Erika Christensen Profile
| Full Name: | Erika Christensen - Contact 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) |
Erika Christensen News and Gossip
Starpulse News Blog - Found Aug. 19, 2008 Happy Birthday to Australian actress Tammin Sursock and singer Missy Higgins (1983), " The Upside of Anger " actress Erika Christensen (1982)
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People - Found Aug. 18, 2008 ... old actress who is expecting a girl this fall with husband Taron Lexton and friends like actress Erika Christensen chowed on BBQ catered by...
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Reuters - Found Jul. 9, 2008 This past year, among others, Rhea Perlman and Erika Christensen created characters there, along with Sean Astin and Robin Williams.
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Washington Post - Found Jul. 9, 2008 This past year, among others, Rhea Perlman and Erika Christensen created characters there, along with Sean Astin and Robin Williams.
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Knox Village Soup - Found Sep. 3, 2008 Well, actually he has a second problem: he is locked in the bank’s vault with one of the bank robbers (Erika Christensen as Jessica).
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Houston Chronicle - Found Sep. 1, 2008 ... interrupting a bank robbery, Jason (Nick Stahl) finds himself locked in the vault with Jessica (Erika Christensen), a bank employee who's...
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TheCelebrityCafe.com - Found Aug. 29, 2008 This film, starring Erika Christensen, Nick Stahl, and Gavin Rossdale, does not put much effort in helping to keep your eyes open.
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MovieMaker - Found Aug. 28, 2008 ... themed projects, including Paul Ryan's Home Room, starring Busy Philipps (Dawson's Creek) and Erika Christensen (Traffic), about two teenage...
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NewsOK.com - Found Sep. 2, 2008 ... to walk in on a robbery while it's unfolding, forcing him to team up with a teller (Erika Christensen, 'Traffic?) to outwit the criminal...
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NewsOK.com - Found Sep. 2, 2008 ... to walk in on a robbery while it's unfolding, forcing him to team up with a teller (Erika Christensen, 'Traffic?) to outwit the criminal...
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Erika Christensen How to make it in Hollywood
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The Upside of Anger
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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.
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[2] as well as home-schooling her.
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 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 fiim adaptation of Veronika Decides to Die[4]
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