Erin Cottrell (born August 24, 1975) is an American actress who has appeared in the role of Missie LaHaye in five of the eight films in the Love Comes Softly series.
Erin had a major role in an episode of Cold Case season five, episode 11, where she plays an art teacher in one of America's internment camps for people of Japanese ancestry during the Second World War.
Her character plays a small part in the destruction of a Japanese family, as she is seen kissing a married man, but he tells her that his wife is the only one he loves, and he goes on to be killed.
The episode is based on finding this man's real killer.
She has also had a role on NCIS Season 9, episode 11, playing a United States Marine lieutenant who is pregnant with the child of a deceased Afghan man (who is the leader of a prominent tribe).