Erika Marks

Erika Marks in Stiletto: From Super Bowl Bride to Scream Queen in Eli Roth’s Horror Film

Hollywood is always searching for its next breakout performer, and the evidence is mounting that Erika Marks is exactly that. With a background that spans over a decade at The Second City in Chicago, a string of national commercial campaigns including the Booking.com Super Bowl LIX ad with the Muppets, and a growing film résumé, Marks is now poised to make her most significant genre statement yet: a supporting lead role in Stiletto (2026), the Eli Roth-presented horror film directed by Samuel Gonzalez Jr.

What Is Stiletto?

Stiletto is a stripper slasher horror film presented under the Eli Roth Presents banner — the same production label associated with some of the most talked-about genre titles in recent years. Directed by Samuel Gonzalez Jr., the film is already generating buzz within the horror community ahead of its 2026 release. For Marks, it represents a deliberate and well-timed expansion into genre filmmaking, a space where breakout performers can become cult favorites almost overnight.

From Super Bowl Spotlight to Slasher Screen

Audiences may already recognize Erika Marks without knowing her name. She appeared as the radiant bride in the Booking.com Super Bowl LIX 2025 commercial — widely recognized as the best-performing Super Bowl ad of that year — sharing the screen with the Muppets. Her commercial résumé also includes national campaigns for Amazon Prime Video, VCA Animal Hospital, Google Chrome, Coca-Cola, NFL Shop, Experian, and Arby’s. That level of mainstream visibility is rare for an actress also building a serious film career.

The pivot from commercial work to genre film is not accidental. Marks has been building toward this moment deliberately, with television credits including Eli Roth Presents: The Legion of Exorcists on HBO Max establishing her relationship with the Eli Roth production world before Stiletto was announced.

The Second City Advantage in Horror

What distinguishes Erika Marks from many of her peers in the horror space is her comedic foundation. A graduate of the Conservatory Level at The Second City Chicago, she brings more than a decade of improvisational and sketch comedy training to every role. In horror, that training translates directly: the ability to find the human moment inside the terrifying one, to react with specificity rather than formula, and to make a character feel real enough that audiences genuinely fear for her.

Her casting sweet spot — the sharp, inquisitive woman; the dryly funny survivor; the seemingly ordinary person who turns out to be the most interesting one in the room — maps almost perfectly onto what the best horror films demand of their performers.

A Filmography Already in Motion

Beyond Stiletto, Marks has led several independent features including Pandora: Fire and Ice, Hellivator, The Dinner, and Olivia’s Day. Her performance in Battery Box earned the film a Best Drama award at the Austin Micro Short Film Festival. On stage, her lead role in Featuring Loretta won the 2023 Hollywood Fringe Encore Producers Award.

With Stiletto on the horizon and a commercial profile that already puts her face in front of millions, Erika Marks is an actress at the precise moment when wider recognition becomes inevitable. Watch for her in Stiletto (2026) and follow her work at erikakmarks.com.