Erin Krakow

 Erin Krakow, born September 5th 1984, is an American actor from the United States. She was a part of the Lifetime TV series Army Wives, and stars as Elizabeth Thornton in the Hallmark TV series When Calls the Heart.Erin Krakow was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Then, she moved to Wellington, Florida with her brother Kyle Krakow and her parents Morgan Krakow and Dr. Elliott Krakow. She attended the Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida. Krakow was a drama student at the Juilliard School, New York City. She began her stage career with roles in The Importance of Being Earnest and George the Fourth. In 2012 Krakow played the role of Specialist Tanya Gabriel, a medic in Afghanistan in the Lifetime drama on television, Army Wives. The show was later rerun as a comedy-drama crime series Castle.In 2014, Krakow began starring as the lead character in the Hallmark Channel drama series