.
Karpluk was offered the lead role of Erica Strange in the CBC Television series Being Erica when she was working in Los Angeles on The L Word. In 2009, Karpluk won the Gemini award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role for her portrayal of the titular character.
She also had a recurring role as Alice the radio station manager during the first season of The CW's Life Unexpected. Her only appearance in the second season was in the series finale, because of a scheduling conflict resulting from Being Erica being picked up for a third year. Karpluk has also had recurring roles on Rookie Blue and Slasher. She then starred in the web series Riftworld.
In 2020, Karpluk was cast as Anna Benoit on A Million Little Things.
Trivia[]
- Originally, Karpluk was credited as a "co-star" but she was promoted to "guest star" starting with "The Things We Keep Inside".
Appearances[]
| A Million Little Things: Season 3 | ||||||||
| "Hit & Run": | "Writings On the Wall": | "Letting Go": | "The Talk": | "Non-essential": | "Miles Apart": | "Timing": | "The Price of Admission": | "The Lost Sheep": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Voice Only |
| "Trust Me": | "Redefine": | "Junior": | "Listen": | "United Front": | "Not Alone": | "No One Is to Blame": | "Justice: Part 1": | "Justice: Part 2": |
| Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
| A Million Little Things: Season 4 | |||||||||
| "Family First": | "Not the Plan": | "Game Night": | "Pinocchio": | "Crystal Clear": | "Six Months Later": | "Stay": | "The Things We Keep Inside": | "Any Way the Wind Blows": | "Surprise": |
| Absent | Absent | Appears | Absent | Appears | Absent | Appears | Appears | Absent | Appears |
| "Piece of Cake": | "Little White Lies": | "Fresh Start": | "School Ties": | "Fingers Crossed": | "Lesson Learned": | "60 Minutes": | "Slipping": | "Out of Hiding": | "Just in Case": |
| Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears |
| A Million Little Things: Season 5 | |||||||||
| "The Last Dance": | "Think Twice": | "In the Room": | "A Bird in the Hand": | "No Place Like Home": | "Mic Drop": | "Spilled Milk": | |||
| Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | |||
| "Dear Diary": | "Father's Day": | "The Salesman": | "Ironic": | "Tough Stuff": | "One Big Thing": | ||||
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | ||||
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