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Leslie Silva (born 21 April 1968; age 55) is the actress who played Danica Erickson in the Star Trek: Enterprise fourth season episode "Daedalus".

Prior to her role on Enterprise, Silva had a starring role as Sarah Forbes on the short-lived science fiction series Odyssey 5 (2002-03), created by Manny Coto and co-starring Peter Weller.

Silva made her film debut in the 1997 comedy Fools Rush In (with Maryann Plunkett). Silva's next film was the 2000 telefilm The '70s (with Jeannetta Arnette, David Gautreaux, Robert Joy, Tina Lifford, Kenneth Meseroll, Mark Rolston, Michael Rothhaar, and Jack Shearer). Silva next appeared in the 2002 chick-flick The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (with Fionnula Flanagan and David Lee Smith).

In 1998, Silva played a nun on Homicide: Life on the Street starring Michelle Forbes in "Something Sacred". In 1999, she had a recurring role on the drama series Providence, starring Concetta Tomei. In 2000, Silva worked again with Jack Shearer on ER with Lily Mariye. Next was CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in the 2003 episode "Lucky Strike" (with Tracy Middendorf). Silva then appeared in Cold Case on which Roxann Dawson served as co-producer. Silva appeared in 2004's "The Letter" (with Thomas Knickerbocker).

More recent credits include guest appearances on shows such as Person of Interest (2012, with Mark Margolis), The Good Wife (2013), Elementary (2014, written by Robert Hewitt Wolfe), Blue Bloods (2018, starring Len Cariou, directed by David M. Barrett), The Blacklist (2019), and FBI (2020).

Silva also had recurring roles on Numbers (2007-10, with David Clennon, William Sadler, Kevin Tighe, Keone Young, James Callis, and Thomas Kopache) and Shades of Blue (2016-18), In the Dark (2019-22, with Thamela Mpumlwana and Derek Webster), and So Help Me Todd (2023, starring Madeline Wise, with Jeffrey Nordling).

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