Erin Daniels

Daniels was born Erin Cohen in St. Louis, Missouri, where she grew up. Her father is an architect, and her mother is a clinical social worker. She grew up in a Jewish family; her mother co-founded the Central Reform Congregation in St. Louis and her grandmother received an award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews.^[1][2] She attended Clayton High School and Vassar College, graduating from the latter in 1995^[3] after majoring in art.^[1]

After Vassar, she moved to New York City, where she studied with William Esper, a protégé of Sanford Meisner, and worked Off Broadway. She then moved to Los Angeles for a part on the short-lived TV series Action.^[1]

In 2002, the St. Louis Film Festival awarded Daniels the Emerging Star Award.refcn She appeared in One Hour Photo, Wheelmen, and House of 1000 Corpses^[4] before becoming a major cast member of Showtime's The L Word. Her depiction of Dana Fairbanks on that show prompted an anonymous donation of a million dollars to the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation,^[5] an organization that promotes and funds breast cancer intraductal research.^[6]

Daniels has also appeared in the TV shows Action, Jericho, Dexter, Saving Grace, Big Shots, Justice, CSI and Swingtown.

She played the role of The Mother in Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean.^[7]

Daniels married producer Chris Uettwiller in 2008, and had two children with him. The couple divorced in February 2019.

• Erin Daniels at IMDb
• Erin Daniels interview at Diva Magazine official site