Erica Tazel

Erica Tazel Biography

Erica Tazel is an American theatre and television actor best known for the role of Rachel Brooks in the FX television series Justified (2010-2015).

Life and career

Tazel holds a B.A. from Spelman College and an M.F.A. from New York University's Graduate Acting Program.

She made her professional acting debut at the New York Shakespeare Festival"?s A Winter"?s Tale (2000); further roles include at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Cymbeline, and an off-Broadway appearance in Playwrights Horizons' Juvenilia. Tazel was nominated for the L.A. Drama Critics Circle award for Lead Performance, for her work in I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given To Me by a Young Lady from Rwanda (role of Juliette, 2007) at The Colony Theatre in Burbank, CA, and received the NAACP Theatre Award for Best Lead Female (2007) for that same role.

On screen, Erica Tazel has made limited appearances, including a minor role in the David Duchovny drama House of D (2004, table below), starring Anton Yelchin, Robin Williams, Ta Leoni, and Erykah Badu.

Tazel's television debut was as a dance teacher an episode of Sex and the City (2001); prior to her supporting role in Justified she was a guest lead on Without A Trace, had recurring roles on Jericho and Third Watch, and guest roles on programs including The Office, ER, Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU, Life, Heartland, Bones and Firefly.

Filmography

Film and television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Sex and the City	Grace	Episode: "Baby, Talk Is Cheap"
2001	Third Watch	Shaquana Golden	2 episodes
2002	Firefly	Doralee	Episode: "Safe"
2003	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Lynn Hauser	Episode: "Risk"
2003	Law & Order	Receptionist	Episode: "Suicide Box"
2004	House of D	Reader
2006	Bones	Karen Merton	Episode: "The Soldier on the Grave"
2007	Jericho	Jessica Williams	2 episodes
2007	Without a Trace	Tess Pratt	Episode: "Skin Deep"
2007	Heartland	Temple	Episode: "A Beautiful Day"
2007	ER	Mrs. Birk	Episode: "Blackout"
2008	Life	Mum at Park	Episode: "Find Your Happy Place"
2009	The Office	Julia	Episode: "Lecture Circuit: Part 1"
2010-2015	Justified	Rachel Brooks	Series regular, 78 episodes
2015	NCIS	Coach Curry	Episode: "Troll"
2015	Runaway Island	Vonda Hines
2015	Mr. Right	Lisa
2016	Roots	Matilda	TV miniseries
2016	Odious	Evelyn

Video Games
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Mafia 3	Cassandra	Provided voice & likeness.

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