Erica Durance Biography, Age, Maxim, Career and Tom Welling

Erica Durance Biography

Erica Durance is a Canadian actress. SHe is well known for her portrayal of Lois Lane in the series “Smallville” and Dr. Alex Reid in the medical drama series “Saving Hope”. She studied acting at the Yaletown Actors Studio with her coach David Palffy.

Erica Durance Age

She was born on the 21st of June 1978 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. As of 2018, she is 40 years old.

Erica Durance Height

She stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.73 m).

Erica Durance Family

She was one of three children born to Gail and Joel Durance. She was raised alongside her older brother and an older sister in Three Hills, Alberta.

Erica Durance Married / Husband

She is married to her acting coach David Palffy. She was first married to Wesley Parker in 1996. Three years later, their marriage ended. In 2001, she began dating David, Canadian actor, writer, and director. In 2005, they got married.

Erica Durance Kids

The couple has two children, Lochlan William Pallfy, their first son born in 2015 and Liam Jeffrey Palffy, also a boy, born in 2016. She also has a stepson from her husband’s previous relationship.

Erica Durance Career

Durance began her career with background work, graduating to commercials and guest-starring roles. She made her first feature film in the 2002 film “Untold”. She then guest starred in the comedy series “The Chris Isaak Show” and the supernatural series “The Collector”. She gained fame in 2004 with the film “Smallville” portraying Lois Lane. She once said that the character is beloved to her that she took her seriously and put her heart and soul into her for seven years.

In 2006, she appeared in the films “The Butterfly Effect 2” and “Island Heat: Stranded”. The year after, she played in the film “I Me Wed” and garnered a nomination for a Gemini Award. In 2011, she guest stars as CIA operative Samantha Masters in the television series “Charlie’s Angels. The next year she played in the Italian TV mini-series “6 passi nel giallo” and NBC’s Harry’s Law.

She got a lead role in the CTV medical drama television series “Saving Hope”, as Chief Surgical Dr. Alex Reid. She was also a producer on the series. Since October 2017, she has been appearing in The CW television series Supergirl as Kara’s Kryptonian mother, Alura Zor-El, in a recurring role in season three.

Erica Durance Movies / Erica Durance Film

Year	Title	Role
2015	Painkillers	Trudy
2012	Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie	Paris Waitress
2010	Sophie and Sheba	Natalia
2006	The Butterfly Effect 2	Julie Miller
2004	The Bridge	Amy
2003	House of the Dead	Johanna
2002	The Untold	Tara Knowles

 

Erica Durance Tv Shows

Year	Title	Role
2017–	Supergirl	Alura Zor-El
2014	Wedding Planner Mystery	Carnegie Kincaid
2012	Harry’s Law	Annie Bilson
	6 passi nel giallo	Angela/Christine
2012–2017	Saving Hope	Dr. Alex Reid
2011	Charlie’s Angels	Samantha Masters
2009	The Building	Jules Wilde
	Final Verdict	Megan Washington
	Beyond Sherwood Forest	Maid Marian
2007	I Me Wed	Isabelle Darden
2006	Island Heat: Stranded	Carina
2004	The Chris Isaak Show	Ashley
	Tru Calling	Angela Todd
	Andromeda	Amira
	Stargate SG-1	Krista James
	The Collector	Rachel Slate
2004–2011	Smallville	Lois Lane
2003	Devil Winds	Kara Jensen
	111 Gramercy Park	Maddy O’Donnell
2001	The Lone Gunmen	Dancer

Erica Durance Maxim

She was featured on the cover of Maxim in 2007.

Tom Welling And Erica Durance

She played alongside Tom Welling in the series “Smallville” from 2004 to 2011. Rumors even say that Tom would also appear in “Supergirl” alongside Erica but this has not been seen.

Erica Durance Home

She resides with her husband in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Erica Durance Twitter

https://twitter.com/ed_durance

Erica Durance Instagram

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Erica Durance Interview

ERICA DURANCE: I don’t have the exact dates, but it’s probably in the next month or so. We’re done on March 22^nd.

Do you have any idea what it’s going to be yet?

DURANCE: I have no idea what’s in the finale.

What would you like to see happen?

DURANCE: I’ve thought about this a lot, but they surprise me, all the time. I would love to see Lois fly. Not her, herself, but with Clark. This is my wish list. This is not what the producers have told me. I would love to see her get married to Clark. I’d love to see her really find herself and find her grounding and go, “Okay, this is who I am,” and settle down.

What do you bring to Lois Lane that other actresses haven’t?

