Erika Christensen Biography
Summary
"Erika Jane Christensen" (born August 19, 1982) is an American actress whose film appearances include "Traffic" (2000) and "The Perfect Score" (2004), among others. She also co-starred in the drama "Six Degrees" on ABC.
Biography
Personal life
Christensen was born in Seattle, Washington to Steven Christensen, an insurance worker/human-resources executive, and Kathy, a construction manager. She has an older half-brother, Nick, two younger twin brothers, Dane (who appeared in the film "The Upside of Anger") and Brando. She has Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Welsh, and Irish ancestry. 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. Her parents became Scientologists during their 20s and raised her in the faith 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 went on hiatus due to low ratings and is not expected to film any more episodes. She made a cameo in the Joaquin Phoenix directed video 'Tired of Being Sorry' for Balthazar Getty's band Ringside.
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