Christina Applegate Biography – Wiki
Christina Applegate is an American actress and dancer, she is well known for staring as an adolescent actress the role of Kelly Bundy on the Fox sitcom Married… with Children. She is also known for establishing a film and television career, winning an Emmy Award and earning Tony and Golden Globe nominations.
Applegate has had major roles in several films, including Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (1991), The Big Hit (1998), The Sweetest Thing (2002), Grand Theft Parsons (2003), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) and its sequel Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013), Hall Pass (2011), Vacation (2015), and Bad Moms (2016).
She has also starred in the 2005 Broadway revival of the musical Sweet Charity. Applegate has played the lead role in the television sitcoms Jesse (1998–2000), Samantha Who? (2007–09) and Up All Night (2011–12), and in the Netflix dark comedy series Dead to Me (2019).
Christina Applegate Age
Applegate was born on the 25th of November 1971 in Hollywood, California, U.S. She is currently 48 years old
Christina Applegate Family
She was born to Robert William “Bob” Applegate (father), was a record producer and record company executive and Nancy Lee Priddy (father) a singer and actress. Her parents were separated when she was still young, She was raised along with her two half-siblings (Alisa and Kyle) from her father’s second marriage.
Her mother as well had a relationship with musician Stephen Stills. After her television debut with her mother in the soap opera Days of Our Lives and a commercial for Playtex baby bottles at 3 and 5 months, respectively.
Christina Applegate Husband | Married
Applegate got married to actor Johnathon Schaech in Palm Springs, California in 2001. Her husband later filed for divorce in December 2005, citing irreconcilable differences, the divorce was later finalized in August 2007.
She later dated musician Martyn LeNoble in 2009. The air later became engaged on Valentine’s Day of 2010 and got married on February 23rd, 2013, at their Los Angeles home.
Christina Applegate Children | Kids
With her second marriage, the pair have one daughter, Sadie Grace, born in January 2011.
Christina Applegate Education
Christina was homeschooled by her mother who was her guideline making her participate in the programs relevant to acting and singing. She schooled in high school with Milla Jovovich. There is no much information about her educational background.
Christina Applegate Career
Christina began her career on the footprints of her mother in the soap opera ‘Days of Our Lives’ and a commercial for ‘Playtex Baby Bottles’ She later debuts in her own film ‘Jaws of Satan (1979)’ at the age of seven. She later played the role in many movies including her debut Television series Showtime’s political comedy, ‘Washington in 1985 along with all is Forgiven’, ‘Still the Beaver’, ‘Amazing Stories’, and the ‘Family Ties episode’ “Band on the Run” (1987) as Kitten.
She received her breakthrough in her acting career during the year of 1987 in the Fox Sitcom ‘Married… with Children’ featured as Ditzy, sexually promiscuous daughter, Kelly Bundy. She as well played the role of the 12th-century noblewoman, Princess Rosalind and 21st t-century descendant, Julia Malfete in the comedy series ‘Just Visiting’ which led her Primetime Emmy Award-winning performance for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series ‘Friends’ in two episodes all in 2001.
She has been featured in many films that boosts his career vies and music video after the huge success as an actor in previous movies. Recently, she portrayed the wife of Rusty Griswold in the National Lampoon Sequel ‘Vacation’.
In 2011 she was featured in the short-lived sitcom Up All Night, opposite Will Arnett. She later got featured in such films as Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues of 2013, Vacation of 2015 and Bad Moms of 2016. She also has lent her voice to several animated films, including the recent Alvin and the Chipmunks series and The Book of Life of 2014.
Christina Applegate 1971–86: Early life and projects
Applegate was born in Hollywood, California. Her father, Robert William “Bob” Applegate, was a record producer and record company executive, and her mother, Nancy Lee Priddy, is a singer and actress. Her parents were separated shortly after her birth. She has two half-siblings (Alisa and Kyle) from her father’s second marriage.
