Education
Never giving up on her dream, Erica attended Columbia College in Chicago where she majored in Broadcast Journalism and minored in Theater and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in three years.
Never giving up on her dream, Erica attended Columbia College in Chicago where she majored in Broadcast Journalism and minored in Theater and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in three years.
She played Kiana Anderson in Akeelah and the Bee. She was one of the lead characters in the series Lincoln Heights on American Broadcasting Company Family. She is also the voice of Abbey for the television series The Replacements.
She played Kita on the Black Entertainment Television sitcom Let"s Stay Together.
Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Erica knew at the early age of nine that she wanted to be an actress, after she performed in her first stage play. After graduating, Erica landed her first television show entitled “Up "North Running,” a tween/teen show that focused on educating kids on a variety of different topics of interest, from education to horseback riding, to playing hockey or learning how to make ice cream.
The show aired on WPWR, a Universitas Pembangunan Nasional affiliate in Chicago. She began acting at age nine in commercials for McDonald"s, Reebok, Sears, Kellog"s, Microwave Communications Incorporated, and others
Her best-known modeling appearances have been in various magazines as the Noxzema "girl" for its 2006 campaign.
She has appeared in the films Simon Says, Akeelah and the Bee, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Save the Last Dance, A Cinderella Story, as well as numerous television series including Computer Society of India: Miami and Everybody Hates Chris. She also voice acted in the game " The Walking Dead " as a thug that attacked Clementine.