Wendy Christensen

Wendy Christensen
Final Destination character
Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Wendy Christensen
First appearance	Final Destination 3
Created by	Glen Morgan James Wong
Portrayed by	Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Information
Full name	Wendy Christensen
Gender	Female
Occupation	Former high school student (graduated from McKinley High)
Family	Julie Christensen (younger sister)
Location	McKinley, Pennsylvania

Wendy Christensen is a fictional character in the Final Destination franchise. The character, created by James Wong and Glen Morgan and portrayed by actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead, serves as the protagonist of Final Destination 3. Outside of the film, the character also appears in the novelization of Final Destination 3.

She is a high school student from the fictional town of McKinley in Pennsylvania, and is one of the survivors of the Devil's Flight roller-coaster crash. The character is depicted in the film as an emotional, obsessive-compulsive "control freak" who becomes depressed over the course of the film as she fails to save the lives of those around her. She is the tenth and final survivor to die, although her fate at the end of the film remains unknown. However, in 2011, franchise producer Craig Perry stated that he "believes" both Wendy and her sister Julie are in fact, dead.

Both the character and Winstead's performance were positively received by critics, often being singled out as one of the highlights of the film.

Wendy lived in McKinley, Pennsylvania, with her sister Julie Christensen. She was shown to be a control freak. She was dating Jason Wise, and was friends with Kevin Fischer and Carrie Dreyer. She was the school photographer for the yearbook. Wendy and her friends celebrated at the amusement park for their senior field trip. At the start of the film, Wendy admits that she doesn't care for Kevin. Though as the movie goes on she slowly forms a caring relationship between herself and Kevin.

Before getting on a roller coaster ride known as Devil's Flight, Wendy began to have the feeling of "having no control". Shortly after being seated on the coaster, she suffered a premonition of the entire ride derailing and brutally killing her and all the other passengers. She panicked, and managed to get several of her fellow students off, before realizing her boyfriend Jason and best friend Carrie were still on the roller-coaster. She fails to get them off the ride in time and witnesses the derailment of the roller-coaster and the death of Jason and Carrie.