After her parents’ divorce, her mother had a relationship with musician Stephen Stills. After her television debut with her mother in the soap opera Days of Our Lives and a commercial for Playtex baby bottles at 3 and 5 months, respectively, Applegate made her film debut in the 1979 film Jaws of Satan (or King Cobra) at the age of 7, followed by 1981’s Beatlemania.
She debuted in a television movie as young Grace Kelly in the biopic Grace Kelly (1983) and appeared in her first TV series in Showtime’s political comedy Washingtoon (1985), in which she played a congressman’s daughter. She was also seen as a guest in the shows Father Murphy (1981), Charles in Charge (1984 and 1985), and Silver Spoons (1986).
In 1986 Applegate won the role of Robin Kennedy (1986–87), a policeman’s daughter, in the police drama series Heart of the City. Meanwhile, she has also seen guest-starring in several other television series such as All is Forgiven, Still the Beaver, Amazing Stories, and the Family Ties episode “Band on the Run” (1987) as Kitten.
Christina Applegate 1987–2001: Married . . . with Children
In 1987 Applegate played the role of the ditzy, sexually promiscuous daughter, Kelly Bundy, on the Fox Network’s first sitcom, Married… with Children. She portrayed her character for 11 years (1987–97). While working on the series, Applegate was seen in Dance Till Dawn (1988, NBC) and in Streets (1990), in which a teenage drug addict is stalked by a psychotic police officer.
Applegate guest-starred in 21 Jump Street (1988) and Top of the Heap (1991, as Kelly Bundy), and hosted Saturday Night Live (May 8, 1993, and October 13, 2012) and MADtv (1996).
The character of Sue Ellen Crandell in the black comedy feature Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (1991) was Applegate’s first starring role in a mainstream film, playing a rebellious teenager who is forced to take care of siblings after their summer babysitter dies.
Applegate followed with roles 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).
After the sitcom Married . . . with Children was canceled in May 1997, Applegate starred as Claudine Van Doozen in the independent feature Claudine’s Return (or Kiss of Fire), was cast in the action-comedy The Big Hit, and played the fiancée of a mob boss in the Mafia satire Jane Austen’s Mafia (1998).
Applegate was one of the founding members of The Pussycat Dolls, which debuted at Johnny Depp’s Viper Room on the Sunset Strip in 1995. Applegate emceed for the group when they moved to The Roxy in 2002. In 1996 Applegate auditioned for the role of Rose in James Cameron’s blockbuster hit film Titanic but lost to Kate Winslet. In 1998 Applegate was given the title role in the NBC sitcom Jesse.
The series debuted in 1998, received rave reviews and brought Applegate a People’s Choice Award for Favorite Female Performer in a New TV series and the TV Guide Award for Star of a New Series, as well as a nomination at the Golden Globe Awards for Lead Actress in a Comedy. Though the series gained critical praise, it was canceled in 2000.
Christina Applegate 2002–present: Anchorman, stage, and television
The new millennium had Applegate playing the dual role of a 12th-century noblewoman, Princess Rosalind, and her 21st-century descendant, Julia Malfete, in the time-travel comedy Just Visiting (2001). She was Princess Gwendolyn and Kate in the movie Prince Charming (2001).
After playing Cameron Diaz’s level-headed best friend, Courtney Rockcliffe, in The Sweetest Thing (2002), Applegate continued to play roles in such films as Heroes (2002), and the romantic airplane comedy View from the Top (2003), as well as in the true-crime film Wonderland (2003), based on the Wonderland murders, and the Gram Parsons biopic Grand Theft Parsons (2003).
In 2004 Applegate starred alongside Ben Affleck in the holiday comedy Surviving Christmas, and alongside Matt Dillon in Employee of the Month. Behind the screen, she was the executive producer of Comforters, Miserable (2001).
Applegate guest-starred on two episodes of Friends, in the ninth (2002) and tenth (2003) seasons, titled “The One with Rachel’s Other Sister” and “The One Where Rachel’s Sister Babysits” as Amy Green, Rachel Green’s (Jennifer Aniston) sister.
