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IFC to show 'Mercy'

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...

Posted on March 9, 2010, 3:30 am

Twentysomethings tale will open Gen Art

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...

Posted on March 8, 2010, 10:14 am

Television Review: A Family Affair, From Acne to Arthritis

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...

Posted on March 7, 2010, 11:53 am

Erika Christensen Talks PARENTHOOD

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...

Posted on February 25, 2010, 1:37 pm

Erika Christensen Flaunts Her Sexy Cleavage

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.

Posted on February 24, 2010, 10:00 am

Erika Christensen embraces her TV ?Parenthood?

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.

Posted on February 26, 2010, 9:21 am

Third-episode verdict: Parenthood

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...

Posted on March 18, 2010, 11:40 am

Spoiler Chat: Finn's and Puck's New Lovers on Glee "Will Shock You"

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.
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Posted on March 15, 2010, 7:17 am

Graham a mother again, but only on TV

Chicago Sun-Times - Found Mar. 14, 2010
... confused mother Camille (Bonnie Bedelia), and her siblings: workaholic corporate attorney Julia (Erika Christensen), commitment-phobe Crosby...

Posted on March 14, 2010, 3:42 am

New TV series gets to heart of 'Parenthood'

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...

Posted on March 13, 2010, 12:33 pm

Erika Christensen Biography

Erika Christensen
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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
Official website

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
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

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