IFC to show 'Mercy'
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Variety - Found Mar. 9, 2010 Caan and his father, James, star along with Wendy Glenn, Troy Garity, Erika Christensen, Alexie Gilmore, John Boyd, Dylan McDermott and... |
Twentysomethings tale will open Gen Art
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Hollywood Reporter - Found Mar. 8, 2010 ... and written and produced by Scott Caan -- who stars along with Wendy Glenn, Troy Garity and Erika Christensen -- will serve as the closing... |
Television Review: A Family Affair, From Acne to Arthritis
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New York Times - Found Mar. 7, 2010 As soon as Sarah returns, friction surfaces between her and her career-minded sister, Julia (Erika Christensen, 'Traffic'), a driven lawyer... |
Erika Christensen Talks PARENTHOOD
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the TV addict - Found Feb. 25, 2010 Braverman, a successful corporate attorney and not-so-successful Mom played by the delightful Erika Christensen ( Traffic ) was kind enough to... |
Erika Christensen Flaunts Her Sexy Cleavage
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HotOnlineNews.com RSS Feed - Found Feb. 24, 2010 Erika Christensen was showing some cleavage at the premiere of her new show Parenthood! Titties look great. |
Erika Christensen embraces her TV ?Parenthood?
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USA Weekend Magazine - Found Feb. 26, 2010 Erika Christensen is in new territory playing a working mom on Parenthood, a new dramedy based on the 1989 film that debuts Tuesday night on NBC. |
Third-episode verdict: Parenthood
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The Medium is Not Enough TV blog - Found Mar. 18, 2010 I'm enjoying it to some extent because of the cast, particularly Erika Christensen and Monica Potter (even though yet again she has very... |
Spoiler Chat: Finn's and Puck's New Lovers on Glee "Will Shock You"
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EOnline.com - Found Mar. 15, 2010 The stay-at-home mama drama storyline between Erika Christensen, Sam Jaeger and Erinn Hayes' characters continues for a while and it gets ugly. Spoiler Alert! Get the Glee-ful Dish on New Episodes - People Video: ?Glee? cast talks about upcoming tour - MSNBC Video: Latest dish on ?Glee?s? 2nd season - MSNBC 'Glee' Bosses Hoping For Julia Roberts Cameo - Starpulse Explore All |
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Graham a mother again, but only on TV
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Chicago Sun-Times - Found Mar. 14, 2010 ... confused mother Camille (Bonnie Bedelia), and her siblings: workaholic corporate attorney Julia (Erika Christensen), commitment-phobe Crosby... |
New TV series gets to heart of 'Parenthood'
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Detroit News - Found Mar. 13, 2010 "It completes me." What mother could not relate to Sarah's sister, Julia (Erika Christensen), a lawyer clerking for a Supreme Court judge in... |
Erika Christensen Biography
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Erika Christensen
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| Erika Christensen | |
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Christensen at the Tribeca Film Festival, April 2007 |
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| Born | Erika Jane Christensen August 19, 1982 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.
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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 heroin 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 new NBC series Parenthood, based on the Ron Howard film. It debuted on Mar. 2, 2010.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 | |
| 2009 | The Tortured | Young Mother | |
| 2009 | Mercy | Dana | |
| 2010 | Parenthood | Julia Braverman-Graham | television series |
References
- ^ Palmer, Alan (2002-09-20). "Profile: Erika's fatal at traction; SWIMFAN HAS TAKEN ERIKA CHRISTENSEN INTO THE MAJOR LEAGUE". The Mirror. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-91799330.html. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
- ^ a b Erika Christensen interview - Public Servant Lifestyle
- ^ Erika Christensen Praises Scientology
- ^ "Variety.com". Das Films teams for adaptation. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117985842.html?categoryId=13&cs=1. Retrieved May 17 2008.
External links
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