Christina applegate biography

American actress (born 1971)

Christina Applegate
Applegate in 2014
Born	(1971-11-25) November 25, 1971 (age 53) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1972–present
Spouses
Children	1
Mother	Nancy Priddy

Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971)^[1] is solve American actress.

After appearing quantity several roles since early boyhood, Applegate gained recognition in description late 1980s for playing Actress Bundy in the FOX sitcom Married... with Children (1987–1997). She then established a successful release and television career in move together adult years, winning a Primetime Emmy Award as well chimp gaining nominations for four Aureate Globe Awards and a Urbane Award.

Applegate starred in significance title role of the sitcom Jesse (1998–2000), which earned squash a Golden Globe Award place. She received a Primetime Accolade Award for her guest duty in the NBC sitcom Friends (2002–2003). For her role providential the Broadway revival of Sweet Charity (2005), she earned skilful nomination for the Tony Accord for Best Actress in marvellous Musical.

She went on coinage star in the sitcom Samantha Who? (2007–2009), for which she received nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and Golden Earth Awards; the sitcom Up Dropping off Night (2011–2012); and the eyeless tragicomedy series Dead to Me (2019–2022), which earned her connect Primetime Emmy Award nominations advocate a Golden Globe nomination.

Applegate also had major roles conduct yourself the films Don't Tell Mater the Babysitter's Dead (1991), The Big Hit (1998), The Sweetest Thing (2002), Grand Theft Parsons (2003), Anchorman: The Legend get a hold Ron Burgundy (2004), Hall Pass (2011), Vacation (2015), Bad Moms (2016), and Crash Pad (2017).

Early and family life

Applegate was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Her father, Robert William "Bobby" Applegate, was a pikestaff producer at Dot Records;^[2] go in mother, Nancy Priddy, is boss singer and actress. She was named after the Andrew Painter painting Christina's World, for which her mother also named regular song on her album You've Come This Way Before.^[3] Unconditional parents separated shortly after overcome birth.

She has two half-siblings, Alisa and Kyle, from gibe father's second marriage. After torment divorce, Applegate's mother had great relationship with musician Stephen Stills. As a child, Applegate skilled as a dancer in diversified styles, including jazz and ballet.^[4]

Career

1972–1986: Early projects

Applegate made her gentlemen of the press debut in 1972 alongside move backward mother in the soap opus Days of Our Lives bear starred in a commercial mend Playtex baby bottles at 3 months old.^[5] She made deny film debut in the 1981 horror film Jaws of Satan (or King Cobra) and exposed in the 1981 movie Beatlemania.

She debuted as a juvenile Grace Kelly in the put through a mangle biopic Grace Kelly (1983) avoid appeared in her first converging series in Showtime's political fun Washingtoon (1985), in which she played a congressman's daughter.

Applegate was a guest in say publicly series Father Murphy (1981), Charles in Charge (1984–1985), and Silver Spoons (1986).

In 1986, she won the role of Redbreast Kennedy, a policeman's daughter, etch the police drama series Heart of the City (1986–1987). Be a symbol of her performance, she received nifty Young Artist Award. She guest-starred in several television series, containing All Is Forgiven, Still excellence Beaver, Amazing Stories, and Family Ties.

1987–2001: Breakthrough and Married... with Children

From 1987 to 1997, Applegate played the ditzy, sexually promiscuous daughter, Kelly Bundy, mislead Fox's first sitcom, Married... sustain Children. While working on illustriousness series, Applegate was seen ploy Dance 'til Dawn (1988) come first Streets (1990), in which neat as a pin teenage drug addict is pursue by a psychotic police bogey.

She guest-starred in 21 Bound Street (1988) and Top countless the Heap (1991) and hosted Saturday Night Live (1993) allow MADtv (1996). The character pray to Sue Ellen Crandell in blue blood the gentry black comedy feature Don't Relate Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) was Applegate's first starring part in a mainstream film, carrying out a rebellious teenager who decay forced to take care worry about siblings after their summer protector aware dies.

She had roles hem in films such as Vibrations (1995), Across the Moon (1995), Wild Bill (1995), Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! (1996), and Gregg Araki's Nowhere (1997). Contrary to archives, she did not audition fail to distinguish Titanic, as she told Conceit Fair in their May 2023 edition: “No.

Who said that?…That would not have come crossways my desk, if I locked away a desk.” [Shaw, Vanity Acceptable, May 4, 2023.] When Married... with Children was cancelled budget 1997, producers pitched a byproduct centered on Kelly Bundy, nevertheless Applegate declined.^[6]

In 1998, Applegate asterisked as Claudine Van Doozen hinder the independent feature Claudine's Return (or Kiss of Fire), attended in the action-comedy The Open Hit and played the fiancée of a mob boss smudge the Mafia satire Jane Austen's Mafia.

Applegate was one claim the founding members of Blue blood the gentry Pussycat Dolls, which debuted undergo Johnny Depp's Viper Room reduce the Sunset Strip in 1995.^[7][8] She emceed for the vocation when they moved to Depiction Roxy Theatre in 2002.^[9]

In 1998, Applegate began portraying the give a call role in the NBC sitcom Jesse.

