---
name: "Erika Christensen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/erika-christensen"
fi1m_id: "erika-christensen"
imdb_id: "nm0159776"
tmdb_id: 21711
wikidata_id: "Q234564"
roles: ["Actor","Director"]
born: "19 August 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-23T04:12:06.661958+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Erika Christensen

## Identity

Erika Christensen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/erika-christensen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** erika-christensen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0159776
- **TMDB ID:** 21711
- **Wikidata ID:** Q234564
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erika_Christensen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234564, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0159776/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21711

Actor and director. Born 19 August 1982 in Seattle, Washington, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Director
- **Born:** 19 August 1982, Seattle, Washington, USA
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Also known as:** 埃麗卡·克里斯滕森, اریکا کریستنسن, اِریکا کریستنسن
- **Frequently works with:** [Steven Soderbergh](https://film.one/person/steven-soderbergh.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (2), 2020s 77 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 72 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Thriller 3, Crime 2, Drama 2, Mystery 2
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $431m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erika_Christensen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234564, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0159776/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21711

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Kimi*](https://film.one/film/kimi.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Erika Christensen is an American actress. She was born on 19 August 1982 in Seattle, Washington.

She played Caroline Wakefield in Steven Soderbergh’s *Traffic* (2000) and Samantha Gerrity in his later film *Kimi* (2022). Other screen credits include *Swimfan* (2002), *Flightplan* (2005), *The Perfect Score* (2004) and *The Case for Christ* (2017), as well as the television series *Parenthood* (2010–2015) and *Will Trent* (2023–).

For her performance in *Traffic*, Christensen received the MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Female Performance and shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

*Sources: imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com, en.wikipedia.org, seattletimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Kimi* (2022), Fi1m 77, as Samantha Gerrity — [page](https://film.one/film/kimi.md)
- *Flightplan* (2005), Fi1m 63, as Fiona — [page](https://film.one/film/flightplan.md)
- *Traffic* (2000), Fi1m 82, as Caroline Wakefield — [page](https://film.one/film/traffic.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *After All* (2025), as Ellen Sharpe · Executive Producer
- *FEEL* (2025), as Sitter 6
- *Will Trent* (2023), series, as Angie Polaski · Director
- *Cheaper by the Dozen* (2022), as Kate
- *Kimi* (2022), as Samantha Gerrity — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/kimi.md)
- *Proxy* (2020), as Samantha
- *Clover* (2020), as Gertie
- *To Have and to Hold* (2019), as Alice
- *Ten Days in the Valley* (2017), series, as Ali Petrovich
- *The Case for Christ* (2017), as Leslie Strobel
- *All at Once* (2016), as Tiffany Fontinella
- *The Follower* (2016), as Chelsea
- *Confirmation* (2016), as Shirley Wiegand
- *Anything for Love* (2016), as Katherine Benson · Co-Executive Producer
- *Wicked City* (2015), series, as Betty Beaumontaine
- *My Boyfriends' Dogs* (2014), as Bailey
- *How Sweet It Is* (2013), as Sarah Cosmo
- *The Tortured* (2010), as Elise
- *Parenthood* (2010), series, as Julia Braverman-Graham
- *Mercy* (2009), as Robin
- *Veronika Decides to Die* (2009), as Claire
- *Lie to Me* (2009), series, as Sophie / Trisha / Jessie / RJ
- *Struck* (2008), as Bus Stop Girl
- *Gardener of Eden* (2007), as Mona Huxley
- *How to Rob a Bank* (2007), as Jessica
- *Six Degrees* (2006), series, as Mae Anderson
- *Flightplan* (2005), as Fiona — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/flightplan.md)
- *The Sisters* (2005), as Irene Prior
- *The Upside of Anger* (2005), as Andy Wolfmeyer
- *Riding the Bullet* (2004), as Jessica Hadley
- *The Perfect Score* (2004), as Anna Ross
- *Wuthering Heights* (2003), as Cate Earnshaw
- *The Banger Sisters* (2002), as Hannah Kingsley
- *Swimfan* (2002), as Madison Bell
- *Home Room* (2002), as Deanna Cartwright
- *Traffic* (2000), as Caroline Wakefield — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/traffic.md)
- *The Geena Davis Show* (2000), series, as Isabel
- *FreakyLinks* (2000), series, Actor
- *Time of Your Life* (1999), series, Actor
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Lauren Cooper
- *Thanks* (1999), series, as Abigail Winthrop
- *Can of Worms* (1999), as Katelyn
- *TRL* (1998), series, Actor
- *That '70s Show* (1998), series, as Stacy
- *Nothing Sacred* (1997), series, as Romy Carrol
- *Leave It to Beaver* (1997), as Karen
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Melissa
- *The Pretender* (1996), series, as Leigh Wright
- *3rd Rock from the Sun* (1996), series, as Brianna
- *Frasier* (1993), series, as Teenager — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)

## Gallery

- ![Erika Christensen](https://film.one/media/person/9207/gallery-bd3be737fe6a.jpg) Erika Christensen — Genevieve, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Erika_Christensen_Paleyfest_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dax Shepard, Joy Bryant, Erika Christensen and Sam Jaeger at PaleyFest, March 7, 2013](https://film.one/media/person/9207/gallery-78e5551b3a7f.jpg) Dax Shepard, Joy Bryant, Erika Christensen and Sam Jaeger at PaleyFest, March 7, 2013 — Genevieve, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Dax_Shepard%2C_Joy_Bryant%2C_Erika_Christensen_and_Sam_Jaeger.jpg/1280px-Dax_Shepard%2C_Joy_Bryant%2C_Erika_Christensen_and_Sam_Jaeger.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actors Dax Shepard, Joy Bryant and Erika Christensen at the 2013 PaleyFest for Parenthood.](https://film.one/media/person/9207/gallery-4bfa622ff932.jpg) Actors Dax Shepard, Joy Bryant and Erika Christensen at the 2013 PaleyFest for Parenthood. — Genevieve719, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Dax_Shepard%2C_Joy_Bryant_and_Erika_Christensen.jpg/1280px-Dax_Shepard%2C_Joy_Bryant_and_Erika_Christensen.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Erika Christensen at the 2013 PaleyFest for Parenthood.](https://film.one/media/person/9207/gallery-5604a69b3a97.jpg) Erika Christensen at the 2013 PaleyFest for Parenthood. — Genevieve719, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Erika_Christensen.jpg/1280px-Erika_Christensen.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Erika Christensen](https://film.one/media/person/9207/gallery-fb3c63600266.jpg) Erika Christensen — Image via TMDB
- ![Erika Christensen at 2011 Independent Spirit Awards](https://film.one/media/person/9207/gallery-afa1f7889d5f.jpg) Erika Christensen at 2011 Independent Spirit Awards — LGEPR, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Erika_Christensen_2011_Independent_Spirit_Awards.jpg/1280px-Erika_Christensen_2011_Independent_Spirit_Awards.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Erika Christensen at the 2013 PaleyFest for Parenthood.](https://film.one/media/person/9207/gallery-999cfb23df11.jpg) Erika Christensen at the 2013 PaleyFest for Parenthood. — Genevieve719, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Erika_Christensen_2013.jpg/1280px-Erika_Christensen_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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