Erika-Shaye Gair was born on December 12, 1998 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. She is currently in grade two in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. She started her acting career doing commercials at the age of four. She has been in eleven commercials. Four of these have been as principal roles. Her first film and TV role was in a made for TV pilot movie production called Kat Plus One. She was with her eight year old brother, Luke Gair, in this movie. Her breakthrough has been the three latest speaking and principal roles in movies that she did recently. As "Jenny" in the movie Hellion (2006/I) with Josh Holloway; as "five-year-old Cassie", in the movie _R.V. (2006)_ with 'Robin Williams' as her father; and as "Rowan" in the movie The Wicker Man (2006) as the daughter of 'Nicholas Cage' .