She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series her performance in “The One with Rachel’s Other Sister.” On the silver screen, she portrayed TV anchorwoman Veronica Corningstone in the 2004 films Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and the bonus film Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (an alternative film comprising alternate takes and deleted scenes and story elements).
In addition to her screen work, Applegate has performed on stage in such productions as The Axeman’s Jazz, Nobody Leaves Empty Handed, and The Runthrough, as well as John Cassavetes’ The Third Day (co-starring Gena Rowlands). In 2004 she debuted on the Broadway stage playing the title role of Charity Hope Valentine in a revival of the 1966 musical Sweet Charity.
In late April 2005, she also took part in the annual Broadway Cares’ Easter Bonnet Competition, being sawed in half by a magician in their Clearly Impossible sawing illusion. Sweet Charity ended its Broadway run on December 31, 2005. Applegate eventually took home the 2005 Theatre World Award and was nominated for a 2005 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
While appearing in Sweet Charity, Applegate broke her foot, and it was announced that the musical would close during previews. She persuaded the producers to rescind their decision and on April 18, 2005, she made her Broadway debut. Because of her injury, Applegate had to wear special shoes to prevent another incident, and in a 2013 interview said that because of what happened, she “actually can’t dance anymore.
And that is sad for me because I always wanted to go back. But I probably won’t be able to.” She does dance whenever the opportunity presents, but cannot do any more strenuous roles.
In 2006 Applegate appeared in Jessica Simpson’s music video “A Public Affair” alongside Eva Longoria, Ryan Seacrest, and Christina Milian. She starred in the ABC comedy Samantha Who? from October 15, 2007, until it was canceled on May 18, 2009. The series co-starred Jean Smart, Jennifer Esposito, and Melissa McCarthy.
The series was about a 30-year-old, who after a hit-and-run accident, develops amnesia and has to rediscover her life, her relationships, and herself. Shortly after the cancellation was announced, Applegate began a campaign to get the show back into production, which was a failure.
Applegate topped the list of People’s Most Beautiful People in 2009. Applegate appeared with her TV brother David Faustino (Bud Bundy from Married with Children) in an episode of Faustino’s show Starving.
She also voiced Catherine the Cat in the three-dimensional talking animal sequel Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore. Applegate said her mother was the one who wanted her to be involved in the film.
Prior to Cats & Dogs 2, she voiced Brittany (one of the Chipettes) in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009), Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011), and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015).
She starred in the NBC sitcom Up All Night with Maya Rudolph and Will Arnett, and the show debuted on September 14, 2011. On February 8, 2013, she left the series after its second-season hiatus, which was leading into a planned format change.
On July 31, 2013, Applegate was featured on the second episode of the fourth season of the revived American version of TLC’s, Who Do You Think You Are? The broadcast centered on Applegate trying to find out for her father, Robert Applegate, about his mother, Lavina Applegate Walton, who was mysteriously absent for most of her son’s life and who died early in his life.
Applegate also hoped to find out if the hearsay concerning her grandmother’s death were true. The actress discovered that Walton died in 1955 from tuberculosis and alcohol-related cirrhosis.
In 2015 Applegate starred with Ed Helms in the National Lampoon sequel Vacation, the fifth full-length movie episode of the road-trip comedies. Helms and Applegate played Rusty Griswold and his wife Debbie, who with their two sons take a trip to Walley World, just as Rusty did with his parents in the 1983 original film, National Lampoon’s Vacation. The film was poorly reviewed.
In July 2018, Applegate was cast to co-star with Linda Cardellini in Netflix’s dark comedy series Dead to Me. She is also executive producing the series along with Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and Jessica Elbaum.
Christina Applegate Personal life
On October 20, 2001, Applegate married actor Johnathon Schaech in Palm Springs, California. Schaech filed for divorce in December 2005, citing irreconcilable differences, and the divorce was finalized in August 2007. In 2009 she began dating musician Martyn LeNoble.
The couple became engaged on Valentine’s Day 2010, and married on February 23, 2013, at their Los Angeles home. It is the second marriage for both. They have one daughter, Sadie Grace, born in January 2011. Applegate is a vegetarian, and in 2007, appeared in an anti-fur advertisement for PETA.
