Acting and Modeling Career
Erin began acting and modeling at 8 years old when she became an Elite model with Elite Model Management. After signing with Elite she appeared in national and international modeling and commercial campaigns for Cheerios, Equal, Carefree Sugarless Gum, Texas Instruments, Nestle Chocolate, and Abraham & Strauss among others.
Erin auditioned for her first movie role at 11 years old and won the starring role out of over 8,000 young actresses worldwide. Erin was chosen for the title role of Pippi Longstocking in the Columbia Pictures movie The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking released in 13 languages. She won the role through a casting search by casting director Garrison True who auditioned actresses in London, Paris, Tokyo, and many U.S. cities. Erin is featured in the Trivial Pursuit board game and Trivial Pursuit Millennium Edition for the accomplishment.
Movie Director Ken Annakin is quoted in the LA Times saying "Tami radiates sunshine. When she smiles everyone is happy. She's perfect and she is Pippi Longstocking". In conjunction with the release of the movie Erin signed endorsement deals with Hostess, Aqua Fresh Toothpaste and Hasbro Toys the manufacturers of the "Tami Erin Pippi Longstocking Dolls".
The Royal world premiere was hosted by the Princess of Japan, Princess Nori in Tokyo, Japan. The second Royal premiere was hosted by King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia and author Astrid Lindgren in Stockholm, Sweden.
Erin did a 14 city tour in the United States. Highlights included interviews on Good Morning America, Today Show and Entertainment Tonight among other television shows, magazines and newspapers. Additionally she did a movie press tour in 4 German cities including Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, and Berlin.
Erin served as a UNICEF Ambassador. Working with UNICEF, she spoke internationally on behalf of the United Nations and at the United Nations on World Children's Day to the delegates of over 100 countries.
The The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking was released by Columbia Pictures on DVD in 2000 and as a double feature with the movie Matilda in 2007.
Erin has appeared in hundreds of magazines, newspaper articles, and network television interviews including; Vogue, Elle, Glamour, People, Seventeen, Teen, Woman's Day, National Geographic World, Variety, Premiere, Bravo, The Hollywood Reporter, Tiger Beat and USA Today among many others.
She attended the American Film Institute where she studied method acting, screenwriting and producing. Her acting coaches include Jeff Corey, acting coach to Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman, as well as Molly McCarthy of Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio, NYC.
Most recently Erin appeared in the Warner Bros. movie Tim & Eric’s Awesome Christmas Special alongside Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover) and John C. Reilly (Chicago). Erin also appeared in the Dreamscape Cinema movie Disconnect alongside Amanda Troop and Steffany Huckaby as well as in the Giant Wonder computer animated series AGENTS as LG-22 alongside Jack O' Halloran (Superman) and (Superman II).
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