Born: January 7, 1950 - Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 
For five years on nightly network NBC TV, Erin
Gray was the American public's image of the ideal woman. Her Kate in Silver
Spoons managed to have it all-- marriage, family and business career.
And for the two years before that she had redefined our public image of
the "beauty with brains," when Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
became a hit series, her sleek, sophisticated "Colonel Wilma Deering"
became a role model, and Erin Gray became a household word.
Erin's success as the face that launched some of
America's most glamorous beauty products was already legendary before
she made the dramatic career change from model to actress. She was the
original "I'm Worth It" woman for L'Oreal, one of the first
Sports Illustrated models, the Maxi Girl for Max Factor, and the Bloomingdale's
spokeswoman for ten years. So it was no surprise that she made her acting
debut in a starring role, in the critically acclaimed television mini-series
Evening in Byzantium. Ms. Gray continued to develop her style in starring
roles in many Movies-Of-The-Week, including Born Beautiful, Starman, Laker
Girls, Coach of the Year, Police Story and Code of Vengeance, as well
as starring opposite Kenny Rogers in the Feature Film Six Pack.
All of this was perfect preparation for Silver
Spoons, in which Ms. Gray met and mastered the triple-challenge of the
television sitcom-comedy, television, and live audiences -- and at the
same time broke every previous "type casting" stereotype. She
further honed her "live audience" skills by doing theater, performing
leading roles in California Suite and Six Rooms River View, and not only
achieving critical success with Social Security, but bringing audiences
to their feet with standing ovations. In the summer of 1997 Erin starred
in the play La Moure N.D.58458 at The Bitter Truth Theater in Los Angeles,
as part of the cutting edge NOHO Arts Festival. Her on-line interview
appears at www.tv-now.com.
Ms. Gray co-starred in Breaking Home Ties with
Jason Robards, and in The Avenging Ace and Addicted To His Love opposite
Barry Bostwick.
In four fascinating roles Ms. Gray was again able
to express her versatility and range. In an intriguing psychological episode
of the USA Cable mystery series The Hitchhiker, she plays a psychotic
killer. In the second role she plays the "evil duchess" opposite
John Rhys-Davies in Oscar Wilde's classic The Princess and the Dwarf.
In a third, she plays a brilliant and twisted femme fatal in Dark Justice.
The fourth role, in Dancers of Mozambique, showcases Erin as an American
writer who is desperately tries to finish her latest novel while hiding
out in a French chateau, who becomes involved in a murder mystery in a
hilariously funny farce starring opposite France's leading comedic actor
Thierry Le Hermite.
In the mid-nineties Erin starred in three feature
films: Jason Goes To Hell, Dangerous Place and T-Force, as well as the
first original movie for the USA/Sci-Fi Networks, Official Denial, and
Honor Thy Father and Mother, the controversial Fox-produced film of the
Menendez Trial, in which she played the intense prosecutor, Pam Bozanich.
Recent guest-starring roles were in CBS' Crowfoot, the series Heaven Help
Us and the very popular Baywatch as Chief Monica Johnson.
Currently Erin is guest-starring in a recurring
role as Congresswoman Karen Archer in NBC's highly acclaimed drama Profiler,
as well as playing the coldhearted Nicole Devlin in ABC's Port Charles.
Within the last year Erin completed filming five
feature films: The Last Producer with Burt Reynolds, Woman's Story, Social
Misfits, Touched By A Killer and Delicate Instruments.
In addition to raising two children, Erin and partner
Mara Purl have co-written Act Right, a professional guide for actors.
Erin and her husband, noted Director of Photography Richard Hissong, are
currently producing a video on one of her favorite subjects, Chi Kung
and Tai Chi.
Possessing a highly developed sense of public service,
Ms. Gray is a spokesperson for the National Coalitions Against Domestic
Violence and a board member for Haven House, the oldest battered women's
shelter in the U.S. She has co-produced and written public service annoucements
with Women in Film. For over a decade Erin has been speaking out against
domestic violence, a topic that is close to her heart. She also takes
time to host programs like Lifetime Cable's Drug and Alcohol Intervention
Program, to give motivational speeches, and to speak at seminars across
the country regarding stress management and how to find balance in a hectic
world.
Erin also teaches Chi Kung and Tai Chi classes
at UCLA for donations for the Theatre of Hope for Abused Women. Erin is
the recipient of seven community service awards, such as the Leadership
Award for the County of Los angeles, the Guardian Angel Award for Mothers
Against Sexual Abuse, the YMCA's Women of Achievement Award of Distinction
and the 1999 Women's Peace Power Media Award.
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