Erica Hubbard is an American actress and model. Hubbard is best known for her roles as Kiana Anderson in the 2006 film '' Akeelah and the Bee'', Cassandra "Cassie" Sutton on the ABC Family series '' Lincoln Heights'' (2007-09) and Kita Whitmore on '' Let's Stay Together'' (2011-14) on the

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. She is also the voice of Abbey for the TV series '' The Replacements''. She created "The Erica Hubbard Foundation" to help youth in at-risk communities.

Life and career

Hubbard attended Columbia College in Chicago where she majored in

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and minored in Theater and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in three years. The show aired on WPWR, a

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affiliate in Chicago. By the time the third season had started airing, she had already won a

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award for hosting the show and earned a Service To America Award from the National Association of Broadcasters. She began acting since the age of nine in commercials for

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, Kellogg's, MCI, and others. Hubbard also appeared in magazine ads for

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in 1997. She has appeared in the films ''

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'', '' Akeelah and the Bee'', ''

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'', ''

Save the Last Dance ''Save the Last Dance'' is a 2001 American teen dance film produced by MTV Films, directed by Thomas Carter and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film stars Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas as a teenage interracial couple in Chic ...

'', ''

A Cinderella Story ''A Cinderella Story'' is a 2004 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Mark Rosman, written by Leigh Dunlap and starring Hilary Duff, Chad Michael Murray, Jennifer Coolidge, and Regina King. A modernization of the classic Cinderella ...

'', as well as numerous television series including '' Lincoln Heights'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Erica Hubbard Interview

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