Stephanie Erb (born 10 September 1963; age 62) is an actress who played Liva in the Star Trek: The Next Generation sixth season episode "Man Of The People" and a receptionist in the Star Trek: Enterprise first season episode "Shockwave".
An active performer since the early 1990s, Erb entered the film world in Fearless (1993, co-starring Steven Culp and John de Lancie). In 1997, she appeared in the television film Childhood Sweetheart? featuring Barbara Babcock, Michael Reilly Burke, Ronny Cox, Ed Lauter, Warren Munson and Leon Russom, followed by Starship Troopers (1997, with Clancy Brown, Christopher Curry, Lenore Kasdorf, Brenda Strong, Dina Meyer, Julianna McCarthy, Blake Lindsley, Bruce Gray, Tami-Adrian George, Brian Tochi, Greg Bronson, and Azalea Davila). Erb was later in October 22 (1998, (starring Amanda Plummer and Colm Meaney, with Donna Murphy and Tate Donovan) and Seven Girlfriends (2000, co-starring Ivar Brogger, Olivia d'Abo, Georgann Johnson, Michael Buchman Silver and Steve Vinovich). Erb later appeared in The Ring (2002, with Shannon Cochran, Maury Ginsberg, Richard Lineback and Michael Spound). 2005 saw Erb in the animated Lincoln's Eyes with Steve Rankin and William Schallert.
On television, Erb appeared on One West Waikiki (1994, with Rod Arrants, Barbara Alyn Woods, Patrick Kilpatrick and Lindsay Ridgeway), Grace Under Fire (1996, starring Jon Steuer), Dream On (1996, starring Chris Demetral and Wendie Malick, with Dawnn Lewis, Robert Curtis Brown, Neil C. Vipond and Matthew Faison), and NewsRadio (1997, starring Andy Dick and Stephen Root). In 1998, Erb reconnected with Next Generation lead Jonathan Frakes for an appearance on the documentary series on which he served as host as well as an executive producer, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction. 2000 saw Erb in Freaks and Geeks with Tom Virtue, and Bette with Earl Billings.
For 2002, Erb appeared on Six Feet Under alongside Dina Meyer, Joel Brooks, Ed O'Ross and Kellie Waymire. This was followed by American Dreams (2002, with Virginia Madsen), Miracles (2003, with Ann Cusack and Todd Waring), Whoopi Goldberg's Strong Medicine (2004, starring Jenifer Lewis, with Dennis Cockrum), and NYPD Blue (2004, starring Gordon Clapp, with Bari Hochwald, Ellen Geer and Taylor Sheridan). In 2006 Erb appeared in Threshold produced by Brannon Braga, House starring Jennifer Morrison, 24 starring Gregory Itzin, with Jude Ciccolella, and Grey's Anatomy with Lanei Chapman.
Erb later appeared in episodes of Close to Home (2007, with John Cothran, Jr., Cress Williams, Larry Anderson and Juliana Donald), Monk (2007, starring Ted Levine, with Stanley Kamel), Ghost Whisperer (2007, with Katy Boyer and Autumn Reeser), Criminal Minds (2007, with Christine Healy and Allan Graf), Knight Rider (2009, with R.A. Rondell), Parks and Recreation (2009, with Jim O'Heir), Weeds (2009), Three Rivers (2009, with Alfre Woodard, Spencer Garrett, Marina Sirtis, and D.C. Douglas), and Numbers (2010, with Vyto Ruginis).
Following supporting roles in the television drama Dad's Home (2010, with Patti Yasutake) and in the short comedy Karma's Bitch (2010), Erb played the recurring role of Luellen in five episodes of True Blood (2011, with Dendrie Taylor, Damion Poitier, Brandon Molale, and Katie Eischen). Further credits include the drama South Dakota (2011), the television movie Annie Claus is Coming to Town (2011, with Matt Winston), and guest roles in Desperate Housewives (2012, with Teri Hatcher, Vanessa Williams, Brenda Strong, Patrick Fabian, John Rubinstein, and Brian Cousins) and The Mentalist (2012, with Rebecca McFarland, Richard Cox, and Andy Milder).
External links[]
- StephanieErb.com – official site
- Stephanie Erb at the Internet Movie Database