| Erin Dilly | |
| Birth Date: | 12 May 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | University of Michigan |
| Spouse: | Stephen Buntrock |
| Children: | 2 |
| Years Active: | 1997–present |
Erin Dilly (born May 12, 1972) is an American actress. She is most noted for her portrayal of Truly Scrumptious in the 2005 musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical and the Outer Critics Circle Award.
Dilly was raised in Southfield, Michigan and graduated from Birmingham Groves High School and the University of Michigan. In 2000, she was announced to play the lead in Thoroughly Modern Millie but left the show, being replaced by Sutton Foster.[1] In addition to appearing on Broadway in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in 2005, she played the role of Cinderella in the 2002 revival of Into the Woods.
Dilly has performed in regional theatre in Ken Ludwig's Leading Ladies at the Cleveland Play House[2] and the Alley Theatre, Houston, Texas (2004).[3] She also was "The Younger Woman" in Putting It Together at the Cape Playhouse, Massachusetts. She has performed in the national tour companies of South Pacific as Nellie (2001),[4] Martin Guerre as Bertrande, and Beauty and the Beast as Belle (ca. 2000).[5] In 2015, she played The Baker’s Wife in The Muny’s production of Into the Woods.[6]
She appeared in the 2009 film Julie & Julia as Judith Jones. On television, she played Eleanor Thompson, a relative of Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (played by actor Steve Buscemi and based on Atlantic City, New Jersey political boss and racketeer Enoch L. Johnson) in the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire (2014) and Gwen Rice in "Genetics", the 11th episode of the 7th season of the CBS police procedural and legal drama Blue Bloods (2017).
Dilly is married to actor Stephen Buntrock and they have two children together, Anna Louise Buntrock, born April 11, 2006, and Catherine Caroline Buntrock, born March 9, 2009. She also has a step-daughter, Haley Buntrock, from Stephen's previous marriage.[5] [7] [8] She is the younger sister of celebrated surgeon Jason Dilly, M.D., F.A.C.S.[9]