Erica Leerhsen (born February 14, 1976) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her lead roles in the well-acclaimed The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Remake, and the sequels Wrong Turn 2: Dead End and Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2. She is also well known for her acting on television, such as her recurring roles in The Guardian and Alias. She was also voted #96 in 2001's Maxim Hot 100.

Erica Leerhsen was born February 14, 1976 in Ossining, New York, where she was raised along with her two sisters, Nora and Debbie, by their father Charles Leerhsen. She attended St. Augustine's School and Ossining High School, and graduated from Boston University College of Fine Arts in 1998, earning B.F.A (summa cum laude) in acting the same year. After graduation, Leerhsen's debut role was as Sarah in a 1999 short film Junior Creative (2000), which got her the lead role of a practicing witch in the controversial Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000) sequel. Soon she appeared in the third season of "Sopranos, The" (1999), as well as in the well-acclaimed TV show "Guardian, The" (2001), and had a supporting role in Woody Allen's Hollywood Ending (2002). The year 2003 saw the release of the very successful horror remake Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (2003), in which Leerhsen had a prominent role as one of the doomed teens, quickly followed by her guest appearance on Alias (2002), and a supporting role in Allen's new film, Anything Else (2003). In 2004, she starred in a thriller film Warrior Class, The (2004) and started acting in theaters, with an appearance in Allen's 'A Second Hand Memory', which got attention from a wider adult audience and received good reviews. A year later, she starred in an independently-made Toronto Film Festival-smash Little Athens (2005), which was premiered at the chaotic festival in 2005, had a guest appearance on Jennifer Love Hewitt's television show "Ghost Whisperer" (2005), and appeared in Mozart and the Whale (2005) with Josh Hartnett and Radha Mitchell. In January 2006, Erica made a guest appearance on "CSI: Miami" (2002), and then filmed Living Hell (2007) in May 2006, where she plays a hazmat specialist. Shortly after, she was landed a starring role in the highly anticipated horror sequel Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007), which shot in June 2006. She currently lives in Los Angeles.