Christina Applegate Breast cancer
On August 3, 2008, People reported that Applegate had been diagnosed with breast cancer. This was confirmed by her representative who said in a statement, “Christina Applegate was diagnosed with an early stage of breast cancer. Benefiting from early detection through a doctor-ordered MRI, the cancer is not life-threatening.
Christina is following the recommended treatment of her doctors and will have a full recovery. No further statement will be issued at this time.” On August 19, 2008, it was announced that Applegate was cancer-free after a double mastectomy, though cancer was found in only one breast.
She has an inherited genetic trait, a BRCA1 mutation, which can trigger breast cancer. Her mother, Nancy Priddy, is a breast cancer survivor. Applegate said when she first was diagnosed, “I was just shaking and then also immediately, I had to go into ‘take-care-of-business-mode,’ which included a change to a more healthy diet.”
Christina Applegate Philanthropy
In 1992 Applegate joined other celebrities in a benefit show for a Hollywood children’s charity, acting as a special guest assistant to a local magician and taking part in a number of illusions, including being sawn in half.
In 2003 she was the spokesman for the Lee National Denim Day, which raises millions of dollars for breast cancer education and research.
Following her diagnosis with breast cancer, Applegate appeared on a television special titled Stand Up to Cancer, designed to raise funds for breast cancer research. The one-hour special was broadcast on CBS, NBC, and ABC television networks on September 5, 2008.
In 2009 she announced her plans to return as the ambassador for Lee National Denim Day. Also in 2009, she founded Right Action for Women, a charitable foundation dedicated to breast cancer screening for women, and focused on the type of MRI scan that saved her life.
In February 2015 Applegate was awarded the Saint Vintage Love Cures Award from unite4: humanity and Saint Vintage, for her dedication to and work with Right Action for Women.
Applegate has also supported Entertainment Industry Foundation, Adopt-A-Classroom, The Motion Picture, and Television Fund Foundation, World Animal Protection, and The Trevor Project.
Christina Applegate Net Worth
Christina Applegate was born on January 25, 1971, in Hollywood, California. Her first big-screen appearance was at the young age of 7 when she appeared in the movie “Jaws Of Satan”. She debuted in a television movie in 1983 playing young Grace Kelly in the biopic “Grace Kelly”, opposite Cheryl Ladd.
It was in 1987 that she scored her most memorable role of Kelly Bundy, the ditzy blonde daughter on the sitcom “Married With Children”. She portrayed this character for 10 seasons, from 1987 to 1997. During these years she appeared in several other TV movies, as well as hosted for MadTV and Saturday Night Live.
Her first mainstream film role came in 1991 with the movie “Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead”. In 1998 she was given the lead role in the NBC sitcom “Jesse” which earned her a people’s choice award. The show was unfortunately canceled in 2000.
Applegate has also shown off her stage credits, making her Broadway debut in the musical “Sweet Charity” in 2005. A role she almost had to give due to a broken foot. Applegate was married for a short time to former boyfriend Jonathon Schaech. She has undergone a double mastectomy due to breast cancer and is a vegetarian. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
Christina Applegate Salary
What is Christina Applegate’s salary per episode of Up All Night? $125,000
Christina Applegate has an estimated net worth of $20 million.
Christina Applegate Mars Attacks
She is featured as Sharona in the film (Mars attacks) A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world’s major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, “come in peace.”
The U.S. President James Dale (Jack Nicholson) receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler (Pierce Brosnan) that the Martians’ mission is a friendly one.
But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
Christina Applegate Cancer
She faced a serious health challenge in 2008. She underwent a double mastectomy after having been diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer. With the procedure, she was upbeat. She spared her time to combating breast cancer by speaking publicly about the disease and as well as raising money for research.
In doing so, she joined fellow survivors Sheryl Crow and Suzanne Somers as well-respected champions of breast cancer awareness. by 2017 she had undergone more surgery having removed her fallopian tubes and ovaries to further reduce her cancer risk.
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