Episode 223: Erin Karpluk

Actress Erin Karpluk is known around the world for her starring role in CBC’s Being Erica, which aired for four seasons in 180 countries and won Erin a Best Actress Gemini Award in 2009 and a Best Lead Actress Leo Award in 2010, and she’s beloved in the local industry for playing Kate, the restaurant manager who experiences an incredible trauma, in the Vancouver-shot Godiva’s. More recently, she led the Hobbie family through five seasons of Family Channel’s Holly Hobbie, and she’s turned in memorable appearances on Debris, Nancy Drew, and Two Sentence Horror Stories. And now she’s exploring what it means to have been married to a sex offender while also working through addiction and a new relationship on A Million Little Things. In this wildly entertaining conversation, Erin reflects on her time as Erica and Kate and talks mental health, time travel, cats, joy, being Anna on A Million Little Things, and what legendary actress Mary Steenburgen said to her that changed her life. Episode sponsor: UBCP/ACTRA