Erika Christensen Biography

Fast Facts

• In 1998, she was nominated for a Hollywood Reporter Young Star Award for Best Performance by a Young Actress in a TV Drama Series
• In 2014, she won a Gracie Allen Award for outstanding female actor in a supporting role in a drama series for "Parenthood․"
• She appeared in Michael Jackson's music video for the song "Childhood․"
• Started acting when she was 12, and her first commercial was for McDonald's
• Decided she wanted to be an actress because she was going to school with a girl who was an actress and wanted to be one, too
• Is best known for playing characters with dark pasts
• Researched her role in "Traffic" by going to Alcohol Anonymous meetings
• Was a fan of DJ AM, and for a period of time would follow him around to dance at the nightclubs where he was performing
• Appeared in the Diz and the Fam music video "Love․"