Editing Hayden Christensen (section)

==Early life==
Christensen was born in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]] to Alie, an American speechwriter, and David Christensen, a Canadian computer programmer and communications executive.<ref name="filmref" /><ref name="telegraph2002" /> His father is of [[Danish Canadian|Danish]] descent, and his mother has [[Swedish American|Swedish]] and [[Italian American|Italian]] ancestry.<ref name="telegraph2002">{{Cite news |last=Leith |first=William |date=March 13, 2002 |title=A force to be reckoned with |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London, UK |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3574492/A-force-to-be-reckoned-with.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3574492/A-force-to-be-reckoned-with.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Christensen is one of four children, with three actor siblings: older brother [[Tove Christensen|Tove]], older sister Hejsa, and younger sister Kaylen.<ref name="filmref" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hayden Christensen Biography |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800421140/bio |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060101122719/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800421140/bio |archive-date=January 1, 2006 |access-date=July 1, 2008 |publisher=Yahoo!}}</ref> He spent summers on [[Long Island]] with his maternal grandmother, Rose Schwartz.<ref name=nytimes/>

Christensen attended [[Unionville High School (Ontario)|Unionville High School]] in [[Markham, Ontario]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-the-third-act-of-hayden-christensen/ | title=Hayden Christensen's third act: Rom-com star | newspaper=The Globe and Mail | date=August 23, 2018 | last1=Hertz | first1=Barry | access-date=June 26, 2022 | archive-date=June 26, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626222340/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-the-third-act-of-hayden-christensen/ | url-status=live }}</ref> He was an athlete in high school, playing hockey competitively and tennis on a [[Province|provincial]] level.<ref name="nytimes">{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Linda |date=October 21, 2001 |title=Film: Up and Coming&nbsp;— Hayden Christensen; Life as the Latest Bearer of the Force |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E1DB163EF932A15753C1A9679C8B63 |access-date=December 12, 2007 |archive-date=March 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317160510/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E1DB163EF932A15753C1A9679C8B63 |url-status=live }}</ref> He attended the [[Actors Studio]] in [[New York City]]; he studied as well at the Arts York drama program in high school.<ref name="nytimes2" /> After accompanying his older sister to her agent's office after she landed a role in a [[Pringles]] commercial, he began being cast in commercials as well, including for [[Triaminic]] cough syrup in 1988.<ref name="nytimes2">{{Cite news |last=Goldman |first=Andrew |date=March 10, 2002 |title=Space Boy |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/10/magazine/space-boy.html |access-date=May 4, 2010 |archive-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615190449/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/10/magazine/space-boy.html |url-status=live }}</ref>