ah ha yep - I probably looked her up after rdging abt her on Fametracker:
Fametracker :: 2 Stars 1 Slot ::Battle of the Apple-Cheeked Teen Standouts
Erika Christensen vs. Julia Stiles
one way for young aspirants to distinguish themselves from the pack of Jennifer Love Gellars and Sarah Michelle Hewitts hehe is to avoid churned-out schlock (in other words, if Matthew Lillard is attached to the project, step away from the phone), and instead seek out quality projects in which to showcase their particular chops. One day you might be the next Freddie Prinze Jr., but a few too many generic flops like Down to You and Head Over Heels, and next thing you know, you're...well, Freddie Prinze Jr.
Julia Stiles was busy doing semi-smart, Shakespeare-inspired junk like 10 Things I Hate About You. really semi-smart? I saw a few min, seemed pretty light -and- unentertaining annoying. Then, when other teen queens were, say, hooking up with Ryan Phillippe for Cruel Intentions hehe, Stiles was hooking up with David Mamet for State and Main hmm. Then, as if to prove that she could still draw the under-twenties, she shoehorned Save the Last Dance into her schedule, before revving up for more semi-smart, Shakespeare-inspired junk like the upcoming and long-delayed O. Erika Christensen, for her part, very nearly stole the show in Traffic (out on video this month) as the waxy, sweaty, crack-smoking progeny of two highly constipated parents. Then she...well, showed up in every magazine everywhere, and not undeservedly so: she was damn good as that waxy, sweaty crack smoker. Whether she'll continue her streak with Home Room and The Banger Sisters remains to be seen, but with just one role, she pretty much established that she'll never be mentioned in the same sentence as Jennifer Love Hewitt, except as some sort of yin-yang comparison. huh - bcs JLH dsnt do crack smokers?
Now, however, these two fine young actresses face a new, unexpected obstacle: each other. Because these two fine young actresses are also -exactly the same-. Which must be a very frustrating predicament indeed. It's like the young Jodie Foster, after wrapping up filming on Taxi Driver, picked up Variety to read rave reviews for an actress named Bodie Shoster. Or Juliette Lewis, after starring in Cape Fear, learning about another promising young actress named Fruliette Clewis, rather than doing what what she actually did, which was dedicate the rest of her career to playing pregnant girlfriends of white-trash serial killers and crying. yeah ok. Natural Born Killers -and- Kalifornia. rg: was Juliette Lewis in both? me: well she was in Natural Born Killers (with Woody H - I think of her when I hear the Cowboy Junkies doing "sweet jane" - there's angels Micki coming down fr heaven) and rg: she was in Kalifornia (with Brad Pitt, yeah I've seen that too, later). anyway whatever she's cool.
Advantage: Stiles, for quantity, over Christensen, for quality. But ask us again in three years.
ok yeah it sort of seems like Christensen's doing the higher quality. mainly bcs havent seen Stiles really do anyth remarkable.

via Fametracker :: 2 Stars 1 Slot :: Battle of the Battle of Heirs Apparent :: Kirsten Dunst vs. Julia Stiles vs. Maggie Gyllenhaal: Stiles has soundly trounced Erika Christensen, her uncanny lookalike -- who, despite her excellent acting debut in Traffic, has more recently been seen in Swimfan and aiding Ashton Kutcher in a prank on Punk'd.