Erika Christensen
Erika Jane Christensen (born August 19, 1982) is an American actress and singer whose filmography includes roles in Traffic (2000), Swimfan (2002), The Banger Sisters (2002), The Perfect Score (2004), Flightplan (2005), How to Rob a Bank (2007), and The Tortured (2010). For her performance in Traffic, she won the MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Female Performance and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture along with her co-stars.
In 2006, she starred on the short-lived drama series Six Degrees on ABC. From 2010 until its ending in 2015, Christensen starred as Julia Braverman-Graham on the NBC family drama series Parenthood. In 2014, she won a Gracie Award for her performance in the role. Christensen portrayed Betty Beaumontaine on ABC's short-lived crime drama series Wicked City.
Early life
Christensen was born in Seattle, Washington, the daughter of Kathy (née Hendricks), a construction manager, and Steven Christensen, an insurance worker and human resources executive. 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 Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Welsh, and Irish ancestry. Christensen was raised in suburban Los Angeles, California. She started out acting on television in commercials for McDonald's. Christensen is a member of the Church of Scientology. Her parents became Scientologists in their 20s and raised her to be a Scientologist. Her parents also decided to homeschool her.
Christensen, Erika Filmography
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2014, role: actress , character name: Bailey
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2013, role: actress , character name: Sarah Cosmo
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2012, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2012, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2011, role: actress , character name: Carley
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2011, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2011, role: actress , character name: Herself - Award Presenter
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2010, role: actress , character name: Elise Landry
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2010, role: actress , character name: Catherine
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2009, role: actress , character name: Claire
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2009, role: actress , character name: Robin
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2008, role: actress , character name: Bus Stop Girl
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2007, role: actress , character name: Mona Huxley
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2007, role: actress , character name: Jessica
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2007, role: actress , character name: Jennifer
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2006, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2006, role: actress , character name: Nicole
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2005, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2005, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2005, role: actress , character name: Fiona
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2005, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2005, role: actress , character name: Andy Wolfmeyer
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2005, role: actress , character name: Irene Prior
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2005, role: actress , character name: Fiona
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2004, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2004, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2004, role: actress , character name: Jessica Hadley
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2004, role: actress , character name: Anna Ross
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2003, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2003, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2003, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2003, role: actress , character name: Cate
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2002, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2002, role: actress , character name: Madison Bell
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2002, role: actress , character name: Herself - Presenter
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2002, role: actress , character name: Deanna Cartwright
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2002, role: actress , character name: Madison Bell
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2002, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2002, role: actress , character name: Hannah Kingsley
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2001, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2001, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2001, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2000, role: actress , character name: Caroline Wakefield
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2000, role: actress , character name: Herself
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1999, role: actress , character name: Katelyn
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1997, role: actress , character name: Karen
Erika Christensen
ALBUMS
- Wuthering Heights released: 2003
The Future Ain't What It Used To Be
I never knew so many bad times
Could follow me so mercilessly
It's almost surreal
All the pain that I feel
The future ain't what it used to be
It doesn't matter what they're thinking
It doesn't matter what they're thinking of me
It's always so cold
I'm to young to be old
The future ain't what it used to be
Were there ever any stars in the sky
Did the sun ever shine so bright?
Do you have any dreams I could borrow
Just to get me through the lonely night?
Is there anything left to hold on to
When the rivers wash it all away?
Is there anyone left to hold on to
Is there anything left I can say?
Say a prayer for the falling angels
Stem the tide of the rising waters
Toll a bell for the broken hearted
Burn a torch for your sons and daughters
The endless night has got a hold of me
Dark days are pulling me forward
And all the tears are washing over me-
I'm crying, lost forever-
In a future that ain't what it used to be
No more no more no more
It's like a storm that's never ending
It's like a shadow on the land and the sea
There's nothing so sad as
A tomorrow gone bad
The future ain't what it used to be
Some days I feel so numb and empty
And those would be the good days for me
Nothing gets to me now
Unless I'm thinking of how
The future ain't what it used to be
Were there ever any stars in the sky
Did the sun ever shine so bright?
Do you have any dreams I could borrow
Just to get me through the lonely night?
Is there anything left to hold on to
When the rivers wash it all away?
Is there anything left to hold on to
When the rivers wash it all away?
Is there anyone left to hold on to
Is there anything left I can say?
Say a prayer for the falling angels
Stem the tide of the rising waters
Toll a bell for the broken hearted
Burn a torch for your sons and daughters
The endless night has got a hold of me
Dark days are pulling me forward
And all the tears are washing over me
I'm crying, lost forever
In a future that ain't what it used to be
No more, no more, no more
The future just ain't what it used to be
It's never gonna be like it was
The future just ain't what it used to be
I wish it wouldn't come but it does
The future just ain't what it used to be
It's never gonna be like it was
The future just ain't what it used to be