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Full Name:	Erica Durance
Birth Name:	Erica Durance
Famous As:	Actress
Date of Birth:	June 21, 1978
Place of Birth:	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height:	5' 8
Nationality:	Canadian
Father:	Joel Durance
Mother:	Gail Durance
Spouse:	David Palffy (since January 8, 2005)
Claim to Fame:	As Lois Lane in WB's series Smallville (2001)

• Erica Durance Shares a Peek at Smallville's "Heartbreaking" Finale

  Seattle Post Intelligencer - Found Apr. 29, 2009 Here in Part 2 of our Q&A, Erica Durance shares a glimpse at the season-ender, in which Clark and Doomsday will go toe-to-toe (or at least...

• SDCC 09: Smallville Readies for Season 9

  IGN.com - Found Jun. 26, 2009 June 25, 2009 - Once again, Smallville will have a presence at Comic-Con, as cast members Erica Durance ('Lois Lane'), Justin Hartley ('Green...

• Warner Brothers Television Releases Comic-Con 2009 Schedule!

  MovieWeb - Found Jun. 25, 2009 Above the Law), Ravi Patel (Scrubs) and executive producer David Hudgins (Friday Night Lights) Smallville: Erica Durance (House Of The Dead... Warner's TV to Invade ComicCon - Indiewire Explore All

• Warner Bros. is pulling out all the stops for Comic-Con's 40th ...

  Examiner.com - Found Jun. 26, 2009 Ravi Patel (?Scrubs?) and executive producer David Hudgins (?Friday Night Lights?) ?Smallville?: Erica Durance (?House of the...

• V!! FRINGE!! EASTWICK!! CHUCK!! VAMPIRE DIARIES!! SMALLVILLE!! ...

  Aint It Cool News - Found Jun. 26, 2009 Ravi Patel (?Scrubs?) and executive producer David Hudgins (?Friday Night Lights?) ?Smallville?: Erica Durance (?House of the...

• Smallville: The Complete Eighth Season Brings The Heroics to DVD and ...

  MovieWeb - Found Jun. 3, 2009 98 SRP, while the four-disc Blu-ray will be priced at $79.98 SRP. The series stars Tom Welling, Allison Mack, Erica Durance and Aaron Ashmore. DVD Versus BluRay: Enjoying A Film At Its Best - Starpulse DeepDiscount.com Blu-ray Movie Sale: Up to 50% off + free shipping - Dealnews Supernatural: The Complete Fourth Season Brings The Paranormal to ... - MovieWeb Clone Wars Waged - IGN.com Explore All

• Smallville: Double Deaths in the Season Finale

  E! Online - Found May. 12, 2009 Here's what Kelly has to say on who's returning next season: Tom Welling: "We wouldn't take a step without him." Erica Durance: "Erica is the one

• Smallville (8.22): Doomsday

  (Indie Waves) - Found May. 13, 2009 Lois (Erica Durance) takes on Tess (Cassidy Freeman), but the fight takes a shocking turn.

• Beauty, Allison Mack

  Associated Content - Found May. 23, 2009 She stands out quite easily among two of the attractive actresses she works alongside, Kristin Kreuk and Erica Durance.

• Talking Smallville with Tess Mercer

  IGN.com - Found May. 13, 2009 Freeman gave us a sneak peak at the finale, her throwdown with Lois Lane (Erica Durance) and a preview of her upcoming horror film...

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Erica Durance
Erica Durance, September 2008
Born	June 21, 1978 (1978-06-21) (age 31) Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present
Spouse(s)	Wesley Parker (1996-1999) David Palffy (2005-present)

Erica Durance (pronounced /dəˈræns/;¹ born June 21, 1978) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Lois Lane on Smallville.

Contents 1 Life and career 1.1 Marriage 2 Filmography 2.1 TV appearances 3 References 4 External links

Life and career

Durance was born in Calgary, Alberta and was raised in Three Hills, Alberta. After graduating from high school, Durance moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, to pursue her interest in acting professionally. "I wanted to get my feet wet in a smaller area than Los Angeles when I gave it a try", Durance has said. She continued to study acting, starting out with background work, graduating to commercials, and then guest-starring roles, landing more substantial roles each time.

In 2004, she guest-starred on The Chris Isaak Show playing Ashley, a woman on a date with Chris. In Tru Calling, her character was a contender in a beauty pageant opposite Eliza Dushku's character. On the Sci-Fi Channel, she played an intergalactic librarian in Andromeda and a love interest for Teal'c in Stargate SG-1. She also played a sister to one of the leads in the Canadian show The Collector.

Durance was a frequent guest star for the fourth season (2004-05) of Smallville and joined the regular cast for the fifth season (2005-06), sixth season (2006-07), seventh season (2007-08), and eighth season (2008-09), being, for the first time on the series, one of the main characters on many episodes.

Durance appeared on The Howard Stern Show in September 2004 after she had already filmed a number of her first episodes on Smallville. She has also starred in several films credited as Erica Parker.

She was listed as the highest new entrant and cover girl in FHM's May 2006 issue, including the World's 100 Sexiest Women at #38 and was listed by FHM at #20 in the World's 100 Sexiest Women in 2007 and she was also at #15 by FHM in the World's 100 Sexiest Women in 2008. She was also the October 2007 cover girl for Maxim.²

On October 9, 2006, she again appeared on The Howard Stern Show to promote the DVD release of The Butterfly Effect 2.

In 2009, Erica will star as Heather in Ecstasy, based on the #1 bestselling book by Irvine Welsh.

On August 26, 2008, Durance was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series, according to the Canadian Press.³

Marriage

Parker was the surname of her first husband which she had taken when she wed Wesley Parker in 1996; they separated in 2001 and divorced. Durance married for the second time on January 8, 2005, to Canadian actor David Palffy. They reside in Vancouver.

Filmography

• Robin Hood: Beyond Sherwood (2009 TV Movie) as Maid Marion
• Final Verdict (2009 TV Movie) as Assistant District Attorney
• Sleeping with the Lion (2009 Film) as Chandler Vick
• Ecstasy (TBD) as Heather
• I Me Wed (2007 TV Movie) as Isabel
• The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006 Film) as Julie Miller
• Island Heat: Stranded (2006 TV Movie) as Carina
• House of the Dead (2003 Film) as Johanna
• Devil Winds (2003 TV Movie) as Kara Jensen
• The Untold (2002 Film) as Tara Knowles

TV appearances

• Smallville as Lois Lane (2004—Present)
• Tru Calling as Angela Todd in "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (EP#1.13)
• Andromeda as Amira in "Time Out of Mind" (EP#4.20)
• Stargate SG-1 as Krista James in "Affinity" (EP#8.7)
• The Collector as Rachel Slate in "Another Collector" (EP#1.13)
• The Chris Isaak Show as Ashley in "Let the Games Begin" (EP#3.3)
• The Howard Stern Show as Herself (21 August 2004)
• 111 Gramercy Park (2003) as Maddy in "Pilot" (EP#1.1/unaired)
• Kokanee Beer Glacier Girls (200?) as Glacier Girl (multiple commercials)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Erica Durance

• Erica Durance at the Internet Movie Database
• Erica Durance cast bio on The CW
• Erica Durance at TV.com

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Preceded by Teri Hatcher

Actress to portray Lois Lane 2004-present

Succeeded by Kate Bosworth (concurrent)