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Erika A.

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I'm a professional actress and singer in Los Angeles. (*Yawn* - who isn't, right?) :-P I've been working professionally since I was kid, and I've been lucky enough to make my living 100% from performing for the past 6 1/2 years straight. (No day-job! Yay!) Most of my work is in music (recording and live) and theatre (both straight plays and musical theatre) throughout the SoCal area. I also do film and TV when I get the chance - which isn't as often as I'd like! :-P

HOWEVER, one of my recent film projects, A Couple of Days and Nights is out on DVD and available at retail outlets everwhere! Here's the link to it's Amazon page: My movie on amazon.com

I'm also the lead singer of Velvet Chain , an indie band best known for being on both the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV show and official soundtrack album. =) (You can check us out here on MySpace, Velvet Chain on MySpace , or at our official site, www.velvetchain.com )



Video of me winning Ben Stein's Money! =) Which DISNEY character are you most like?
Bambi
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My Interests

If you're interested in knowing more about me, please go check out my band, Velvet Chain at www.velvetchain.com . It's a good solid half of what I do. The other half is pretty well laid out here: www.erikaamato.com =)

I'd like to meet:


David Bowie, Sting, Bono, Harrison Ford, Annie Lennox, Paul Newman, Meryl Streep, Anthony Hopkins, Maggie Smith, Kevin Kline, Radiohead, etc.

Music:

Velvet Chain, Radiohead, Beck, the Smiths, Jeff Buckley, the Cure, the Police, Sting, David Bowie, U2, Coldplay, Eurythmics, Depeche Mode, Peter Gabriel, Portishead, Garbage, Beatles, Ella Fitzgerald, Gershwin, Cole Porter

Movies:

Blade Runner, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Breakfast Club, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, A Room with a View, Sense and Sensibility, Now Voyager, Vertigo, The Professional, La Femme Nikita, Big, Braveheart, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and I'll add more when I have time to think about it. :-P

Television:

PBS (Masterpiece Theatre, Antiques Roadshow, Mystery!, NOVA, Nature, etc.), the Simpsons, South Park, Frasier, Lost, Ugly Betty, House, Gilmore Girls, Arrested Development, Star Trek (mostly the original series and TNG), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel

My Blog

Its my anniversary!

I woke up at 5am, and I couldn't go back to sleep, so here I am on the computer, writing about how it's my anniversary today!  Yay!Jeff and I will be spending the day at Disneyland and CA Adventu...
Posted by Erika A. on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PST

Ovation Award Nomination!

So, I just found out yesterday afternoon that Sleeping Beauty Wakes (the show I did back in the Spring with Center Theatre Group and Deaf West) got nominated for 10 awards, and I got nominated, too! ...
Posted by Erika A. on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:29:00 PST

Recent news, etc.

I realized I haven't really been keeping up with news, etc. over here, so here are the two most recent blogs from my other page (myspace.com/erikaamatomusic), which I attend to a lot more frequently....
Posted by Erika A. on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 08:10:00 PST

Poem for Grandma

The memorial service is tomorrow in NJ, and although I unfortunately can't be there, my mom is going to read the following little poem for me.   It's not impressive or anything, but it holds a lo...
Posted by Erika A. on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 06:16:00 PST

Very sad day...

My wonderful grandma passed away this morning. I loved her very, very much. I was an only grandchild, so we had a pretty special relationship. Here we are back when I was about 8 or 9. Actually, it ...
Posted by Erika A. on Mon, 28 May 2007 08:04:00 PST

Review excerpts for "Sleeping Beauty Wakes"

(Re-post of the blog I entered on my music page.)Well, the show is going great, and now that we've been extended through May 20th, you can still get tickets if you want to come check out the show!&nbs...
Posted by Erika A. on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:43:00 PST

News

So, I just discovered I've been nominated for an Inland Theatre League Award for my performance as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes at the Candlelight Pavilion.  Cool!  For a full list of nomi...
Posted by Erika A. on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 09:18:00 PST

"Beauty" rehearsals...

Well, we're about two weeks into rehearsals, and things are going great, but man, it's hard work!  Seriously, this is definitely the most challenging theatrical process I've ever been a part of, ...
Posted by Erika A. on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:35:00 PST

Sleeping Beauty Wakes

Huh.  I realized I blogged pretty recently about the show on my other profile, but not here.  And a lot of my friends here don't repeat over there, so here goes:So, I had my first costume fi...
Posted by Erika A. on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:04:00 PST

January...

Not too much to report, but I felt like I should post something...Let's see...  I was finished with the long and arduous caroling season by about 9pm on Christmas Eve (yay), and I had a very nice...
Posted by Erika A. on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:22:00 PST