Erin Krakow

 Erin Krakow (born September 5, 1984)is an American actress and producer. She appeared in the Lifetime TV series Army Wives, and stars as Elizabeth Thornton in the Hallmark TV series When Calls the Heart.Erin Alisa Krakow was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Later, she lived in Wellington, Florida, with her brother, Kyle Krakow, and her parents, Morgan Krakow and Dr. Elliott Krakow.She was a student at the Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida. [5] She studied drama at the Juilliard School in New York City and began her stage career by playing roles in the plays The Importance of Being Earnest, George the Fourth, and Steel Magnolias.From the year 2010 until 2012, she played the recurring character as Specialist Tanya Gabriel in the Lifetime drama on television Army Wives, playing a medic in Afghanistan. In the following year, she was a guest on the comedy-drama drama Castle.