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Full Name:	Erika Christensen
Birth Name:	Erika Christensen
Famous As:	Actress
Date of Birth:	August 19, 1982
Place of Birth:	Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Height:	5' 5
Nationality:	American
Hair Color:	Blonde
Father:	Steve Christensen
Mother:	Kathy Christensen
Brother(s):	Nick (half), Dane and Brando (younger, twins)
Education:	Graduated from the Voyager Charter School in 1998
Claim to Fame:	As Caroline Wakefield in Traffic (2000)

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Erika Christensen
Christensen at the Tribeca Film Festival, April 2007
Born	Erika Jane Christensen August 19, 1982 (1982-08-19) (age 27) Seattle, Washington, United States
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Erika Jane Christensen (born August 19, 1982) is an American actress whose film appearances include Traffic (2000), Swimfan (2002) and The Perfect Score (2004), among others. She also co-starred in the short-lived drama Six Degrees on ABC.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Personal life 1.2 Career 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

Biography

Personal life

Christensen was born in Seattle, Washington, the daughter of Kathy, a construction manager, and Steven Christensen, an insurance worker/human-resources executive.¹ She has an older half-brother, Nick, two younger twin brothers, Dane (who appeared in the film The Upside of Anger) and Brando. She is not related to Golden Globe Award-nominated Canadian actor Hayden Christensen. She has Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Welsh, and Irish ancestry.² Christensen was raised in Los Angeles, California and started out on television in commercials for McDonald's.

Christensen is a member of the Church of Scientology.³ Her parents became Scientologists during their 20s and raised her to be a Scientologist as well as home-schooling her.²

Career

Christensen had several small roles in various television programs before starting her movie career. These shows include The Geena Davis Show, Frasier, The Practice, 3rd Rock from the Sun, and Touched by an Angel. She was named one of People magazine's "Breakthrough Stars of 2001." For her performance as a cocaine addict in Traffic she received the awards for Female Breakthrough Performance at the MTV Movie Awards, Female Standout Performance at the Young Hollywood Awards, and Outstanding Performance by a Cast Ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2005, she briefly went into music as she recorded a version of "Let's Fall In Love" with John Stevens for his debut album Red. In 2006, she starred in the series Six Degrees, which debuted on the ABC fall schedule in 2006 but low ratings caused its cancellation after one season. She made a cameo in the Joaquin Phoenix-directed video "Tired of Being Sorry" for Balthazar Getty's band Ringside. She is part of the cast of the film adaptation of Veronika Decides to Die.⁴ Christensen is also a regular in the upcoming NBC series Parenthood, based on the Ron Howard film. It will debut in early 2010.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Leave It to Beaver	Karen
1999	Can of Worms	Kaetlyn
	Thanks	Abigail Winthrop	television series
2000	Traffic	Caroline Wakefield
2001	That '70s Show	Stacey	television series
2002	Home Room	Deanna Cartwright
	Swimfan	Madison Bell
	The Banger Sisters	Hannah Kingsley
2003	Wuthering Heights	Cate	television movie
2004	The Perfect Score	Anna Ross
	Riding the Bullet	Jessica Hadley
2005	The Upside of Anger	Andy Wolfmeyer
	The Sisters	Irene Prior
	Flightplan	Fiona
	Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony	herself	guest appearance in episode 8
2006	Six Degrees	Mae	television series
2007	Gardener of Eden	Mona
	How to Rob a Bank	Jessica
	The Save-Ums	Cloe	television series
2008	Law & Order: SVU	Lauren Cooper	television series
2009	Veronika Decides to Die	Claire
2009	Lie to Me*	Trisha Howell

References

External links

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• Erika Christensen at the Internet Movie Database