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Former child actress and ingénue leading lady Erika Flores is best known for her portrayal of Colleen Cooper during the 1993 and 1994 seasons of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. As a child actress, she first achieved prominence with a key guest role in "Disaster," an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992), in which she worked opposite Patrick Stewart for much of the show's running time. An unusually serious performer even at a young age, Flores was reportedly the only cast member to regularly attend the writing sessions for Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, and left the series rather than sign a five-year contract. Since then, she has appeared in several TV movies, including The Secret (1997), Buried Secrets (1996), and Baseball in Black and White (1996).