Erica Sherwood

Erica Sherwood was born on June 30, 1986, in St. Catharines, Ontario. She is the middle child of Jamie Sherwood, a ROV Technician, and Darlene Sherwood, a high school drama teacher. She left St. Catharines for Toronto, Ontario, when she graduated high school to pursue her filmmaking career at Humber College. She graduated with a diploma in Cinematography, and moved back to St. Catharines, Ontario to work for Open Concept Films. In 2010, she teamed up with independent filmmaker Jason Lupish and wrote "A Kind of Wonderful Thing" feature film. She starred in the film and has acted in Open Concept Films projects ever since. Her goal to become a nature cinematographer flipped to the other side of the camera. She decided that she would rather pursue a career in acting. She made her powerful film debut in the award-winning feature, A Kind of Wonderful Thing (2011) and won roles in such short films as Kiss of Death (2012), One Last Christmas (2014), and Stranger (coming summer 2015). She has also made appearances in music videos such as Raine Maida's music video Montreal (2014) playing a skeleton girl. In 2014, she made it in the Film Corners' "Top 10 Canadian Actress" list which also included Julianne Moore.She is in the process of writing a features and shorts with Open Concept Films. Show less «