Actor / Director Profile

Erin Cummings is a graduate of the University of North Texas with a degree in Journalism. Cummings began her professional acting career when she was spotted by an L.A. talent scout while performing in community theater near Dallas. Cummings later went on to study Shakespeare at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, preparing her for her future roles as Lady Macbeth and Queen Gertrude in the Santa Susana Repertory Theater Company's productions of Macbeth and Hamlet, respectively.Most recently seen as Sura, the Thracian wife of Spartacus in the Starz original action-adventure drama series Spartacus:Blood and Sand, she also had a recurring role on Matt Weiner's Emmy Award-Winning AMC series, Mad Men. She stars in the cult feature Bitch Slap, directed by Spartacus: Blood and Sand director Rick Jacobson and was seen alongside Martin Lawrence in Universal Studios' Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins. On TV, Cummings was a series regular on the second season of Dante's Cove, on the Here! Network. Her other television work includes a guest lead turn on Cold Case, a recurring role on Dollhouse, and appearances on Nip/Tuck, Star Trek: Enterprise, Threshold, and Charmed.Erin is the founder of Mittens For Detroit, a community initiative whose sole purpose is to collect and distribute new gloves and mittens to children and adults in the city of Detroit.