Born in Detroit, Michigan,[citation needed] she appeared in several films and television shows between 1960 and 1963.

[1] Christensen began her career as a model in the late 1950s and was voted Miss New York Summer Festival in 1958.

[citation needed] Christensen portrayed Carol Danforth, daughter of eccentric Professor Danforth (Emil Sitka) in the Three Stooges feature film The Three Stooges in Orbit.

She also appeared on the television shows Ensign O'Toole and The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and in the circus film The Big Show, a 1961 drama starring Esther Williams and Cliff Robertson.

[citation needed] Christensen was married to The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis star Dwayne Hickman from 1963 to 1972.