Erika Hoffman

Erika Hoffman is an American/British actress who starred as Lesley Bainbridge in the BBC comedy Brush Strokes from series 2 onwards, when she took over the role from Kim Thomson. 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 (the name translated, we were told, as "Snot Bucket").

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 80's comedy Room at the Bottom, she played sexy secretary Nancy, alongside James Bolam and Richard Wilson.

Erika starred in many theatre plays with actors such as Peter Davidson and also many acclaimed TV films such as the Last Days of Patton and To Play The King.

After acting Erika went on to pursue a career in scuba diving and quickly rose to the top working in places such as the Maldives and Malta. She has held the highest rank any professional scuba diver can hold and is well respected within that community.

Erika now lives in Bristol and works as a business development manager for a prominent leisure company. She is married and has a daughter.