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Christina Applegate (born November 25,
1971) is an American Emmy Award-winning actress, particularly well-known
for playing Kelly Bundy on the sitcom Married... with Children. She has
since established a film career, with major roles in several pictures,
such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and recently starred on
Broadway in a revival of the musical Sweet Charity.
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Biography
Early life
Applegate was born in Hollywood,
California. She was raised as a member of the Agape Church of Religious
Science.[1] Her father, Robert Applegate, was a record producer. Her
mother, Nancy Priddy, was a singer and an actress who survived breast
cancer. Her parents split up after she was born, and her father
remarried.
Career
Applegate quit school at age 17 to pursue
acting. From 1987 to 1997, she played Kelly Bundy on Married... with
Children. From 1998 to 2000, she starred in her own sitcom, Jesse, on
NBC.
Applegate was in attendance at the Viper
Room when River Phoenix overdosed.
In 2002 she co-starred with Cameron Diaz,
on the comic movie The Sweetest Thing, playing the role of Courney
Rockcliffe, Diaz's best friend.
While playing the title role in a revival
of Sweet Charity, she injured her foot, and it was announced that the
musical would close during previews. She persuaded the producers to
rescind their decision, and on May 4, 2005, she made her Broadway debut
to moderately good reviews. Sweet Charity ended its Broadway run on
December 31, 2005. She also guest-starred on two episodes of Friends (in
2002 and 2003) as Amy Green, Rachel's (Jennifer Aniston) irresponsible
younger sister.
In 2006, she appeared in Jessica Simpson's
music video "A Public Affair", alongside Eva Longoria, Ryan Seacrest and
Christina Milian.
Personal life
On October 20, 2001, Applegate married
longtime boyfriend Johnathon Schaech, in a small mixed-religion Palm
Springs ceremony attended by family and close friends. On December 5,
2005, the publicists of Applegate and Schaech confirmed that they had
filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court. [2]
Applegate was the 2003 spokesperson for the
Lee National Denim Day fundraiser which raises millions of dollars for
breast cancer education and research. Applegate's mother is a breast
cancer survivor. Applegate is a supporter of animal rights and PETA. She
appeared in a holiday advertisement for PETA to remind people to forget
fur for the shopping season. [3]
Applegate is friends with actresses Nicole
Eggert (born two months after Christina) and Gwyneth Paltrow. She
studies jazz and dance and donated money to John Kerry's presidential
campaign. Applegate was neighbors with guitarist John Frusciante in the
early 1990s.
Awards
Applegate won a prime-time Emmy Award for
her guest-starring role as Amy Green on Friends.
In the 1980s and early 1990s, she was
nominated four times in the annual Youth in Film Awards, two of which
she won.
Filmography (actress)
Farce of the Penguins (2006) (voice)
Tilt-A-Whirl (2005)
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas (2005)
Surviving Christmas (2004)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
(2004)
Employee of the Month (2004)
Grand Theft Parsons (2003)
Wonderland (2003)
View from the Top (2003)
Heroes (2003)
The Sweetest Thing (2002)
Sol Goode (2001) (uncredited)
Prince Charming (2001)
Just Visiting (2001)
The Giving Tree (2000)
Out in Fifty (1999)
Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)
The Big Hit (1998)
Claudine's Return (1998)
Nowhere (1997)
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Vibrations (1995)
Wild Bill (1995)
Across the Moon (1995)
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)
Streets (1990)
Beatlemania (1981)
Jaws of Satan (1981)
Guest Starring
Friends (2002 and 2003) - Amy Green
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