Erica Luttrell is a

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actress.

Personal life

Luttrell was born in

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to a Tanzanian/African mother and a white American father. Luttrell is the youngest of four sisters. Because of mixed-language, she can speak some French and Swahili. She is

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. In August 2019, Luttrell married her girlfriend Jessica Mallers. Luttrell is the younger sister of actress

Rachel Luttrell Rachel Zawadi Luttrell (born 19 January 1971) is a Tanzanian-born Canadian actress best known for her role as Teyla Emmagan in ''Stargate Atlantis'' (2004–2009). Early life Luttrell was born 19 January 1971, in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, th ...

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 called ''Shining Time Station''. Her older sister

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

Teyla Emmagan Teyla Emmagan is a fictional character played by Rachel Luttrell in the science fiction series ''Stargate Atlantis''. In the show, she is the daughter of Tagan, and was a leader of a village on the planet Athos. She had seen much of her family ...

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 '' Shining Time Station'', and the voice of Keesha Franklin on ''

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''. In 1997, she starred as Emelie Robeson on '' The New Ghostwriter Mysteries''. 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

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animated series '' Dave the Barbarian''. She also voices Sapphire in the

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series ''

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'', Glori in '' Mighty Magiswords'' and Emily Kaldwin in the 2016 video game ''

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'',

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in the 2017 fighting video game '' Injustice 2'', as well as Bangalore in ''

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''. She also starred in the

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sci-fi drama ''

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''.

Filmography

Video games

References

External links

Official Website
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