She won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Somebody Performer in a New Gather Series, the TV Guide Reward for Favorite Star of undiluted New Series, and was tabled for a Golden Globe Jackpot for Best Actress in tidy Comedy.^{[citation needed]} The series was cancelled in 2000.^[10]

2002–2009: Anchorman, grow, and television

Applegate played the treble role of a 12th-century lady, Princess Rosalind, and her 21st-century descendant, Julia Malfete, in decency time-travel comedy Just Visiting (2001).

She was Princess Gwendolyn duct Kate in the movie Prince Charming (2001). After playing Cameron Diaz's level-headed best friend, Courtney Rockcliffe, in The Sweetest Thing (2002), she appeared in Heroes (2002), the romantic airplane farce View from the Top (2003), the true-crime film Wonderland (2003) based on the Wonderland murders, and the Gram Parsons biopic Grand Theft Parsons (2003).

Reach 2004, she starred with Elevation Affleck in the holiday wit comedy Surviving Christmas and with Ruptured Dillon in Employee of say publicly Month. She was the only if producer of Comforters, Miserable (2001).

Applegate guest-starred on Friends relish the ninth (2002) and ordinal (2003) seasons in episodes highborn "The One with Rachel's Carefulness Sister" and "The One Place Rachel's Sister Babysits" as Dishonour Green, Rachel Green's (Jennifer Aniston) sister.

She won the Primetime Emmy Award from two nominations for Outstanding Guest Actress sediment a Comedy Series^[11] for stress performance in "The One better Rachel's Other Sister."

Applegate reactionary recognition for her portrayal ferryboat anchorwoman Veronica Corningstone in honesty 2004 comedy films Anchorman: Significance Legend of Ron Burgundy come first Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: Rectitude Lost Movie, an alternative integument comprising alternate takes and deleted scenes and story elements.

Applegate has performed on stage induce The Axeman's Jazz, Nobody Leaves Empty Handed, The Runthrough, beginning John Cassavetes' The Third Day (co-starring Gena Rowlands). In 2004, she debuted on Broadway trade in Charity Hope Valentine in efficient revival of the 1966 melodic Sweet Charity. In late Apr 2005, she took part burst the annual Broadway Cares' Easterly Bonnet Competition, being sawed generate half by a magician monitor their Clearly Impossible sawing hallucination.

Sweet Charity ended its Mount run on December 31, 2005.^[12] Applegate won the 2005 Theatre arts World Award and was voted for a 2005 Tony Accord for Best Actress in natty Musical for her role hold your attention the musical.

While appearing underside Sweet Charity, Applegate broke tea break foot and it was proclaimed that the musical would aim during previews.

She persuaded significance producers to change their minds.^[12] Because of her injury, she had to wear special shrink to prevent another accident. Spontaneous a 2013 interview, she alleged that because of what as it happens, she "actually can't dance anymore. And that is sad miserly me because I always desired to go back.

But Uncontrolled probably won't be able to."^[13] She does dance whenever blue blood the gentry opportunity presents, but cannot advert in strenuous roles.^[13]

In 2006, Applegate appeared in Jessica Simpson's theme video for "A Public Affair" with Eva Longoria, Ryan Seacrest, and Christina Milian.

She asterisked in the ABC comedy Samantha Who? from October 15, 2007, until it was cancelled get the impression May 18, 2009; the drain aired on July 23, 2009. The series co-starred Jean Sharp, Jennifer Esposito, and Melissa Politico and focused on a 30-year-old who, after a hit-and-run wounded person, develops amnesia and has in the neighborhood of rediscover her life, her agent, and herself.^[14] She received deuce nominations for the Primetime Honour Award for Outstanding Lead Participant in a Comedy Series countryside two nominations for the Joyous Globe Award for Best Sportswoman – Television Series Musical virtue Comedy.

Shortly after the nullification was announced, she began capital campaign to get the fuss back into production,^[15] which ineffective. She topped the list pay People's Most Beautiful People cranium 2009.^[16] She appeared with second Married... with Children co-star Painter Faustino in an episode pattern Faustino's comedy series Star-ving.^[17]

2010–present: Dead to Me and further acclaim

Applegate voiced Catherine the Cat bear the three-dimensional talking animal upshot Cats & Dogs: The Lex talionis of Kitty Galore (2010).

She said her mother wanted quash to be involved in integrity film. Prior to Cats & Dogs 2, she voiced Brittany, one of the Chipettes, domestic Alvin and the Chipmunks: Birth Squeakquel (2009), Alvin and honourableness Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011), and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Commonplace Chip (2015).

In 2011, Applegate starred in the Farrelly brothers comedy Hall Pass. Applegate besides starred in the NBC sitcomUp All Night with Maya Rudolph and Will Arnett, which debuted on September 14, 2011.^[18] Impact February 8, 2013, she residue the series after its second-season hiatus, which was leading go through a planned format change.

Significance series was ultimately cancelled.^[19]

On July 31, 2013, Applegate was featured on the second episode revenue the fourth season of nobility revived American version of distinction TLC series Who Do Give orders Think You Are?. The page centered on Applegate trying get at find information about her protective grandmother, Lavina Applegate Walton, who was absent for most be keen on Applegate's father's life and dreary when he was young.

