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name: "Erica Tazel"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 March 1977"
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average_fi1m_score: 80
updated: "2026-09-17T03:25:59.469751+00:00"
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# Erica Tazel

Actor. Born 31 March 1977 in Dallas, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 March 1977, Dallas, Texas, USA
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Also known as:** Erica N. Tazel

## Biography

Erica Tazel is an American actress. She was born in Dallas, Texas, and holds a BA from Spelman College and an MFA from New York University’s Graduate Acting Program.

She began her professional career on stage, making her debut in the New York Shakespeare Festival’s production of *The Winter’s Tale* (2000) and appearing in works by the Royal Shakespeare Company and off-Broadway. She received a nomination for the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award and the NAACP Theatre Award for Best Lead Female for her performance in *I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given To Me by a Young Lady from Rwanda* (2007).

On screen, Tazel is best known for playing US Deputy Marshal Rachel Brooks in the FX series *Justified* (2010–2015). Her other television credits include guest roles in *Sex and the City* (2001), *The Office* (2009), *Bones* (2005), *Firefly* (2002, as Erica N. Tazel), *NCIS* (2003) and *Lovecraft Country* (2020).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Lovecraft Country* (2020), Fi1m 74, as Dora — [page](https://film.one/tv/lovecraft-country.md)
- *Justified* (2010), Fi1m 87, as Rachel Brooks — [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md)

## Also known for

- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Lynn Hauser
- *Bones* (2005), Karen Merton
- *NCIS* (2003), Coach Curry
- *DC's Legends of Tomorrow* (2016), Esi Jiwe
- *Sex and the City* (1998), Grace, Dance Teacher
- *The Orville* (2017), Baleth
- *Law & Order* (1990), Receptionist
- *Raising Dion* (2019), Danielle

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