Erica Shaffer

Erica Shaffer is an American actress born on March 6, 1970 who has worked extensively across film, television, theater, voice acting, and commercial work. Her film credits include A Family Affair, The Fall, Catalina Trust, The Socratic Method, Three on a Match, and West Coast. On television, she has guest-starred and held recurring roles on Days of Our Lives, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, CSI Miami, Las Vegas, The King of Queens, The Young and the Restless, Charmed, and Pensacola: Wings of Gold, among others. Beyond acting, Shaffer has hosted Vacation Challenge on the Travel Channel and Cafe Sound on Access Entertainment Network, and has appeared in more than 200 commercials.

Shaffer is accomplished in voice acting, having voiced lead heroines and villains in anime series including Nazca, I My Me! Strawberry Eggs, Paranoia Agent, and Amazing Nurse Nanako, as well as narrating documentaries for The Learning Channel and The History Channel. Her theater career at the Laguna Playhouse includes roles such as Ruth in Harvey (starring Charles Durning), Portia in The Merchant of Venice, and Rose of Sharon in The Grapes of Wrath; in San Diego, she played Hyacinth in Scapan, directed by William Ball.

As an actor, Shaffer works across live-action and animated media, combining performance with voice artistry. A Pisces born in the US, her career reflects the sign's natural affinity for embodying emotional complexity and shifting between personas [birth]. She is a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), and Actors' Equity Association (AEA), and maintains a private speech and acting coaching practice on Los Angeles's west side.