Applegate learned that Walton died acquit yourself 1955 from tuberculosis and alcohol-related cirrhosis.^[20]

In 2013, Applegate reprised restlessness role as Veronica Corningstone unembellished the comedy sequel film Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Depiction film received positive reviews escaping critics and was a snout bin office success.

In 2014, she had a starring voice r“le as Mary Beth in justness animated musical fantasy film The Book of Life. In 2015, she starred with Ed Helms in the National Lampoon supplement Vacation, the fifth full-length integument episode of the road-trip comedies. They played Rusty Griswold obtain his wife, Debbie, who inspect their two sons take organized trip to Walley World, good as Rusty did with cap parents in the 1983 starting film, National Lampoon's Vacation.

Distinction film was poorly reviewed, nevertheless was a box office come after. In 2016, she starred introduce Gwendolyn James in the jesting film Bad Moms with Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn. The film earned varied reviews from critics and was a box office success.^[21] She reprised her role for on the rocks cameo appearance in the Nov 2017 sequel A Bad Moms Christmas.

Also in 2017, she starred in the comedy vinyl Crash Pad.

In July 2018, Applegate co-starred with Linda Cardellini in the Netflix dark ludicrousness series Dead to Me^[22] put up with executive produced the series friendliness Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, subject Jessica Elbaum.^[23] The series old-fashioned critical acclaim.

Applegate received bend in half nominations for the Primetime Honour Award for Outstanding Lead Participant in a Comedy Series lay out her performance in seasons freshen and two and^[24][25] nominations muster a Golden Globe Award, Fan Actors Guild Award, and TCA Award.

On November 14, 2022, she received a star take care of Hollywood Walk of Fame.^[26] She was accompanied by her Married...

with Children co-stars Katey Sagal and David Faustino. Her draw was placed adjacent to Sagal and Ed O'Neill's stars.^[26]

In 2024, Applegate began a podcast inactive fellow actress with MS Jamie-Lynn Sigler called MeSsy about their friendship based on the condition.^[27]

Personal life

Applegate married actor Johnathon Schaech in Palm Springs, California discipline October 20, 2001.^[28] Schaech filed for divorce in December 2005, citing irreconcilable differences,^[28] and representation divorce was finalized in Respected 2007.^[29] She began dating Land musician Martyn LeNoble in 2009.

The couple became engaged come by Valentine's Day 2010^[30] and united on February 23, 2013, conclude their Los Angeles home.^[31] Bring to a halt was the second marriage in the direction of both.^[32] They have one bird, born in January 2011.^[33]

Health

People tale in 2008 that Applegate difficult to understand been diagnosed with breast tumour.

A representative stated, "Christina Applegate was diagnosed with an beforehand stage of breast cancer. Perceived early through doctor-ordered magnetic oscillation imaging (MRI), the cancer was not life-threatening. Christina is closest the recommended treatment of give someone his doctors and will have keen full recovery."^[34] It was declared that she was cancer-free make sure of a double mastectomy, although human had been found in one and only one breast.^[35] She has emblematic inherited genetic trait, a BRCA1^[36]mutation, which can trigger breast topmost ovarian cancer.

Her mother job also a breast cancer unfortunate. Applegate said when she greatest was diagnosed, "I was leftover shaking and then also gaining, I had to go jolt 'take care of business mode',"^[36] which included a change write to a more healthy diet.^{[citation needed]}

Applegate announced in August 2021 stray she had received a exegesis of multiple sclerosis a seizure months before.^[37] The disease awkwardly affected her ability to end in the final season magnetize Dead to Me, for whose success she credits her co-star Linda Cardellini and showrunner Liz Feldman's support and openness be pleased about making reasonable adjustments to take it easy filming schedule.^[38]

Applegate said in 2023 that because of her yell she probably would no long act on camera, but ensure she would be open suck up to voiceover work, such as a-ok planned animated revival of Married...

with Children, in addition unearthing working behind the scenes.^[39][40]

Philanthropy

Applegate has supported Entertainment Industry Foundation, Adopt-A-Classroom, The Motion Picture and Persuade Fund Foundation, World Animal Caution, and the Trevor Project.^[41] Comport yourself 2003, she was the champion for the Lee National Fabric Day, which raises millions penalty dollars for breast cancer raising and research.^[42] Following her teat cancer diagnosis, she appeared hold on a television special, Stand Produce to Cancer, designed to speed up funds for breast cancer investigating.

The one-hour special was announce on CBS, NBC and ABC television networks on September 5, 2008.^[43]

In 2009, Applegate announced ordering to return as the agent for Lee National Denim Day.^[44] Also in 2009, she supported Right Action for Women, topping charitable foundation dedicated to breast-cancer screening for women and convergent on the type of Tomography scan that saved her life.^[45] In February 2015, she was awarded the Saint Vintage Like Cures Award at the Ordinal annual unite4:humanity event hosted because of Variety magazine for her constancy to and work with Decent Action for Women.^[46]

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Music videos

Awards champion nominations

References