DURANCE: That’s an interesting question because it forces me to answer it in a way that makes me feel like I’m being conceited. I think that you can’t help but bring pieces of who you are. No matter what you do, it comes through you, as a vessel. So, I suppose that some of the things that you see in this particular Lois – with her spunkiness, or certain moments of neuroses, or that high energy perkiness, or the laughing, or the klutziness – are definitely me. I am not a particularly aggressive person. That’s not Erica. I play a kick-ass woman.

Have you gotten feedback from any of the other women who have played Lois Lane?

DURANCE: Yeah, Margot Kidder told me that I hit it out of the park. But, I have not heard from Teri Hatcher at all.

What do you most love about Lois, and is there anything about her that you wish you could change?

DURANCE: I don’t feel that I want to change anything about her. I think she just happened the way she was supposed to. I can’t go back and change it. But, I love that she’s flawed. I love that she’s human. You need that juxtaposed to the perfection of Superman. I think that’s part of why she’s written the way she’s written, and why she’s there. She just has this absolute loyalty for what is good and right and just, and it parallels what Superman is and what he embodies. I think that that’s why it works so well.

Have there been any storylines that you’ve particularly enjoyed doing, over the years?

DURANCE: I have always enjoyed the episodes where Lois and Clark are investigating something, and they’re together and there’s a lot of stuff going on, and there’s a lot of banter, and there’s a bit of humor, and they spice it up with a little bit of everything. Those are my personal favorites, when I’m doing it, as an actress. Now, to sit back and watch it – because I also love the Superman mythology – I like to see him be so iconic. I love to see some of the other superheroes come in, and the Justice League, and all that kind of stuff. A prime example is in our 200^th episode, when Clark is in the elevator with his Superman self. I freaked out. I went up to him and I was like, “Oh, my god!” It was fantastic! He had the phrasing down, and it almost sound old-fashioned. He just flawlessly went into this thing and I got excited, as a fan.

Which other heroes have you particularly enjoyed having on the show?

DURANCE: I can’t help but say that I love Green Arrow. I really enjoyed the Hawkman character. I love his huge wings and the whole graveliness of his voice. I loved the Martian Manhunter. Phil Morris is a really cool human being, and it was such a neat character for Clark to have in his life. He was cool, too.

If Clark Kent weren’t around, do you think Lois would get together with Oliver Queen?

DURANCE: In the episode that we did where there were the two universes, you do see that she does end up with Oliver, but when Clark was in that universe, you could see that it wasn’t her true love. I think that is representative of what would be the reality.

What’s it been like to have some of the show’s long-time producers, along with Tom Welling, direct episodes in this last season? Has it been nice to have people who are so familiar with the characters directing some of the episodes?

DURANCE: Yeah, absolutely. It’s fun to work with some of our executives, who are writers, in that way, because we don’t really get to see them very much since they’re in L.A. To have them come to Vancouver and fulfill the role of being a director with you is a really fun experiment. And, it is Clark’s show, so having Tom in there, doing the directing, it brings a totally different vibe to it. He has a lot of respect and treats people with respect. He’s an incredible director.

Is it any more stressful to have him as the boss, instead of just the co-star?

DURANCE: No, because he’s the most unassuming person you’d ever meet. He has no ego. You’d have no idea. He’s just in there to be a part of the team, and he fulfills that role.

Is there something that you hope you can take home from the set, once the series is finished?

DURANCE: I’d like to keep a couple of my costumes. I’d like to take my Daily Planet nameplate. And, I’d like to steal one of the Blur’s jackets. I like the jackets that he has.

Do you dread the last day of filming?

DURANCE: I look forward to change, but there is a part of me that absolutely dreads it.

Have you thought about what type of roles and projects you want to look for, once you’re done with the show?

DURANCE: Yes and no. I am a little bit like Lois, in the way that I fly by the seat of my pants a little bit. Of course, there’s some intellect given to it. I really enjoy comedy, but I also still really enjoy the drama aspect. So, I don’t like to narrow my possible chances out there. I have seen a couple of scripts and I just go with my gut. My gut will go, “You know what? That one’s not me, but that one would be interesting.” Maybe just something else that shows another aspect of females and tries to keep us more well-rounded.

Are you looking more for film, instead of signing on to do another television series?

DURANCE: No, I’m open to whatever.

Do you have anything set yet?

DURANCE: I have a break. That’s it. I might do my own independent film, that my husband wrote for me, if all the ducks are in a row. It would be very, very fun to team up on that. Other than that, I’m just going to wait and see.