christina applegate

Biography

Early Life

Applegate was born in Hollywood, California...just five months before another famous "Kelly," Jennie Garth of Beverly Hills, 90210 fame. 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. [1]

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. [2]

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

External links

• Christina Applegate at the Internet Movie Database
• Christina Applegate at the Internet Broadway Database
• Christina Applegate at TV.com
• Christina Applegate at the Notable Names Database