Erica Luttrell was born in Toronto, Canada to a Tanzanian mother and an American father. Youngest of four girls, Erica began her acting career at the age of two, starring in numerous commercials from Pampers to Cadillac before booking her first lead role in a television series at the age of nine.

After several seasons on ​Shining Time Station​, the animated series ​The Magic School Bus​ (co-starring comedy legends George Carlin and Lily Tomlin, respectively) and others, she migrated south to Los Angeles, California.

She's most recently recurred on ​Westworld,​ and the CBS series ​Salvation​, guest-starred on ​Magnum P.I.​, iZombie​, ​Arrow​ and ​NCIS. Luttrell continues to voice an impressive list of critically-lauded animated and video game titles including ​Steven Universe​, ​Dishonored II​ ​Diablo III​, ​Injustice 2​, ​Voltron​, ​Call of Duty: Black Ops 4,​ ​Apex Legends ​and ​The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants​ on Netflix.

Her middle name, Shukrani, means ‘to give thanks.’