Erika Hoffman is a British actress known for portraying Lesley Bainbridge in the BBC sitcom Brush Strokes from series three onwards. When the Brush Strokes series ended, she joined fellow cast member Howard Lew Lewis in the Channel 4 comedy series Chelmsford 123, where she played Gargamadua.
Career In 1986, she played Anna, a 19-year-old pregnant German girl, in the Only Fools and Horses episode "From Prussia with Love". In the ITV comedy Room at the Bottom, she played secretary Nancy, alongside James Bolam and Richard Wilson.
In the Yorkshire Television 1986 comedy Home To Roost, she played April, a charity worker, alongside John Thaw and Reece Dinsdale. She also appeared in a minor role in Just Good Friends. She appeared in the 1990s soap opera Machair, playing Charlotte Van Agten. Hoffman appeared on stage and in television films such as Last Days of Patton and as "The Lady" in To Play the King.
Filmography
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1984MinderFaithEpisode: "The Second Time Around"1984No Place Like HomeSandra2 episodes1984Oxbridge BluesGirl at picnicEpisode: "Sleeps Six"1984Just Good FriendsKarinaEpisode: "Special"1985Jenny's WarGerta4 episodes1986HilaryLoisEpisode: "Over the Hill?"1986Only Fools and HorsesAnnaEpisode: "From Prussia with Love"1986Fairly Secret ArmyNurseEpisode: "I've Got a Job for You"1986Home to RoostAprilEpisode: "Plastic Dreamworld"1986The Last Days of PattonYoung BeatriceTelevision film1986Lytton's DiaryStephanieEpisode: "The Miracle Man"1986–1988Room at the BottomNancy / Secretary7 episodes1987–1991Brush StrokesLesley26 episodes1988Chelmsford 123Gargamadua6 episodes1988Tales of the UnexpectedSuzie AndersonEpisode: "Mr. Know-All"1989Ball-Trap on the Cote SauvageMrs. ToplessTelevision film1992CasualtyHelen HollowayEpisode: "Silent Night"1993To Play the KingThe Lady4 episodes1994MachairCharlotte Van Agten2 episodes1995The Final CutPrincess1996The BillReceptionistEpisode: "Black Money"
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