Erica Luttrell is a

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actress.

Personal life

Luttrell was born in

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to a

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n mother and an American father. Luttrell is the youngest of four sisters. She can speak some French and

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. In August 2019, Luttrell married her girlfriend Jessica Mallers.

Career

She began her acting career at age 2 in several

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and

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commercials. At age 9, she had her first starring role in a television series. Her older sister

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is also an actress who is best known for her role as

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in the science fiction television series ''

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''. Luttrell is best known for her role as Kara Cupper on the children's television series ''

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'', and the voice of Keesha Franklin on ''

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''. In 1997, she starred as Emelie Robeson on ''

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''. After several seasons of those and other TV series, she moved south to

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. In 2004, Luttrell was the voice of Candy on the short-lived Disney Channel animated series '' Dave the Barbarian''. She also voices Sapphire in the Cartoon Network series ''

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'', Glori in ''

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'' and Emily Kaldwin in the 2016 video game ''

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'',

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in the 2017 fighting video game ''

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'', as well as Bangalore in ''

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''. She also starred in the CBS sci-fi drama ''

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''.

Filmography

Video games

References

External links

Official Website
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