Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) is an American
Emmy-winning actress, particularly well-known for playing Kelly Bundy
on the sitcom Married... with Children. She has since established a
movie 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.
Family
Applegate was born in Hollywood, California. Her father, Robert
Applegate, was a record producer. Her mother, Nancy Lee Priddy, was an
actress-singer who survived breast cancer. Her parents split up after
she was born, and her father remarried.
Marriage and divorce
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
Angeles Superior Court.
Acting 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.
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 older sister.
Awards
Applegate won a prime-time Emmy Award for her guest-starring role 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.
Advocate
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.
Trivia
* She is friends with actresses Nicole Eggert and Gwyneth Paltrow.
* She studies jazz and dance.
* She donated money to John Kerry's presidential campaign.
* She was neighbors with guitarist John Frusciante in the early '90s.
* She is in Jessica Simpson's music video "A Public Affair".
Filmography
* 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 (film) (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)
* Mafia (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)