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Christina Applegate Profile |
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Birth Date: November 25, 1971
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Birth Place: Hollywood, California, USA
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Birth Name: Christina Applegate
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Height: 5'5"
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Biography |
Christina Applegate was born November 25, 1971, in Los
Angeles. The daughter of a soap star actress, Nancy Priddy,
and a record-company executive, Robert Applegate, Christina
had her younger half-sister and half-brother as new
additions to the family, after the divorce of her parents
and remarriage of her father.
She made her first onscreen appearance at the age of 5,
alongside her mother on Days of Our Lives, since her mother
brought her along to work and auditions.
Christina's life was consumed by acting, and she even quit
school at 17 in order to pursue it full-time. This wasn't a
surprise; she had appeared in more than a dozen roles by the
time she was that age.
With onscreen roles in series such as Father Murphy, Mama's
Family, Quincy, Charles in Charge, Still the Beaver, Silver
Spoons, Heart of the City, and Family Ties, as well as films
like Jaws of Satan, Beatlemania, and the made-for-TV film
The Grace Kelly Story, there was no doubt that acting was
her given talent.
In 1987, Christina found her calling and the role that put
her on the map. For 10 years, she portrayed ditzy and
promiscuous Kelly Bundy, in the dysfunctional family sitcom,
Married... With Children.
Although Christina may have fooled millions as the trampy
Bundy daughter until 1997, the green-eyed actress far from
resembles her character. While surviving the tribulations of
family life on Married... With Children, Christina was
making the rounds on television, appearing in a slew of
television shows, including: 21 Jump Street, Top of the Heap
(as Kelly Bundy, host of Mad TV, and Pauly.
She also made it to several made-for-TV movies and straight
to video movies, such as Dance 'Til Dawn, Streets and Across
the Moon. In 1991, she made her big-screen debut in Don't
Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, a lukewarm comedy.
After roles in obscure movies such as Wild Bill and
Vibrations, Christina shared the screen with Jack Nicholson,
Sarah Jessica Parker, Glenn Close, and Pierce Brosnan, in
1996's Mars Attacks!.
Once Married... With Children saw its last day in 1997,
Christina was ready to jump back in the saddle with a role
in the slapstick comedy Mafia!, and was back on television,
as the title character of the NBC sitcom, Jesse, which
debuted in 1998.
Although Christina took home the People's Choice Award for
Favorite Female Performer in a New TV series, and the TV
Guide Award for Star of a New Series, both in 1999, the
critically-acclaimed Jesse didn't last long on the air.
Despite a coveted time slot and some resuscitation, Jesse
was canceled after a 2-year run.
But Christina will soon prove that she may just be made for
the silver screen, with a starring role in the comedy Just
Visiting, and a role in the upcoming A View From the Top,
co-starring Gwnyeth Paltrow, Kelly Preston, Mike Myers, and
Rob Lowe.
She will also soon be seen in The Sweetest Thing,
co-starring Cameron Diaz.
As for her personal life, Christina was dating Christian
Slater, and has allegedly been actor Johnathon Schaech's
honey since 1998. Whoever she's dating, she goes home to her
cats, Natasha and Kanaloa, and her dog, Sybil.
An avid jazz dancer as well, it's clear that Christina may
just be television's best-kept secret. |
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Supports People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
Enjoys books about spirituality.
Has one half-brother and one half-sister from her father's
subsequent marriage after he and Christina's mother, Nancy
Priddy, divorced.
Quit school at 17.
Chosen as one of People Magazine's, "50 Most Beautiful
People, 1999"
Married longtime boyfriend Johnathon Schaech on October 20,
2001, in a small Palm Springs ceremony, attended by
immediate family and friends.
Co-wrote "The Penis Song" with The Sweetest Thing (2002)
co-stars Cameron Diaz and Selma Blair, but the trio's
performance of the song was edited out of the final cut.
First appeared on television as an infant in a commercial
for disposable diapers.
Measurements: 35-23-35 1/2 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth
magazine)
Friend of Nicole Eggert.
While filming View from the Top (2003), she met Gwyneth
Paltrow. They are now good friends.
Referred to in the 1991 song "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" by
PM Dawn.
Went to high school with Milla Jovovich.
Met her husband, Johnathon Schaech, thru director Gregg
Araki.
Finds Al Green's song "Simply Beautiful" one of the sexiest
songs she's ever heard.
On Friday 11 March 2005, while on stage in Chicago in the
Broadway-bound revival of the 1966 musical "Sweet Charity",
she broke a bone in her right foot. On Friday 25 March 2005,
in Boston with Charlotte d'Amboise in the titular role, its
producers officially canceled the production, announcing it
would close after its last regularly scheduled try-out
performance, the Sunday 27 March 2005 matinée. On Tuesday 27
March 2005, the production was officially resurrected with a
revised Broadway preview and opening schedule. Although Ms.
d'Amboise continued in the lead role for the first week of
Broadway previews, on Monday 18 April 2005, Applegate made
her Broadway debut as Charity Hope Valentine. On Wednesday 4
May 2005, the second Broadway revival of "Sweet Charity"
opened officially with Ms. Applegate as its star. She has
been nominated for a 2005 Tony Award for Best Actress in a
Musical.
Won a 2005 Theatre World Award for her Performance in Sweet
Charity
Nominated for a 2005 Tony Award as Best Lead Actress in a
Musical for her Performance in Sweet Charity
Nominated for a 2005 Drama Desk Award as Best Lead Actress
in a Musical for her Performance in Sweet Charity |
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