Erika Christensen
Erika Christensen was born in Seattle, Washington, United States on August 19th, 1982 and is the Movie Actress. At the age of 41, Erika Christensen biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Erika Jane Christensen (born August 19, 1982) is an American Scientologist, actor, and singer whose filmography includes appearances in Traffic (2000), Swimfan (2002), The Banger Sisters (2004), The Perfect Score (2004), How to Rob a Bank (2005), The Case for Christ (2017).
She received the MTV Movie Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Cast in a Motion Picture and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture together with her co-stars for her role in Traffic. She appeared on ABC's short-lived drama series Six Degrees in 2006.
Christensen appeared as Julia Braverman-Graham on the NBC family drama series Parenthood from 2010 to its conclusion in 2015.
In 2014, she was Laurel Prize Laureate for her role in the role.
On ABC's short-lived crime drama series Wicked City, Christensen portrayed Betty Beaumontaine.
Early life
Christensen was born in Seattle, Washington, the niece of Kathy (née Hendricks), a building manager), and Steven Christensen, an insurance agent and human resource specialist. She has an older half-brother, Nick, and two younger twin brothers, Dane (who appeared in the 2005 film The Upside of Anger) and Brando. She has ancestry from Denmark, Icelandic, Swedish, Norwegian, Welsh, Welsh, and Irish descents.
Christensen lived in Seattle until age four, when her family and her family were relocated to suburban Los Angeles, California. She began appearing on television in McDonald's and Volvo commercials. Christensen is a member of the Church of Scientology. While living in Seattle, her parents became Scientologists in their twenties, and she raised her as a Scientologist. Her parents also decided to homeschool her.
Personal life
Christensen married cyclist Cole Maness in November 2014. They married in Palm Springs, California, on September 5, 2015, and now live in Los Feliz, Los Angeles. Both parents have two children, who were born in June 2016 and August 2018.
Career
Christensen began her professional life with a supporting role in the comedy film Leave It to Beaver and a one-episode guest appearance on the drama series Nothing Sacred, both of which were released/aired in 1997. She went on to appear in several other television series in the late 1990s, including Frasier, The Practice, 3rd Rock from the Sun, and Touched by an Angel. She appeared in the 1999 Disney Channel original film Can of Worms. She appeared on the short-lived CBS sitcom Thanks for the Acting Abigail Winthrop. She appeared in Michael Jackson's music video for his song "Childhood" with actress Jena Malone in the same year.
She received the awards for Breakthrough Female Performance at the MTV Movie Awards, Standout Performance – Female at the Young Hollywood Awards, and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for her role as cocaine user Caroline Wakefield in Steven Soderbergh's crime drama film Traffic (2000). Christensen guest appeared on Time of Your Life, Movie Stars, FreakyLinks, and The Pretender in 2000. She appeared on The Geena Davis Show in 2001, a recurring role. She appeared in an episode of The '70s Show's That '70s Show, reuniting her with her Traffic co-star Topher Grace. "Breakthrough Stars of 2001" she was named one of People's "Breakthrough Stars" of the year. Christensen appeared in three feature films in the following year: the teen thriller Swimfan, the crime drama Home Room, and Comedian The Banger Sisters.
Christensen appeared in MTV's television film version of Wuthering Heights, based on Emily Bront's book of the same name. She has also performed numerous songs for the film's soundtrack. In 2004, she appeared in The Perfect Score, a teenage drama, and Riding the Bullet. Christensen's debut album Red featured a version of "Let's Fall in Love" with John Stevens in 2005. Christensen co-starred in the films The Upside of Anger as Andy Wolfmeyer and Joan Allen; The Sisters as Irene Priorite, with Maria Bello and Elizabeth Banks; and Flightplan as Fiona starring Jodie Foster; and The Sisters as Joan Allen; and The Upside of Anger as Andy Wolfmeyer, co-starring Kevin Costner and Joan Allen. She appeared in Six Degrees, the ABC fall program, for the first time in 2006. Low ratings resulted in the demise of one season after one season, leaving five episodes unaired.
She appeared in the comedy-drama film Gardener of Eden and the independent crime film How to Rob a Bank in 2007. She appeared on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, a college student with a dissociative identity disorder on Lie to Me, and a survivor of domestic violence on Mercy in 2008. Christensen appeared in the Joaquin-directed music video "Bad of Being Sorry" for Balthazar Getty's band Ringside. In 2009, she was a part of the film adaptation of Veronika Decides to Die, and she appeared in the romantic comedy Mercy with James Caan and Dylan McDermott. In the horror-thriller film The Tortured, Christensen co-starred with Jesse Metcalfe in 2010.
Christensen appeared on the NBC drama television series Parenthood, which premiered on March 2, 2010 and ended on January 29, 2015. Julia Braverman-Graham, the Braverman family's youngest daughter, portrayed her role. She was named a 2014 Gracie Award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Drama Series for her role in the series. She appeared in the musical film How Sweet It Is directed by Brian Herzlinger in 2013 and was a guest judge on two episodes of the cooking competition series Knife Fight. She appeared on the Hollywood Game Night celebrity game show Hollywood Game Night and acted as the lead of the Hallmark Channel television film My Boyfriends' Dogs, based on the Dandi Daley Mackall novel of the same name.
Betty Beaumontaine, a single mother who becomes romantically linked with a serial murderer, was cast in the ABC crime drama series Wicked City in February 2015. Lean Cuisine, a food company, also in 2015, collaborated with food company Lean Cuisine to bring about a brand new look. Christensen appeared in the music video "Love" for Dash Mihok's band Diz and the Fam in September 2015.
Anything for Love co-starring Paul Greene, Christensen led the cast of the Hallmark Channel television film Anything for Love. The film was released on February 14, 2016. She appeared in Sal Masekela's band Alekesam's music video "All Is Forgiven" for the following month. Christensen appeared in the all-star cast of HBO's Confirmation, starring Kerry Washington, Wendell Pierce, and Greg Kinnear. Christensen appeared in Jon Abrahams' directorial debut film Two for One, which had its world premiere at the Napa Valley Film Festival in the same year.
In the role of Strobel's wife Leslie, she co-starred with Mike Vogel and Robert Forster in Lee Strobel's The Case for Christ in 2017. Christensen began appearing in the ABC drama series Ten Days in the Valley with Ali Petrovich alongside Kyra Sedgwick in the same year. She appeared in Jon Abrahams' second film, the comedy mob thriller Clover, alongside Mark Webber, Julia Jones, and Ron Perlman.