Erika Flores (born November 2, 1978 in
Grass Valley
A grass valley (also vega and valle) is a meadow located within a forested and relatively small drainage basin such as a headwater. Grass valleys are common in North America, where they are created and maintained principally by the work of b ...
,
Nevada County,
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
) is an American former child actress and former actress, and sister of Melissa Flores, also a former child actress.
Career
She is known for her role as the first Colleen Cooper in the ''
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'' is an American Western drama television series created and executive produced by Beth Sullivan and starring Jane Seymour, who plays Dr. Michaela Quinn, a physician who leaves Boston in search of adventure in the O ...
'' TV series;
Flores left the role in 1995, in the middle of the third season, and the role was then recast with
Jessica Bowman
Jessica Robyn Bowman (born November 26, 1980) is an American actress known for her role as Colleen Cooper on ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman''.
Career
Bowman was born in Walnut Creek, California. She began acting in community theater and commercial ...
taking over as Colleen.
Flores
Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. Including the Komodo Islands off its west coast (but excluding the Solor Archipelago to the east of Flores), the land area is 15,530.58 km2, and th ...
guest-starred on the ''
Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "
Disaster
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". She played Marissa Flores, one of three young science-fair winners aboard the
USS ''Enterprise''.
In January 2009, Flores guest starred and had her last role as Sarah, the main patient in "
Big Baby", a fifth-season episode of the
Fox
Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush'').
Twelve sp ...
show, ''
House
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''.
She also made appearances on ''
Dear John,
Empty Nest
''Empty Nest'' is an American television sitcom that aired for seven seasons on NBC from October 8, 1988, to April 29, 1995. The series, which was created as a spin-off of ''The Golden Girls'' by creator and producer Susan Harris, starred Ric ...
,
Step by Step, and
CSI: Miami
''CSI: Miami'' (''Crime Scene Investigation: Miami'') is an American police procedural drama television series that ran from September 23, 2002 until April 8, 2012 on CBS. Featuring David Caruso as Lieutenant Horatio Caine, Emily Procter as Dete ...
.''
Personal life
She married
Bartlett E. "Bart" Burson on July 1, 2006 and has two children.
Filmography
References
External links
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1979 births
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
Actresses from California
People from Grass Valley, California
American child actresses
American television actresses
Living people
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